'Force Friday' spans all types of media
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Time for a dramatic shift?
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Audio overkill?
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Microsoft launches Xbox Music on Web for free
Microsoft is making its Xbox Music streaming service available for free on the Web - even to those who don't use Windows 8.
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Executives admit that TV isn't everywhere yet
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Plenty of reasons to keep spending
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Comcast doubles down on TV in $16.7B deal for NBCU
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Smart TVs get just a little bit smarter
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Microsoft unveils 'Surface' tablet
LOS ANGELES - Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple's iPad.
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Boards come to life at theater
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Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley
LOS ANGELES - In a move that heightens the growing tension between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark Wednesday in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.
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Harry Potter park to appear in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - In a spray of confetti and a hoisting of mugs of butterbeer, Universal Studios executives said Tuesday that the company will spend several hundred million dollars to build a Harry Potter attraction inside its existing Hollywood theme park, mimicking the success of a similar park in Orlando, …
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The cart before the horse?
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Google among firms looking to buy Hulu
LOS ANGELES - Search giant Google Inc. is one of about a dozen companies involved in talks to potentially buy online video site Hulu, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. As the owner of YouTube, it would be a strategic buy for the Silicon Valley technology company, which …
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'FarmVille' creator Zynga to go public
LOS ANGELES - Zynga, the online game maker behind "FarmVille" and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Internet IPOs expected after LinkedIn Corp. showed that the online networking craze is a hot commodity on Wall Street.
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More ads hit online TV
LOS ANGELES - One of the rewards of watching TV online is not having to sit through as many commercials. Now the networks are chipping away at that little luxury.
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Apple's cloud system could finally make piracy pay
LOS ANGELES - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs on Monday introduced more than just a cloud storage system for songs that fans buy legitimately through iTunes. He unveiled a system that might finally get music lovers to pay for the songs they got through less-than-proper means.
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Warner Music being sold for $1.3B
LOS ANGELES - Warner Music Group Corp., the world's third-largest recording company with such artists as Eric Clapton, Michael Buble and Paramore, is being sold for about $1.3 billion as a global decline in CD sales weighs down the industry.
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Japan's PM vows to win battle against nuke plant
TOKYO - Japan's prime minister sounded a resolute note Friday, promising to win the battle against an overheating nuclear plant even as atomic safety officials raised questions about the accuracy of radiation measurements at the complex.
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Grammys sing the praises of independent labels
LOS ANGELES - Independent labels are reveling in their success after grabbing the spotlight and many of the biggest awards at the Grammys. It marked one of the biggest nights in years for indies, setting the stage for a surge in their online music sales.
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'Hobbit' money sought as MGM files for bankruptcy
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., the home of James Bond, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in a plan that had the backing of its lenders, and it sought permission to begin funding its half of "The Hobbit."
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Fox rejects Cablevision's new offer to end impasse
LOS ANGELES - Fox on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch offer from Cablevision Systems Corp. to pay it more for its TV stations' signals, a move that could leave some 3 million Cablevision subscribers in the New York area with few options besides heading to a bar to watch baseball's World …
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Online TV spats mean fewer free shows on Web
LOS ANGELES - Broadcasters took a big step toward eliminating free TV shows on the Web after they blocked access to their programming online this month to enforce their demands to be paid.
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Digital movie locker 'UltraViolet' nears launch
LOS ANGELES - A group of media and electronics companies will soon start testing a system that will let you watch the movies and TV shows that you buy wherever you are, regardless of formats and other technical hurdles. Like ATMs, your account would follow you, no matter what brand …
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