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Amazon Prime Video is now a standalone Netflix competitor

Amazon Prime Video started off as a nice little bonus for Prime subscribers, but Amazon has improved the feature to the point where it's now up there with Hulu as the...

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Amazon has launched its own clothing brands

Consumer electronics are the only area where Amazon has found any real success in creating its own product lines, but the company hasn't given up. WWD noticed on Monday that...

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Dr. Dre is helping Apple make its first scripted television series

Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics didn't just give it access to the company's audio and streaming technologies, it also helped Apple form a business relationship with Dr. Dre, and it's been taking advantage of...

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Xiaomi wants to get into the entertainment business

It looks like Xiaomi's ambitions aren't limited to the consumer electronics market, as the company is joining forces with Chinese media group Huayi Brothers Star to form a joint film production venture....

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Netflix wants to start making some Vice-like news documentaries

It looks like HBO isn't the only one that needs to watch its back for Netflix, as the company will apparently begin offering Vice-like content in the near future. A...

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Netflix is working on a bunch of new content for tweens and teens

Families have always been Netflix's primary target, and the company already has plenty of content to entertain parents and young children, but what about kids in the tween and teen demographics?...

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Michelle Phan’s beauty startup just raised $100 million in funding

Michelle Phan was one of the Internet's first YouTube celebrities, all thanks to her make-up tutorial videos that have earned her more than one billion collective views over the years. However, that...

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News Corp’s CEO thinks companies like Google are nothing but leeches

Google and News Corp have never been on friendly terms, and News Corp CEO Robert Thomson's recent attack on Google and Silicon Valley as a whole is simply the most recent in...

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Hulu paid nearly $200 million to get streaming rights for South Park

South Park is one of the most beloved, longest-running adult cartoon comedies out there, which is why it's not that surprising that Hulu was so desperate to secure streaming rights to the series. However,...

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WikiLeaks is making sure Sony never lives down last year’s hack

Sony is never going to able to live down the massive hack that it allowed to happen last year, and WikiLeaks intends to ensure as much. Earlier today, the organization...

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HBO isn’t happy about Periscope users live-streaming Game of Thrones

People have been using Periscope, Twitter's live-streaming app and rival to Meerkat, to stream episodes of Game of Thrones to their viewers. As I'm sure you can imagine, HBO isn't...

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House of Cards is coming back for another season

In a move that has surprised no one, Netflix has decided to renew House of Cards for another season. The last season of Netflix's most popular original series was met...

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