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Recode senior media editor Peter Kafka has one word to describe the Hollywood box office environment: tepid. The failure of recent films on the big screen is mostly due to consumers having plenty of reasons not to get up from the couch and drive to the theaters, Kafka said Monday on CNBC. For...

Movie theater investors should be worried about the sector's outlook, a Recode report suggested. For many decades, the movie industry followed a basic formula: new films are released in theaters followed by a minimum 90-day waiting period after which the movie can make its way to a consumer's home...

Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P)'s struggles to earn a profit and remain relevant in the highly competitive online music streaming market has been well documented. A Bloomberg report on Wednesday suggested that Pandora's new streaming service dubbed Premium could be the company's final chance to gain...

Pandora (NYSE: P) is the newest app available for Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) popular streaming device. The $35 HDMI stick, known as Chromecast, launched with only a handful of apps when it was released earlier this year. By inking a deal with Pandora, Chromecast users will now be able to stream...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is dedicated to changing the way consumers watch television, but it has no intention of eliminating pay-TV giants like Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) or Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). AllThingsD's Peter Kafka wrote a piece speculating that, after...

According to CNN, "The Social Network", the movie released about the creation of Facebook, has apparently been changing peoples' attitudes about the real website. CNN writes "According to survey data released by YouGov BrandIndex, younger people have tended to like Facebook more since the movie hit...