The Dark Knight

More Moguls for D: Dive Into Media — Clear Channel, Legendary Pictures and Vevo Join the Cast

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on November 7, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Heavyweights from radio, Hollywood, and Web video join a star-studded roster for All Things Digital‘s first-ever media conference: Bob Pittman, Thomas Tull and Rio Caraeff come aboard.

Online Sales Play Role in Helping Harry Potter Break Box-Office Records

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 15, 2011 at 5:19 pm PT

Harry Potter’s final installment of the massively popular film franchise is on its way to breaking all kinds of records, assisted by nearly magical online and mobile presales that took place in the 45 days leading up to its debut.

Why Is Facebook Investor Accel Investing In Hollywood? Because It's a Facebook Investor

Peter Kafka in Media on April 7, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Silicon Valley comes to Hollywood. What is Accel’s Jim Breyer thinking?

Yes, Facebook Could Compete With Netflix. And Everyone Else, Too.

Peter Kafka in Media on March 8, 2011 at 3:30 pm PT

No, Facebook isn’t launching a full-blown movie service. Yet. But it’s easy to see how the social network could be a force in video–and any other kind of digital media it wants to try out.

YouTube, Netflix, Hulu: Meet Facebook

Peter Kafka in Media on March 8, 2011 at 2:30 am PT

Facebook is a giant Web video player that hasn’t really gotten into the Web business before. Now it has, courtesy of a Warner Bros. deal: You can rent “The Dark Knight” from the site today, and there’s plans for a lot more to come.

Hollywood’s Napster Moment Arrives, Courtesy of MegaVideo

Peter Kafka in Media on March 3, 2009 at 9:04 am PT

How did MegaVideo.com become the 10th most popular video site in the U.S.? By offering users really easy access to pirated movies and TV shows. If Hollywood doesn’t want to end up like the music business, it’s going to have to move very quickly.

Cisco: The Comic Book?

Kara Swisher in News on March 3, 2009 at 12:09 am PT

On the eve of the debut of the much anticipated “Watchmen” movie from Warner Bros., Cisco seems to be getting into the superhero game, with an unusual marketing effort that uses sophisticated comic book characters to highlight its line of security products. More like Nerdmen! Except with more muscles and cooler outfits! On a new Web site that is now up, for a series called “The Realm,” Cisco seems to have gotten some cool original work from well-known Marvel Comics illustrator Mike Mayhew.