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Disney Double Dips: Renews Netflix Deal for ABC Shows, Adds Amazon

Peter Kafka in Media on October 31, 2011 at 3:54 am PT

Another example of why the Web video boom is (currently) a great boon to Big TV: Like CBS and Time Warner earlier this month, Disney sells the same stuff twice.

Free TV on the iPad: Lots of “Lost,” but No “CSI,” “Simpsons” or “30 Rock”

Peter Kafka in Media on April 2, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Want to watch free TV shows on your iPad? Hope you like ABC’s programs. The network is putting lots of its shows on the device, but its counterparts at the other three broadcasters are basically sitting this one out.

Does Checkbook Blogging Pay Off? “Hard to Measure,” Says Gawker Media’s Nick Denton.

Peter Kafka in Media on October 19, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Another scandal, another Gawker story, and another payday for the person who sold Gawker the news. No big deal, says Nick Denton, the blog impresario: We’ll keep doing it.

Gawker’s Nick Denton: I Paid Big Money for “McSteamy” Sex Tape

Peter Kafka in Media on September 24, 2009 at 8:49 am PT

Earlier this year, Gawker Media’s Nick Denton announced that he was going to start paying for salacious clips, tips and other submissions, but that he hadn’t worked out the details. Looks like he figured it out: Denton says he paid the source who provided his blog network with the so-called “McSteamy” sex tapes that have earned him both a lot of traffic and a lawsuit.

Finally: Disney, Hulu Deal Announced

John Paczkowski in News on April 30, 2009 at 7:40 am PT

Took ’em long enough. After weeks of rumor and speculation, Walt Disney Co. has finally taken a stake in Hulu, the video-streaming site operated by NBC Universal, News Corporation and Providence Equity Partners. Financial terms and the structure of the deal weren’t disclosed, but sources say Disney’s stake in the venture will be 27 percent.

Lloyd Braun's Not Going to Take It Anymore: "I Am Not an Umbrella Thief" (and He's Not, Actually)

Kara Swisher in News on December 19, 2008 at 10:16 am PT

There it was again–like the gnarly ghost of Christmas past–in the Los Angeles Times this week. But this time Lloyd Braun wasn’t going to take it anymore. The object of his ire was dropped right in the middle of a blog post about how Yahoo was “reversing its Hollywoodification” at its Santa Monica media unit offices. The piece also included old allegations from a devastating story in November of 2005 about Braun, which made him look like a digital version of Ari Gold from “Entourage.” Unfortunately, as BoomTown has found out, the bulk of those juicy anecdotes about him don’t actually check out. And therein lies a complex tale that still reverberates at Yahoo today.