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07/09/15: Microsoft to cut 7,800 jobs, scale back Nokia; ProSiebenSat.1 to combine Collective Digital Studios and Studio71 into global MCN; Netflix renews ‘Between’ for second season

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.09.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday July 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Microsoft is significantly scaling back on its Nokia unit, acquired just 14 months ago, with another major round of layoffs. The Seattle area based company will cut 7,800 jobs to write off $7.6 billion, nearly all the […]

07/08/15: Two more nets yank Cosby shows; Harry Shearer back onboard The Simpsons; retrans fees projected to jump 63 percent by 2021

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CYNOPSIS 07.08.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday July 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: Bravo: Million Dollar Listing San Francisco at 10p Comedy: Key & Peele at 10p, Why? With Hannibal Buress at 10:30p DIY: American Rehab: Virginia at 11p Great American Country: Going RV at 10p IFC: The Spoils […]

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07/08/15: PewDiePie’s Felix Kjellberg reportedly made $7M last year; Katie Couric joins VidCon’s guest list; Netflix next wave original films get premiere date

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.08.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday July 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Among the crowd at year 6 of VidCon will be Katie Couric; the event is held at the Anaheim Convention Center from July 23-25. At the mega online video gathering, Couric will interview […]

07/08/15: Sports Illustrated makes a youth play; ESPN cooks up a Derby slam; Univision offers a taste of Gold

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.08.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday July 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  Time Inc. is boosting its Sports Illustrated portfolio via the acquisition of three companies that will now form the cornerstones of Sports Illustrated Play, a new business devoted to youth and amateur sports. Two of the new […]

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07/07/15: Acorn lands digital distribution rights to AMC’s ‘Humans’; Comic-Con: Moviepilot, EW partner for video series; YouTubers Nadine Sykora, Maya Washington sign on with Maker Studios

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.07.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday July 7, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   British TV streaming service Acorn acquired the Electronic-sell-through (EST) and DVD rights in North America to AMC’s Humans. Produced by Kudos (Broadchurch) and co-commissioned by the UK’s Channel 4 and AMC, Humans stars […]

07/06/15: Reelz CEO gets real about Miss USA; NBC cancels A.D.: The Bible Continues, but the story’s not over; binge viewers offer excuses

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CYNOPSIS 07.06.15 Good morning. It’s Monday July 6, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: ABC Family: Chasing Life at 9p CW: Penn & Teller: Fool Us at 8p Disney XD: Star Wars: Droid Tales at 9:30p DIY: Yard Crashers at 10p, House Crashers at 11p HGTV: Tiny House, Big Living […]

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