Hints and tips:
...Long gone are the days of Mad Men agency work, when big budgets driven by the 1960s consumer boom were matched by the egos and drinking habits of their ad executives....
...Whether the new owners maintain the down-at-heel vibe remains to be seen but they’d be foolish to tamper with a winning formula....
...We’ve contacted Swoop for more information. 18) Vibe Labs Inc. ($1mn for about 4pc) Vibe Labs appears to be Vibe, which promises “Non-Fungiblity, Resigned” on its website, which also has two “Coming Soon...
...Even the apps ranked 50th most popular in the categories for shopping, lifestyle, finance, travel and entertainment are all rated at least 4.8 stars in the App Store....
...This, and the availability on Netflix of full series of non-Netflix shows such as Breaking Bad and Mad Men, spawned the so-called “binge-watching” phenomenon, where viewers immerse themselves in a series...
...Lions Gates Entertainment, the movie studio behind Twilight, Mad Men and Orange is the New Black, is close to acquiring the US premium cable channel Starz for more than $3bn, according to people briefed...
...Sphero’s two original co-founders, Ian Bernstein and Adam Wilson, are described by investor Brad Feld of the Foundry Group as “mad geniuses”....
...The company behind Candy Crush, King Digital Entertainment, made 78 per cent of its $2bn in customer expenditure last year from the game....
...It was as if someone filmed an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and AA was mad because that film competed with its own business of videotaping meetings and selling the tapes....
...He added: “A reason piracy is so big is because people are frustrated . . . they might be able to get the first two or three seasons of a show like Mad Men but not all five....
...Lions Gate Entertainment, producer of the Mad Men and Weeds television shows and the upcoming Hunger Games films, has bought Summit Entertainment, the company behind the blockbuster Twilight vampire movies...
...Lions Gate Entertainment, producer of the Mad Men and Weeds television shows, is closing in on a $400m deal to buy Summit Entertainment, the film company behind the Twilight movies, in the latest round of...
...Summit is currently in merger talks with Lions Gate Entertainment, producer of the Mad Men and Weeds TV shows....
...Yet just as striking are the names that cut across the categories: Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire. A hit TV show is a force to reckon with....
...After a year at another low-budget film company, PM Entertainment, it was time to set up her own company....
...With Reliance as a controlling shareholder, IM Global has become a new competitor for Hollywood’s “mini-majors” – companies such as Lions Gate Entertainment, which produces the Mad Men series and the Saw...
...He is keen to merge the company with Lions Gate Entertainment, the company behind the Mad Men television series....
...However, the new MGM is likely to face pressure to merge with Lions Gate Entertainment, the company behind the acclaimed Mad Men television series and films such as Precious and Kick-Ass....
...They are considering three separate proposals: one from Lions Gate, which owns the Saw horror franchise and the Mad Men TV series; a competing offer from Summit Entertainment, which released the Twilight...
...However, Lions Gate Entertainment, which produces series such as Weeds and Mad Men, and the BBC are likely to be among the contenders to join the scheme because, like Starz, they have interests in television...
...Lionsgate, the maker of Mad Men and the Saw horror films, was also expected to bid....
...Carl Icahn has increased the pressure on the board of Lions Gate Entertainment by announcing plans for a tender offer for as much as $325m of the group’s debt....
...Useful for: Company annual meetings or private dinners for football-mad executives you are keen to impress. Contact: T: 0870 442 1994....
...More than 35m inhabitants of the US were born abroad, perhaps a third of them in soccer-mad Mexico. No wonder that last year nearly 20m Americans played soccer at least once....
International Edition