10 posts and columns on Kevin Spacey

Has Netflix Put Its Checkbook Away?

in Media on November 17, 2011 at 5:23 am PT

If you’re waiting to hear about more big Netflix content deals in the near future, you may be disappointed.
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Netflix Killer? Try Netflix Promoter: Amazon Talks Up a Rival Video Service.

in Media on September 29, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Yes, Amazon is promoting its own video service as part of its Kindle Fire plans. And it’s also promoting Netflix. Which makes sense: Reed Hastings has a lot of customers.
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Web Shows Get Ambitious

in News on March 21, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Technology and media companies are racing to create Internet-video hits closer to the scale of traditional TV, as consumers start to watch more video on Internet-connected televisions and tablet computers.

Netflix Bets Big On "House Of Cards" But Swears It’s Not a Strategy Shift: Q&A With Content Boss Ted Sarandos

in Media on March 18, 2011 at 10:02 am PT

Netflix just made a huge leap by grabbing the exclusive rights to a TV show no one’s seen yet. And while it may not be a $100 million gamble, it’s a big one. But content chief Ted Sarandos insists it’s not huge shift in strategy.

"House Of Cards" Could Cost Netflix Big–And Still Save It Money in the End

in Media on March 16, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Why is Reed Hastings betting big money on a TV show that doesn’t exist? Think about Starz, Disney and Sony. And think about poker.

Netflix in Talks for Original Series

in News on March 15, 2011 at 8:19 pm PT

Netflix Inc. is in advanced talks to distribute a forthcoming television series directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey, said people familiar with the talks. If such a deal were to come to fruition it would add a new competitor to the television industry by increasing the degree to which Netflix vies with premium-cable television channels like Time Warner Inc.’s HBO.

Will a Web Video Star Shine at Sundance?

in Media on December 7, 2009 at 2:55 pm PT

The next wave of media stars is supposed to rise up from the Web, but so far, examples have been few and far between (how’s that Fred movie coming along, by the way?). But here’s another Internet success trying to make the leap into the big time, which is still, like it or not, defined by traditional media outlets: Next New Network host Bobby Miller, who is going to try to dazzle the judges at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Unlike Oprah, Letterman Does Not Even Pretend to Like–Or Even Know–Twitter

in News on July 22, 2009 at 1:22 am PT

Here’s a priceless video segment from David Letterman’s “Late Show” last night, as he is taught how to use Twitter by actor Kevin Spacey. After asking how much it costs and noting that he could get anyone on Manhattan’s 57th Street to say hello just as much as Spacey could get tweets from his 800,000 followers, Letterman officially declares Twitter a “waste of time.” Perhaps so, but it also makes for great talk-show schtick.
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BoomTown's Top 10 List of Fact-Challenged Revelations That Should Be in the Facebook Tell-All Book

in News on June 24, 2009 at 3:34 pm PT

How much is BoomTown and everyone else in Silicon Valley trying to nab a copy of Ben Mezrich’s likely-to-be-entirely-made-up-but-who-cares tale of dirty doings at Facebook? Muchety-much! But, so far I have come up peanuts in grabbing an early copy of the work of “fact”-ion–titled “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal”–which is set to come out July 14, along with a movie later. Facebook is not pleased, of course, and will likely be challenging Mezrich’s work as specious dreck, but here’s my own list of 10 completely made-up, utterly fabricated, just-call-me-Jayson-Blair facts that should be in the book.
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