Why Microsoft’s Xbox One Won’t Kick the Cable Guy Out of Your House

Microsoft’s new box does lots of cool stuff. But when it comes to TV, it’s still an accessory.
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Netflix Still Eats a Third of the Web Every Night; Amazon, HBO and Hulu Trail Behind

Everyone’s watching more video, on every device, everywhere. But no one is really cutting into Reed Hastings’s lead.
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Netflix Nabs an HBO Engineer

Rob Caruso, the cable channel’s VP of digital projects, heads to the all-digital video service.
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Turner Digital Sales Boss Walker Jacobs Out

Walker Jacobs, the high-profile sales chief for Turner’s digital properties, is out after an org chart shuffle. Jacobs, who is best known for pushing Turner and other publishers not to use third-party ad networks and exchanges, won’t be directly replaced. A Turner memo announcing his departure didn’t reveal a new position for him but declared that “there are a number of options available to someone with Walker’s experience and accomplishments.”

Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin Steps Down, Replaced by Endemol Vet Ynon Kreiz

One of YouTube’s biggest networks gets professional help.
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Sorry, Cord-Cutters! Still No “Game of Thrones” for You.

That thing we sorta said last month? Just kidding!
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Time Inc. Keeps Shrinking

The good news: It’s the biggest magazine publisher in America. The bad news …
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DreamWorks Close to Buying AwesomenessTV, YouTube’s Would-Be Nickelodeon

Lots of Big Media companies are investing in YouTube startups. Now a Hollywood heavyweight may buy one.
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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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How Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Sees the Future: Netflix Wins, Apps Win and So Do HBO, ESPN and the Cable Guys

An 11-page guided tour of the future. If you’re in a hurry, we’ve got the Cliff’s Notes here.
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