Grant Torre

Etsy Unveils New Website Template Subscr... The peer-to-peer e-commerce site Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) recently announced an expansion of its revenue stream with the introduction of Pattern...

Disney Invests Further in Fan-Generated... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) was recently announced as a major investor in a $15 million funding round for Playbuzz, an online platfo...

Virgin America Sale Looks to Shake Up U.... With four U.S. airlines taking up 80% of American domestic air travel, the United States Justice department has been explicitly reluctant ab...

Netflix to Finance and Distribute Will S... Ten years ago, no movie would dare try to find mainstream success with an online release. But today, films are turning to digital distributo...

Viacom Drama Continues at Annual Board M... The leadership succession drama at Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) continues to grow following its annual meeting in Miami, where the company's 11-mem...

The World's Seven Richest Men 1. Bill Gates ($75 billion)Bill Gates is perhaps equally known for creating Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) as well as his and his wife's charity,...

Billboards that See You, Just as You See... Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (NYSE: CCO) recently announced Radar, a new program that will track how customers interact with the company's...

How Studios Benefit From Oscar Wins Now that the 88th Annual Academy Awards has concluded and all the winners have gone back to their lives in the film industry, movie studios...

Justice Scalia's Death Brings Uncertaint... On February 13th, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away in Texas in the middle of the United States' highest court's term. The Su...

Lodging Wars: AirBnB and Hotels Fight fo... As technology has allowed travel to become easier and more affordable, consumers have noticed an increased in accommodation options during v...

Viacom's Snapchat Deal a Push for Young... Privately-owned Snapchat (NYSE:SNAP) is teaming up with media giant Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) to sell advertisements for the application's nativ...

Amazon Eyes Global Shipping Network Even when you thought Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) had expanded into every sector it could, the company is currently developing its own courier and...

Succession Drama at CBS and Viacom Cause... Two of the media industry's biggest conglomerates, CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB), are being shaken up by the resignation o...

The Best Super Bowl Ads $5 Million Could... This year's Super Bowl on CBS (NYSE: CBS) charged advertisers $5 million for a 30-second spot on the most-watched television event of the ye...

The Super Bowl: America's Economic Spect... The Super Bowl is arguably America's largest sporting event, drawing in over 114 million viewers and bringing millions of dollars of economi...

Amazon and Netflix Bet Big at Sundance In late January each year, Hollywood's most powerful agents, producers, directors and actors descend upon the hills of Park City, Utah for t...

Discovery Communications Bets Big on Spo... With the global cable market becoming increasingly complicated with the rise of "cord-cutters," Discovery Networks (NASDAQ: DISCA), known fo...

General Motors’ Invests in Ride-Sharing... Ride-sharing service Lyft recently announced that General Motors (NYSE: GM) invested $500 million in the company, with a $5.5 billion post-m...

Chinese Investors Acquire Legendary Pict... Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group recently announced its purchase of an unspecified majority stake in U.S.-based Legendary films, the...

Traditional and Digital Booksellers to F... Over the past few years, many have predicted the demise-or at least significant restructuring-of the book publishing industry. With the incr...

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