Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Tuesday October 27, 2009 16:19

Zynga optimistic about online gaming

Posted by Alex as Entertainment, Internet

Not everyone is enamored by the games and applications that can get people addicted on social network sites such as MySpace and Facebook. But apparently, there are more of the former as Zynga, a San Francisco-based company, which is known for Farmville -...

Tuesday October 6, 2009 23:12

Playboy names new president, to keep print

Posted by Alex as Entertainment

The parent company of iconic men's magazine Playboy, Playboy Enterprises Inc just named 11-year industry veteran Alex Vaickus as its new president. He is set to oversee all of the company's businesses that span print, TV and online media. Playboy...

Wednesday September 2, 2009 21:35

YouTube talking to movie studios

Posted by Alex as Entertainment, Featured, Internet

YouTube is one of the most popular destinations online and has even replaced the television for some users. Google knew the business potential of YouTube when they bought it for $1.65 billion back in 2006. Still, they haven't really maximized that...

Monday August 31, 2009 22:37

Disney to buy Marvel

Posted by Alex as Corporate, Entertainment, Featured

As far as corporate news in recent weeks, this has got to be one of the more interesting ones. Walt Disney Co. is set to buy out Marvel Entertainment. Whoever said that comics and cartoons are just for kids? Corporate buyouts, no matter what the nature of...

Tuesday June 30, 2009 19:25

Ticketmaster fined, forced to close sites

Posted by Alex as Entertainment

This is what you get when you get greedy. Ticketmaster subsidiary TicketsNow appeared before the Illinois Attorney General after it received complaints of jacked up ticket prices to Hannah Montana and Bruce Springsteen concerts. TicketsNow allegedly...

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