Jon Erlichman
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Apple’s Taylor Swift Retreat Highlights New Corporate Crisis-Management Playbook
As it launches new streaming music service, the world’s largest company wins high marks for nimbly diffusing a social-media storm
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The Onion CEO Steve Hannah to Step Down
The executive tells TheWrap about his decision, the state of the satire site, and the possibility of a sale
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‘Dope’ to Become First Movie to Accept Bitcoin for Ticket Purchases (Exclusive)
Open Road Films teams with MovieTickets.com and GoCoin to allow moviegoers to pay with digital currency
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Oculus Unveils Virtual Reality Headset – But Will Facebook’s 1.5 Billion Users Embrace It?
Facebook unit reveals Rift retail device, previews proprietary games, announces Xbox partnership
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Apple’s App Store Has Passed 100 Billion App Downloads
WWDC announcement that the App Store has passed 100 billion app downloads highlights the developers who help Apple dominate the fast changing media landscape
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Sony Hack Aftershocks: Viacom Steps Up Cybersecurity With New Policy (Exclusive)
The company-wide policy is part of new protective measures in wake of last year’s devastating digital attack
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Periscope Piles Up 380 Years’ Worth of Broadcasts in Just 8 Weeks
As live-streaming app gains mainstream popularity, will binge broadcasters find time to watch traditional TV?
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Artists Get New Ammo in Battle With Labels Over Streaming Revenues
The leak of a Sony-Spotify contract leaves performers feeling even more frustrated and underpaid by labels
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Will Periscope and Other Live-Streaming Apps Kill the Cable TV Star?
Cable programmers have one more thing to worry about: the rise of a new crop of live-broadcasting stars on apps like Periscope and Meerkat
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Spotify’s New Push Into Video Content Reveals a Case of Netflix Envy
In the race to build successful (and lucrative) subscription businesses, video rules over audio content
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Verizon’s AOL Acquisition Sheds Light on ‘Over-The-Top’ Plan
As Verizon seeks to hang onto its TV viewers, the AOL deal allows the telcom giant to tap into advertising tech know-how
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‘Skinny Bundles?’ Big Media Preps for America’s Changing Cable Diet
The pressure is on pay-TV as viewing alternatives grow. Companies like Disney and Fox are still in cable’s corner, but they’re hedging their bets
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How Tech Entrepreneur Dave Goldberg Influenced Hollywood
From his innovations in the music industry to the YouTube ecosytem, TheWrap looks at the executive’s mark on media
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Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Use Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight To Indict Periscope
Piracy looms, but Periscope users are part of an active community, while pay-per-view events are largely “lean back” experiences