Amazon Gets Into the Sitcom Business

And the kids’-show business, too. Yet another big Web company says it’s going to make its own videos. How soon before Jeff Bezos finds a “Seinfeld”?
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Viral Video: “The Newsroom” Is Reborn

Here’s a new trailer for HBO’s upcoming series “The Newsroom,” by famed Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
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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

You know who’s cool? The screenwriter of “The Social Network.”
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Surprise! Walmart’s Cloud Movie Service Is Pretty Good!

“Disc to digital” still doesn’t make much sense as a concept — who wants to drive to Walmart and pay to put their movies in the cloud? But if you do want to do that, it works very well.
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L.A. Stories: Scarfing Up Big Media at Gobbler (Video)

A hopped-up version of Dropbox’s media-in-the-cloud efforts for cool music folks.
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Paramount, Google Link Up for Movie Rentals

So what about that copyright lawsuit that Paramount parent Viacom filed against Google nearly five years ago? Still going ….
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Deep Diver James Cameron Talked Ocean Geekery Way Back at D8

His love of the sea goes on (and deep this time).
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Why the Web Hasn’t Hurt TV

How to Win at YouTube