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KKR & Co. and Silver Lake Management LLC are vying with Yahoo! Inc. to acquire Hulu LLC, escalating a bidding war that has attracted cable and satellite TV, private equity, a talent agency and media mogul Peter Chernin.
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MGM Holdings Inc., the film studio that emerged from bankruptcy more than two years ago, said first-quarter profit more than doubled with the film hits “Skyfall” and “The Hobbit.”
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Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer is exploring whether to bid for the Hulu LLC streaming-TV service, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Director Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” will open in China on May 12, about a month after the picture was pulled from theaters without explanation, distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment said.
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BiteSize Entertainment is developing a movie about Rebekah Brooks, the former head of News Corp.’s British publishing unit, the Hollywood Reporter said, citing producer Gene Kirkwood.
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The board of Hulu LLC, operator of the online video-streaming service, has reached out to potential strategic buyers to gauge interest in acquiring the company, said two people with knowledge of the situation.
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Apple Inc., the maker of the iPhone and iPad, is seeking a patent on a technology that will make it possible to present street-level imaging in a mobile device.
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The liquidator of Bernard L. Madoff’s firm sued Lion Global Investors Ltd. and at least six other companies to recover at least $172.8 million they allegedly received from investments made with the con man by Fairfield Sentry Ltd.
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Troy David Stratos, self-described movie producer and music impresario, was peeved.
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Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The Hollywood Reporter's Mathew Bellamy talks about Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)
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