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12/11/15: Moore eSports for EA; SEC on CBS continues its reign; CFP nixes daily fantasy

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.11.15 Good morning. It’s Friday December 11, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Another big player is beefing up the eSports frontline, with Electronic Arts announcing that Peter Moore will become Executive Vice President and Chief Competition Officer for Electronic Arts, spearheading the company’s new eSports-driven EA Competitive Gaming Division, […]

12/10/15: Netflix tops SAG Awards list; Showtime renews Homeland and The Affair; ABC Family dives deeper into reality

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12/10/15: CBS CEO says Apple nixing live-tv streaming plans; Netflix to release 31 originals in 2016; Yahoo to create new company out of core Internet business

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.10.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday December 10, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   Yahoo has decided not to spin off its $30 billion stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group – it seems that tax worries got in the way. Instead, Yahoo will create a new publicly […]

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12/10/15: FOX Sports’ ratings kicker; ESPN’s Jedi tricks; Facebook’s big winners

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.10.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday December 10, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The 2015 college football season cleared the uprights for FOX Sports, which posted ratings increases for the sports this year, topped by last weekend’s Big Ten Championship Game. The Michigan State win drew 9.8 million viewers to […]

12/09/15: The Blacklist renewed for season four; Fox Business land$ another GOP debate; Turner announces new ad sales unit

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12/09/15: AT&T CEO hints at upcoming streaming service; Amazon launches Partners Platform; Disney raises investment stake in Vice to $400 million

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.09.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday December 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   Does AT&T have a mobile entertainment service in the works? Yesterday at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, company CEO Randall Stephenson hinted as much, saying that the company is interested in reaching […]

12/09/15: Showtime Boxing enters the VR ring; ESPN’s college football spike; NWHL nabs first corporate sponsor

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.09.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday December 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Showtime is taking boxing to a whole new arena, announcing that last Saturday night’s main event between WBA Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs’ and previously undefeated challenger Peter Quillin is now available with 360-degree video from ring-side. […]

12/08/15: Cynopsis Jobs

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12/07/15: Fox News duo suspended for crude comments on President; VH1 offing Mob Wives; Brooklyn Nine-Nine nabs Katey Segal for key role

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12/08/15: Research finds that brands are staying away from Vine; Facebook shuts down Creative Labs Unit; Vevo acquires ShowYou

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.08.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday December 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS Is Twitter’s Vine service losing steam? Video analytics company Tubular Labs took a look at the social video posts from 40 major brands across Vine, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram between September and November. Tubular found […]

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