entertainment

Key Strategic — And Digitally Inclined — CBS Exec Lurie Departs

Zander says goodbye to the media giant.

Kara Swisher in Media
May 8, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

Kara Swisher in News on May 2 at 10:59 am PT

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.

Hollywood Burns

Hollywood will be destroyed and no one will notice. Collaborative storytelling and filmmaking will do to Hollywood what Wikipedia did to Encyclopedia Britannica.

– From Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’s keynote address at the Internet Society’s INET convention in Geneva

You Can Handle the Truth: Aaron Sorkin to Appear Onstage at D10

Kara Swisher in News on April 23 at 10:30 am PT

You know who’s cool? The screenwriter of “The Social Network.”

More D10 Speakers: Ellison, Meeker, Myhrvold, Along With Pixar and Visa!

Kara Swisher in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT

Speakers? We got your D10 speakers.

Sticks and Stones: Third Point Launches “Value Yahoo” Blog (Which Does Not Value Current Leadership)

Kara Swisher in News on April 2 at 7:30 am PT

The war of words continues in the proxy battle with a new site, which calls for a number of things — mostly for Yahoo to let in activist shareholder Third Point.

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Xbox Users Clocking More Hours Gobbling Media Than Gaming Online

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 27 at 1:33 pm PT

Microsoft said today that for the first time, Xbox Live users are now consuming more movies, TV and music than using the service to play multiplayer games.

Disney Hopes Brands Are the Best Protection Against Social Gaming Copycats

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 26 at 9:00 am PT

Disney is hoping that by associating its new social game to its theme park, Animal Kingdom, it will be harder for competitors to replicate.

The Failures and Fallacies of Mike Daisey’s Apple Attack and the Media

Arik Hesseldahl in Media on March 18 at 6:06 am PT

Now we have to start the conversation about Apple and Foxconn and workers’ rights all over again, this time with real, verifiable facts at our command. Is that so much to ask?