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Leigh Anne Brodsky has left her position as President, Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products, reports The Licensing Letter. This is the second entertainment licensing head to ... More

With the stunning success of “The Lion King” this weekend, Disney might re-release other classics in 3D, its distribution chief told TheWrap Sunday....... More

Universal Music last week announced the appointment of Simon Watt to the role of Head Of Technology, Global Digital Group. Watt, previously a technology VP within the Universal Int... More

Samsung has already planned out an aggressive legal strategy to block sales of Apple’s unannounced iPhone 5 when it arrives in Korea, a new report claims. Insiders at the South K... More

At its Build conference on Tuesday, Microsoft spent more than two hours on stage detailing its next OS. While the software isn't expected to make it into consumer hands until somet... More

With more young adults tuning out this TV season, the industry is confronting a generation of viewers who say they won’t pay the typical $75 monthly cable or satellite bill. Niel... More

The head of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 videogame business in Japan said Friday that its motion-control Kinect device hasn’t sold as many units as expected in Japan so far and i... More

“Downton Abbey”’s first series has become the highest selling TV drama box set of all time, beating off stiff competition from hit American shows “The Wire,” “The Sopra... More

We’re just weeks away from the announcement of the new Apple iPhone 5, according to an Apple employee who asked not to be named because he was not allowed to speak publicly for t... More

Amazon.com’s tablet may be vaporware right now, but it’s real—and it’s coming soon. A Barclays Capital analyst is now expecting the leading online retailer to sell 2 millio... More

MOG has launched a free, on-demand music streaming service, putting it in direct competition with Spotify. The new ad-supported account option allows instant streaming of MOG’s 1... More

The company is now raising the monthly subscription charge on its basic package to $14.49, from $12.95 currently, according to details shared earlier today (Sept. 14). That’s the... More

The Billboard 200’s top debut (Sept. 14) is George Strait’s “Here for a Good Time,” starting at No. 3 with 91,000....The Beatles’ “1” re-enters at No. 4 with 60,000 (... More

Primera Technology, Inc. today announced a new model of its Bravo Archive-Series Disc Publishers, now with recordable drives and media from JVC Advanced Media U.S.A., Inc. JVC Arch... More

As reported in a number of places, Walmart has acquired OneRiot: a startup that originally tried to do social search before pivoting to focus on social advertising. OneRiot joins a... More

In a move likely to secure more content for a tablet, Amazon.com and Hearst Corp. have entered into an expanded, consumer marketing, e-commerce and content relationship. With the ... More

Gamers can expect to see even more ads in the coming years. Marketers are expected to spend $7.2 billion to place advertising in or around games worldwide by 2016, up from $3.1 bil... More

For decades, the question, “What song is playing?” plagued music fans. If a DJ failed to announce an artist’s name or the song’s title, fans were left to their own devices ... More

Today, after much iterating and tinkering, Songza is launching free mobile apps for iOS and Android that allow users to create and share personalized music collections — in the c... More

Best Buy Co., the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer, reported second-quarter profit that trailed analysts’ estimates and cut its full-year earnings forecast as sale... More