The Grill
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Seth MacFarlane: ‘I Tend to Write With My Ears’ (Video)
Seth MacFarlane on making the leap from "Family Guy" to "Ted" and his control-freak creative process
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Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler: ‘We Don’t Care About Money’
More than $375 million has been pledged on the site, but Yancey Strickler insists the site is about art for art's sake
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NBC Hopes to Rebound With Must-See TV – Again
"What we're trying to do is bring quality, must-see TV back," Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment and Universal Television, told TheGrill
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Geoff Reiss and Ed Desser at TheGrill: ‘Be Everywhere That Sports Fans Are’ (Video)
Ed Desser and Geoff Reiss tell moderator Carlos Watson what it takes to be a player in sports media and whether ESPN is still the biggest superpower in the field
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Movie Buzz More Likely to Spread by Word-of-Mouth Than Social Networks
And good news for marketers from Ipsos MediaCT's Vincent Bruzzese: Those who take to Twitter primarily post to boost a movie they're excited about — not to warn people about a turkey
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HSN’s Mindy Grossman at TheGrill: ‘We Don’t Sell, We Inspire’ (Video)
Mindy Grossman tells AllThingsD's Kara Swisher how HSN's overwhemingly female customer base engages with the online shopping network — and the games women play in the process
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos at TheGrill: ‘We’re a Television Network on Steroids’ (Video)
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos tells TheWrap's Brent Lang about the company's evolution from distributor to programmer
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Seth MacFarlane on a ‘Classy’ Oscars, a ‘Family Guy’ Movie – and Stewie
Seth MacFarlane says a sequel to 'Ted' is in the works, though it hasn't reached the writing stage yet
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Show Some Respect: Sports Leagues, ESPN Give Hollywood a Blueprint for Success
"I don’t know that [sports] gets its full appreciation and credit for both ground it broke and the size of its influence on the market,” Geoff Reiss, CEO of the professional bowlers’ association, tells TheGrill
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Kara Swisher & Sharon Waxman at TheGrill: Silicon Valley and Hollywood Face Off (Video)
AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher and TheWrap's Sharon Waxman size up the relationship between the epicenters of technology and entertainment and what "content" means in both realms
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How HSN Stopped Screaming at People and Became a Media Arcade
"We're not Amazon, we're not an aggregator of products — we're a curator of products," HSN CEO Mindy Grossman told TheGrill
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‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 Footage Premieres at TheGrill
In addition to offering a sneak peek at the upcoming season of "Arrested Development," Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos explains the dive into original programming — and why Netflix and cable operators get along just fine
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Where Hollywood Sees Art, Silicon Valley Sees ‘Bits & Bytes’; Who’s Winning?
Studios still play a critical role in the media ecosystem, just not as large and domineering a position as in the past, AllThingsD's Kara Swisher tells TheWrap's Sharon Waxman at TheGrill
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Thanks to Twitter, Hollywood and Silicon Valley Are Finally Working Together
Venture capitalists Chris Sacca and Jeff Jordan say that Facebook, Apple and Android are the new kingmakers
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Chris Sacca and Jeff Jordan Talk Smart Venture Capitalism at TheGrill (Video)
Sacca, founder of Lowercase Capital, and Jordan, a director of Pinterest and OpenTable talk about why it's a great time to be a content producer