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U.S. Mobile Game Revenues Expected to Double in 2011

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 18, 2011 at 1:20 pm PT

U.S. mobile game revenue has started accelerating, fueled by new game publishers coming into the space and the ability to make more than 99 cents per download through the rise of the free-to-play business model.

Zynga's FrontierVille Gets Product Placement From Paramount Picture's "Rango"

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 28, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Zynga’s latest product placement launches today as the company tries to build up additional sources of revenue beyond relying on the few users who elect to pay for virtual goods.

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For Facebook, Movie Damage Control

Lauren A.E. Schuker and Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 24, 2010 at 10:00 am PT

Facebook Inc. executives have sought to discredit a new film’s unflattering portrayal of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, even as they worked behind the scenes to influence the movie. Those efforts range from attempting to massage the script, according to one of the film’s producers, to promoting an alternative corporate history.

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Studios Make Bigger Push for Digital Sales

Sarah McBride, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 28, 2009 at 8:45 am PT

The Showtime cable-television network has begun selling episodes of its hit series “Weeds” online, weeks ahead of the DVD release. The tactic, by “Weeds” producer Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., is the part of a more aggressive effort Hollywood is taking to boost online sales of digital movies.

Christian the Lion Online Videos to Leap to the Multiplex?

Kara Swisher in News on September 5, 2008 at 12:00 pm PT

Since Sony Pictures apparently wants to make a movie from the story of the two men who bought a lion from London’s Harrods department store, it’s a good time to replay one of the many online videos of their reunion a year after they had released him into the wild in Africa. Although the event took place in 1971, the videos of the meeting with Christian the Lion have been hugely popular on YouTube, with millions of views.

If You Know the Name of the Movie You'd Like to See, Press ❑

John Paczkowski in News on July 16, 2008 at 12:18 pm PT

Now that Sony has completed its transformation from disruptive innovator to struggling consumer electronics player, it’s embarking on its next big corporate makeover: reinvention as “a global provider of networked consumer electronics and entertainment.” And so it’s begun offering a video-downloading service for its PlayStation 3 videogame console.

If You Know the Name of the Movie You’d Like to See, Press ?

John Paczkowski in News on July 16, 2008 at 12:18 pm PT

Now that Sony has completed its transformation from disruptive innovator to struggling consumer electronics player, it’s embarking on its next big corporate makeover: reinvention as “a global provider of networked consumer electronics and entertainment.” And so it’s begun offering a video-downloading service for its PlayStation 3 videogame console.