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Kristin Hersh Turns An Album Into A Book

Dear Warner Bros., It’s Not ‘Word Of Mouth’ If You Have To Pay People To Promote Your Movies (28) Big Name Authors Realize Their Old Contracts Don’t Cover eBooks; Route Around Old Publishers To Release New Versions (26) Copyright Used To Silence

Michael Jackson’s Estate Complains About Dancing MJ…

Dear Warner Bros., It’s Not ‘Word Of Mouth’ If You Have To Pay People To Promote Your Movies (26) Big Name Authors Realize Their Old Contracts Don’t Cover eBooks; Route Around Old Publishers To Release New Versions (26) Copyright Used To Silence

Hulu pay version launch imminent

to find new sources of revenue. The companies recognize that more people want to watch TV shows and movies online — but executives are loath to do so in a way that undercuts the lucrative cable contracts that underwrite the cost of producing expensive

CFTC approves movie futures for 2nd exchange

Federal regulators have allowed a second online exchange to proceed to trade future box-office receipts for movies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday approved the proposed futures contracts for the new Cantor Futures Exchange. That

Regulators postpone to June 14 decision on contracts…

decision on whether to allow a new online exchange to proceed to trade future box office receipts for movies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission extended to June 14 Monday’s deadline for deciding on the proposed futures contracts for the new Trend

CFTC delays decision on movie futures

decision on whether to allow a new online exchange to proceed to trade future box office receipts for movies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission extended to June 14 Monday’s deadline for deciding on the proposed futures contracts for the new Trend

Regulators approve movie box office futures market

allow the creation of a market for trading futures contracts based on the predicted box-office revenue of Hollywood movies. Major Hollywood studios had opposed such a market, calling it a form of “legalized gambling.” But the U.S…. United

Wal-Mart buys streaming movie provider Vudu, cuts adult…

part, considering that Vudu already had major-studio contracts in place, giving it a library of 16,000+ streaming movies. Vudu also offers social networking sites and other non-Hollywood content through its Vudu Apps platform. What remains to be seen is

Cantor Exchange Expecting CFTC Approval; On Track to…

be regulated by the CFTC to be complementary to HSX, a VIRTUAL market for shares of celebrities and movies with the ‘Hollywood Dollar,’ which Cantor Fitzgerald also owns. It’s been a long, slow process to get this real money futures contracts exchange up