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VRTL Closes Seed Round to Bring Branded Virtual Entertainment to Fans
VRTL is a white-labeled virtual platform that enables live entertainment brands to create virtual venues for engaging events. The funding round included participation from APEX Capital and HearstLab. VRTL connects fans directly with talent ranging from sports stars to entertainment icons.
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Robinhood Partners With Rich Paul's Klutch Sports Group
Rich Paul will get a seat on Robinhood's board as a strategic advisor. As part of the deal, Paul will work closely with Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev to identify new partnership opportunities in the sports and entrepreneurship space. In recent years, the group has expanded to connect teams, leagues and properties with global brands for partnerships.
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Take a Look on KXTV
Take A Look will debut on March 10 at 1 p.m. as a preview to the Academy Awards broadcast on ABC. Take a Look will feature celebrity interviews, movie critiques, and commentary about upcoming major motion pictures, television shows.
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Tencent Music Entertainment Group - ADR (TME) - Getting a Strong Buy?
Tencent Music Entertainment Group - ADR (TME) is up Thursday morning, with the stock gaining 0.42% in pre-market trading to 9.66. TME's short-term technical score indicates that the stock has traded more bullishly over the last month than 69% of stocks on the market.
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The UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report
In 2023, three of the 20 biggest films at the global box office featured casts that were more than 30% people of color. Women drove the box office success of 3 of the top 10 films, including the highest-grossing movie of last year, “Barbie” The report has continually challenged Hollywood executives’ conventional wisdom that ‘diversity does not travel’. For the second consecutive year, the team behind the report has tracked the relationship between diversity and Hollywood’s bottom line.
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Rooster Teeth Shuts Down
The Rooster Teeth expo had been around for more than 20 years. We've all heard how a young Steve Jobs built the first Apple computer in his family's garage. They were bought by AT&T and then scooped up by Warner Brothers Discovery entertainment corporation.
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Conecta Fiction & Entertainment in Sao Paulo
Conecta Fiction & Entertainment will celebrate its eighth edition from June 18-21 in Toledo, Spain. All the participants will be able to get a glimpse of and engage with the Brazilian audiovisual scene. In this scenario, Brazilian professionals will present themselves as potential partners in a country with strong demand for content driven by platforms, local and global operators, and a vast and loyal local audience.
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Grom Social Enterprises, Inc.
Arctic7 has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Arctic7, Inc. (www.Arctic7.com), an emerging gaming industry service provider, in a 100% equity transaction. The acquisition of Arctic7 would complement Grom's existing entertainment offerings of safe, social media for kids and its growing catalog of original intellectual property from Curiosity Ink Media. Arctic7’s executive and management team boasts over 100 years of combined leadership experience across games, film and TV including
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Paul Simon's Latest Honor Places Him Among Public Figures Outside the Music Industry
Paul Simon is this year's winner of PEN America's PEN/Audible Literary Service Award. He is known for such classic songs as “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “The Sound of Silence” and for his globe-spanning musical tastes. Later this month, Simon will be featured in the MGM+ docuseries “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon”.
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