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Apple TV Gets a Bit Bigger, With HBO and ESPN Apps (For Most, But Not All of You)

Peter Kafka in Media June 19, 2013 at 8:19 am PT

Wedding Video Via iPad

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Twitter Adds Viacom to TV Ad Lineup

in Media on June 19 at 8:00 am PT

Twitter is linking up with Viacom in an ad partnership; the cable giant joins a list of media partners, including ESPN, Fox and Discovery, in Twitter’s TV/video push. Twitter users should first see the first set of Viacom video ads in August, during MTV’s Video Music Awards, which has become a hotbed of Twitter activity.

Remembering Michael Hastings

I think there’s unprecedented space now in journalism to really say things that you wouldn’t have been able to get in print, or at least a large audience for, even ten years ago.

– Michael Hastings, contributing editor for Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed, in a 2012 AMA on Reddit. Hastings died in a car crash in L.A. on Tuesday.

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Netflix Expands to Netherlands

in Media on June 18 at 9:20 pm PT

Netflix will offer its streaming video service in the Netherlands later this year, as it increases its reach in Europe. The company, which began expanding outside of the U.S. in 2010, had previously said it would “launch an additional European market” this year.

Nvidia to License Its Graphics Chip Technology

in News on June 18 at 3:47 pm PT

Cores for sale.
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Ahead of Instagram Video Launch, Twitter Tweaks Facebook by Teasing Vine Features to Come

in Media on June 18 at 1:52 pm PT

Spy vs. Spy, video-style!
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Grasping for a Vine: Video for Instagram Will Be Sole Reveal at Facebook Event Thursday

in Media on June 18 at 1:24 pm PT

We’re ready for our close-up, Mr. Systrom.
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Apple Adds iTunes Radio to Apple TV, but Not Much Else

in Media on June 18 at 12:34 pm PT

A question without a good answer: Why doesn’t Apple open up Apple TV to outside developers?
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Pinterest + YouTube Stars = Subblime

in Media on June 18 at 7:00 am PT

Some Web video stars are now celebrity endorsers, too. What if you got a bunch of them on the same site? Adam Winnick wants to find out.
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Loeb Raises His Sony Stake, Drive for Entertainment IPO

in Media on June 18 at 5:31 am PT

Hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb’s firm has boosted its stake in Sony Corp., ratcheting up a campaign to persuade the Japanese electronics company to launch an initial public offering of its entertainment division.

Next: Yahoo Also Eyeing Automated Video App Maker Qwiki in $50 Million Deal

in Media on June 18 at 12:45 am PT

Please Silicon Valley, I want to buy some more.
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Yahoo Offer to Buy Contact Startup Xobni Is at a Price of $30M to $40M

in News, June 17, 2013 at 5:39 pm PT

Confirmed: Oculus VR Raises $16 Million Series A for Virtual Reality Gaming

Here’s Why Facebook Wants to Edge In on Twitter’s Hashtags

in Social, June 17, 2013 at 1:45 pm PT

Jay-Z Ditches His iPhone Just in Time for His Big Samsung Ad

in Media, June 17, 2013 at 12:57 pm PT

Steve Jobs, Winnie the Pooh and the iBook Launch

in Media, June 17, 2013 at 12:28 pm PT

Tech Experts Flock to Ad Festival on Riviera

in Media, June 17, 2013 at 9:59 am PT

Apple, Amazon and the Disgruntled Publishers

NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Says Tech PRISM Denials Were “Misleading”

in News, June 17, 2013 at 9:06 am PT

Apple Discloses Government Requests on as Many as 10,000 Accounts

in News, June 17, 2013 at 6:06 am PT

Netflix Links Up With DreamWorks Again for More Kids’ Shows

in Media, June 17, 2013 at 3:00 am PT

Whistleblowing 101

Tweet Is Now a Real Word, and the Oxford English Dictionary Says So

in News, June 16, 2013 at 3:53 pm PT

Paperback Version of Jobs Best-Selling Bio to Be Released in Fall, With New Cover Shot of Young Steve

in Media, June 16, 2013 at 12:17 pm PT

White House Steps Up Defense of Surveillance Programs (Video)

in News, June 16, 2013 at 9:10 am PT