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Nathan Mcalone

Nathan Mcalone

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Amazon's TV boss explains which shows have no place in the new TV landscape

"The real competition is not to be broadly accepted, but to be truly exceptional," Price said on a …

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This startup veteran wants to use email to build the next media empire

These readers aren't just seeing a headline pass them by on social media, so there's not the necess…

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Apple says it has zero interest in buying Jay Z's music service Tidal, which lost $28 million last year

Tidal lost $28 million last year, according to a legal filing reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. …

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NBC's CEO has 5 millennial kids and none of them pay for TV

"It's undeniable that traditional pay-TV subscribers are in decline," Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch told…

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Pandora now lets you 'replay' songs you liked

You can unlock both these features by watching a 15-second video ad. When you do so, Pandora will g…

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Pandora has a new service that costs about $5 a month - here's what you get

The other will cost $9.99 and let you pick from millions of songs on demand, like Spotify and Apple…

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TV networks are spending a whopping $60 to $80 million just to promote their Emmy nominations

Netflix scored 54 nominations this year, good enough for third place, but behind HBO (94) and FX (5…

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Here are the top 20 apps millennials like way more than other age groups do

And in Silicon Valley, popularity with young people is considered a sign that an app is destined fo…

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Pokemon Go's money train is running out of steam

The data shows that the percentage of Pokémon Go players that actually pay money through in-app pur…

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Jay Z's Tidal music streaming service is bleeding money, and more than doubled its losses last year

Tidal's strategy for getting new customers seems to rely heavily on high-profile exclusives from th…

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Here's the reason Netflix was downgraded, and the debate behind it

When Netflix expanded into over 130 additional countries on a single day this January, it seemed li…

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Time Inc. CEO steps down following a 'health incident'

"During this dynamic time in media, we are transforming Time Inc. to a cross-media company and are …

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Netflix has declared war on data caps

"Data caps (especially low data caps) and usage-based pricing ('UBP') discourage a consumer's consu…

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Facebook's 'friend anniversary' posts are driving me insane

Facebook is a profit-making enterprise, and is free to do whatever it thinks will create the most v…

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Here are the companies that could buy Pandora, and why

As to a potential valuation for Pandora, SunTrust uses the $15 per share offer from Liberty Media a…

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The one question prominent Silicon Valley investor Bill Gurley asked Warren Buffett when they met

"If you go back to '99, there were a whole bunch of companies going public and everything, but no o…

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We talked to the startup founder Erlich Bachman from HBO's 'Silicon Valley' is based on

The reality is often so ridiculous that the show even has to pull back sometimes, otherwise viewers…

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These are 20 of the top songs people listen to in the shower

Business Insider reached out to Spotify at the time to find out which songs go best with suds.…

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Amazon wants to show you live sports

There could be ways around that, Bloomberg notes. Amazon could do deals that offered league streami…

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ESPN's digital boss reveals how ESPN snags millennials, and 18 million people every month on Snapchat

"I do not believe in cannibalization," Kosner said, even of younger audiences. He also pointed out …

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The year's Craigslist 'Missed Connections' for Burning Man are hilariously absurd

Note: If you've never read a "Missed Connections" post before, Craigslist users often use tags like…

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You can now play any Pandora station you want from your Uber driver's sound system

For Uber, the move isn't about favoring Pandora, but rather about integrating more and more service…

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Kids watch services like Netflix 15 times as much as they play outdoors

After our article, the team at CordCutting.com decided to put that number in perspective. They look…

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How to add a 'find a random movie' button to Netflix

But sometimes you just want Netflix to pick you a random movie or TV show. The team at AllFlicks, a…

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How Vice convinces the world it's worth billions - even if its cable ratings are horrible

Here's how Gawker founder Nick Denton describes Smith's pitch to brands: "He's got a lot of bravado…