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The king of cable TV will sell Web games as an extra, not as an alternative to its core programming.


Plus, Musk teases, Box slides and someone calls Google evil.


The biggest reason for a lack of diversity in tech isn’t discrimination in hiring or retention. It’s the education pipeline.


This won’t revolutionize the movie business. But it will generate lots of attention for the streaming video service. Smart.


Of course there is a lot of fine print. Still, interesting.


This deal indicates a growing interest in subscription video services for the joint venture.


Tricky balancing act. How’s that going to work?


The New York Internet company ups it focus on the key demographic that many ignore.


Vice is set to get its own cable channel -- along with a bunch of cash -- from two new investors.


The comedian’s fan base uses Twitter and texts, so he’s using Twitter and texts to promote his “pop-up” shows.


PlayFab wants to give the creative guys a bit more technical ammo.


First Maker, then Fullscreen. What about this video network, with nearly a billion views per month?


A replay of the Warner Bros. dispute?


Siblings Lisa and Ben Donovan, two of the YouTube network’s three founders, are out.


Easier said than done.


Subscriptions work for apps like Pandora and Spotify, but their permissibility for games on the App Store is murky.


The joint venture will take a majority stake in the YouTube network, valuing it at more than $200 million.


Make no mistake, a bet on Time Warner is an $80 billion-plus bet that pay TV isn’t going away. Rupert Murdoch wants in. What about Disney, Apple or Google?


The new CBO’s long-term goal will be to identify Nextdoor’s business model.


At least not via “ReplayLastGoal”: Twitter has shut down the account after copyright complaints.


The Walt Disney Co. has selected 11 companies to participate in the Disney Accelerator program, which provides access to mentors and cash.


Now, everyone’s a critic in the app-happy world we have baked.


Aereo could have forced the TV guys to move faster into the future. Back to business as usual, which will be a problem in the long run.


The Web TV startup loses in a 6-3 decision.


There’s a catch, of course. But it may not be a deal-breaker.


What do Bob Iger, Jonathan Ive, Evan Spiegel and Sophia Amoruso have in common?


Good bet: Monday, Wednesday or Thursday.


Upfront Ventures, which made a lot of money from Maker Studios, is hoping for a repeat.


Meet the guys who run cable’s most powerful network and print’s biggest publishing outfit.


Kleiner Perkins is in. So is Chris Sacca’s Lowercase Capital. The challenge: Give Web video stars their own platform.


Google doesn’t have the rights to show World Cup games or clips. So it is linking up with ESPN, and sending searchers to the sports giant.


Mario and friends join the smart-toy club.


In Part One of this LA Stories series, Nellie Bowles has kale shakes with engineers and sits in freeway traffic, chatting up venture capitalists on Bluetooth.


SpongeBob and Teen Mom? Meet the Smosh dudes. You’re corporate cousins now.


ESPN might sell you soccer on the Web without making you pay for ESPN.


He worked on Tapulous pre-Disney and helped launch both Where’s My Water? and Tap Tap Revenge.


The industry should foster new revenue solutions for existing games -- not just for months, but for years after launching.


An unanticipated Web talent grab for a fledgling TV channel: First Felix Salmon, now a much-admired writer and editor.