Voices

Why Yahoo Could Become the Next Major TV Network

If Yahoo wants a TV-level audience to command TV-level ad budgets, it needs the kind of content that can command massive viewership.
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Yet Another Hulu Bidder! Yahoo Is In, Too.

Add one more name to the Hulu bidding derby: Yahoo, which just announced plans to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion, has made an offer on the video website.
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News Byte

Amazon Picks Up More NBCUniversal Shows

Amazon is boosting its Web video catalog via a deal for reruns of several shows from NBC and other channels owned by Comcast. Amazon’s “Prime Instant Video” customers will get exclusive access to shows including “Grimm,” “Suits” and “Hannibal”; as with almost all deals Amazon and competitor Netflix sign for TV reruns, the Web retailer won’t get its hands on them until months after they air.

At NBC’s Upfronts, Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno Sing (Well, Lip-Sync) Again

What really happens at a big network TV upfront? Stuff like this.
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Hulu’s Pitch to Advertisers: Four Million People Pay Us to See Your Ads!

Hulu’s ownership structure is up in the air. But it still needs to sell advertising and subscriptions; both seem to be going pretty well.
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Where’s Amazon Going With Music, Movies and TV Shows? Ask Media Boss Bill Carr.

“We’re committed to the idea of reinvention.” A rare Q&A with one of most important guys in the media business.
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Laurene Powell Jobs Pushes for Immigration Reform on TV, Twitter and Facebook

Broadcast TV is big. But Steve Jobs’ widow wants more reach to send her message out. Here’s the tool she’s using.
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Now Showing on YouTube: Spotify

The world’s biggest paid music service advertises on the world’s biggest free music service.
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Wall Street to the TV Guys: Please Bail on Broadcast for Cable!

It’s not happening soon. But investors like the idea.
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HP’s Future, ESPN’s March Madness and Jerry Yang Strikes Back: The AllThingsD Week in Review 3/17/13 — 3/23/13

The Top 10 stories of the week, in one convenient serving.
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Next Month’s Super Bowl Ads, Today

Let Jason Kilar Take a Bow