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Viacom Buys The Ninja Turtles!
If the news of Disney buying Marvel wasn't shocking enough, now it's being announced that Viacom has purchased the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for $60 million. And they're getting straight to work on it. The... Biggest Losers
It's hard to feel sorry for someone who has a billion to lose when the do lose it but here's a list of some of the year's biggest losers (so far)."Can't believe how much money you've lost in the past couple of months? Neither can we. But we're pleased to say that our...Viacom gives in to YouTube privacy concerns
An update on the ongoing legal battle between media giant Viacom and video behemoth Youtube: Viacom has backed off on its demand for usernames and IP addresses of infringing Youtubers; well, some of them,...Youtubers Strike Back: Viacom Backlash
The fallout from Viacom's Youtube data grab was as fierce as it was predictable. Peeved Youtubers are calling for boycotts of Viacom's other properties, which include studio giant Paramount and reality-show...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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268 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
Google trying to take privacy seriously
"This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary (the same on that affected CNET earlier last month) was confirmed to have affected all Google employees hired before...Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
"NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) sparked an outcry on...RED ALERT!! Google must divulge YouTube log
"Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier...Viacom Will Get Your Youtube Records
This is somewhat disturbing: Google has been ordered by a federal court to hand over all of YouTube's viewer records to Viacom, as the media giant continues its crusade against copyright infringement. This...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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318 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Anil Ambani to invest in Spielberg's DreamWorks
"Los Angeles/Mumbai- According to media reports Hollywood film producers DreamWorks SKG are close to a deal with Anil Ambani's Reliance Big Entertainment, one of India's biggest entertainment conglomerate, to form...YouTube/Google battle another step towards thinking "after piracy"?
It was a happy morning to wake up and find out I was not the onlyone destined to have an aggravating first day back to work. Seemslike the legal teams and front offices of these two web gorillas willbe pretty...New Jackass flick leaps over theatres
Online movie releases were inevitable, but I still think the "theatre experience" will survive. I like the "theatre experience." Do you like the "theatre experience?""NEW YORK - The next batch of painful...Viacom Strike Continues
The freelancers/permalancers/contractors/whatever cheap euphemism you want to use at Viacom are striking for the third day in the row, after their company unveiled a plan to make it more difficult for them to...
created by Brian A Kennedy | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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467 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Spielberg is not leaving Dreamworks, says spokesman
"DreamWorks was acquired by Paramount Pictures in 2005 for $1.6 billion. Under the deal, Spielberg and partner David Geffen agreed to stay on with Viacom through the end of 2008. But there has been persistent speculation the two principals are unhappy and may choose to leave...Viacom walkout set for 3 p.m. today in NYC
We'd love to get photos of the walkout. Nearby citizens, report!"Something’s rotten in the state of Viacom. Parent Company of the popular cable television networks MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon, among others,...
created by Rob Peters | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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1042 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Newsweek readership in freefall
More bad news for the traditional news business:"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Newsweek's new management plans to chop its guaranteed paid circulation by 500,000 copies, dropping its promise to advertisers down to 2.6...
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