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VH1 Sets Theatrical Release for Napster Doc 'Downloaded'
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - "Downloaded," Alex Winter's documentary about the rise and fall of the transformative but controversial company Napster, will receive theatrical and VOD runs from VH1 beginning in late June, the music network announced on Monday....Tags: Marley (movie), New York City, Satellite and Cable Service, Banksy, Hot Docs
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Facebook mogul Sean Parker's wedding not 'liked' by officials?
You can buy a lot of things when you’re the founder of Napster and former president of Facebook, but a free pass from the California Coastal Commission apparently isn’t one of them. The extravagant wedding Facebook billionaire and tech mogul...
Tags: Marriage, Weddings, Napster Inc., AEG, Personal Service
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Talent Agencies Increasingly Turning into Investors
VarietyCAA made a lot of money off of a single deal late last year, but it wasnât from landing one of its stars a big role or packaging the next film franchise. Instead, the agency sold jeans â $300 million worth of them â when it unloaded its stake in...Tags: Business, Brian Robbins, New Products, Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc.
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Fairy-tale wedding will cost tech billionaire about $10 million
SAN FRANCISCO — Even in the annals of over-the-top celebrity weddings, Sean Parker's planned nuptials may take the cake. The Facebook Inc. billionaire who also co-founded Napster is dropping nearly $10 million on a fairy-tale wedding in Big Sur...
Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, The Social Network (movie) , Personal Service, Family, Justin Timberlake
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Sean Parker spending millions, employing hundreds in June wedding
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook billionaire and tech mogul Sean Parker has a staff of hundreds and is spending millions to create a whimsical backdrop for his fairy-tale wedding in Big Sur to Alexandra Lenas, a source tells us. The total price tag could climb...
Tags: Marriage, Weddings, PayPal, Inc., Personal Service, Family
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Mark Zuckerberg's political wingman: Fwd.us founder Joe Green
SAN FRANCISCO -- Joe Green, Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate, is famous for having turned down an offer to move to Silicon Valley to join Facebook. Instead Green finished his college degree and worked for 2004 Democratic presidential nominee John...
Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, POLITICO LLC, Media Industry, Elections, Sociology
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Stageit: Playing live from the living room ...
Imagine a service that allows you to see your favorite acts in concert without ever leaving your home, let alone changing out of your pajamas. Stageit, a Los Angeles-based online company, does just that. The two-year-old service allows performers to...
Tags: Artists, Elton John, Jimmy Buffett, Jackson Browne, Apple iPod
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SXSW 2013: Napster film 'Downloaded' comes alive as a documentary
AUSTIN, Texas -- More than a decade ago, Alex Winter saw a revolution brewing. Winter is perhaps best known as Bill, the blond-haired high school slacker from the 1989 comedy “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” But he’s also a tech...
Tags: Kim Dotcom, MySpace, Neil LaBute, Music Industry, Paramount Pictures
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A different kind of Facebook tag: Graffiti on campus tunnel walls
SAN FRANCISCO -- This time it's Facebook that has been tagged. The giant social network's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters is a blank slate for artistic expression. Anyone who works at the company can pick up a can and spray-paint on the walls or...Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Frank Gehry, Media Industry, Sociology, Highway Transportation
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Justin Timberlake, David Fincher are a smooth fit in 'Suit & Tie'
In David Fincher's "The Social Network" -- the best studio film of 2010, whatever "King's Speech" partisans may argue -- Justin Timberlake was perfectly cast as a smarmy, cynical version of Napster co-founder and former Facebook President Sean Parker....
Tags: Ellie Goulding, Entertainment Events, The Social Network (movie) , Napster Inc., David Fincher
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Myspace tries another revamp with Justin Timberlake
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) — "Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away." Those are the opening lines of a song that accompanies a "New Myspace" promotional video. The once-mighty social network is trying to stage yet another...Tags: News Corp., WebMD Corporation, MySpace, The Social Network (movie) , Sociology
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Start-up Spotlight: NationBuilder, linking politics and tech, gets funding
NationBuilder -- a Los Angeles start-up that helps politicos and other leaders build support -- has gotten some big backing of its own.
On Thursday the company announced a $6.25-million Series A funding round, led by venture capital firm Andreessen...Tags: Movies, Cancer, Media Industry, Elections, Facebook
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