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Pandora Beats Earnings Expectations Amid Strong Subscription Revenue Growth
By Janko Roettgers LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Music streaming service Pandora still makes most of its money with ad-supported streaming, but its paid subscription business is...
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TV Review: BBC America’s ‘Snatches’
By Caroline Framke LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Television isn’t hurting for lack of angry women right now, but it’s still startling to make direct eye contact...
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Robinne Lee Sells Hollywood Hills ‘Canyon Cabana’ (EXCLUSIVE)
By Mark David LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – After more than 1.5 years on and off the market and several canceled escrows, Columbia Law School grad turned...
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Book Excerpt: Inside the Making of ‘Die Hard’ 30 Years Later
By James Mottram LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Yippie-ki-yay! Fans of the “” movies can geek out with a new book that goes inside the entire saga...
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Midterms Spur TV News to Try New Streams, New Screens
By Brian Steinberg LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – MSNBC viewers know they can watch Stephanie Ruhle each weekday during daytime hours. But on Election Night, the anchor...
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Boomplay and Universal Music Group Strike Distribution Partnership in Africa
By Variety Staff LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming and download service, has struck a licensing agreement with Universal Music Group covering multiple...
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Apple Stock Slides to Three-Month Low After Report of iPhone XR Production Cutback
By Todd Spangler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Apple shares sank as much as 4.5% Monday following a report that the tech giant has scaled back production...
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Spotify to Buy Back up to $1 Billion in Stock
By Todd Spangler LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Aiming to boost its flagging stock price, Spotify announced a plan Monday to repurchase up to $1 billion worth...
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Zach Braff Partners With Adobe for Movie Poster Contest
By Nate Nickolai LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Zach Braff and Adobe are reversing the filmmaking process with their new movie poster movie contest . Starting on...
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‘Hearthstone’ Now Has Over 100 Million Players
By Stefanie Fogel LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Blizzard Entertainment’s digital card game “Hearthstone” has reached the 100 million player mark four years after launch, the studio...