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A $109-million weekend for Steve Jobs

But Pixar's record ticket sales are small Mr. Potato Heads for what's coming next

"Utopian in its faith in technological progress, artisanal in its devotion to quality and nearly unbeatable in its marketing savvy."

That's how New York Times' A.O. Scott described Steve Jobs' other company -- Pixar -- in his review of Toy Story 3 last week.

The digital animation house that shares some of Apple's (AAPL) DNA, and which MORE

The Info Highway - 17 years later

Revisiting a 1993 Time Magazine cover story with the benefit of hindsight

I don't know whether to be flattered or embarrassed.

The Producers Guild of America has resurrected a story I wrote for Time Magazine in the spring of 1993 called The Info Highway. The piece, which ran on the cover, made a number of bold predictions about what form the information age might take -- some prescient, some naive, foolish and MORE

Clash of the titans: the cable wars, continued

News Corp. vs Cablevision. Cablevision vs. Disney. The list goes on and on. An updated tally of cable licensing deals gone horribly awry.

As the Cablevision and News Corp. feud continues, more than three million subscribers remain without Fox programming. Cablevision blames News Corp. for demanding an extortionate increase in retransmission fees; News Corp. argues Cablevision isn't negotiating in good faith. Regardless of which party is at fault, the cable MORE

3D plays a practice round at Masters

The Masters golf tournament in Augusta, GA, is one of the hottest tickets in sports. Unless you know someone on the inside, plan on paying thousands for entry onto the hallowed grounds.

Or, you could spend that money on a 3D-ready television and let Augusta National's famous azaleas and manicured fairways come to you. Starting today, 3D coverage of the tournament will be broadcast live on Comcast (CMCSA), which is also MORE

Video: The iPad hits prime time TV

Apple's tablet computer made two big appearances Wednesday night -- on ABC, naturally

ABC, which is owned by Disney (DIS), whose largest stockholder is Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple (AAPL), gave the iPad two big fat plugs on prime time television last night:

Starz goes from second-tier movie channel to Hollywood power broker

In the battle over home video distribution, the Hollywood studios may finally be realizing they have to give up some control, or risk losing millions.

Earlier this month, Disney (DIS) announced that it is renewing its licensing agreement with Starz Entertainment, giving the premium movie provider behind the Starz and Encore movie channels exclusive pay-TV rights to show content from Walt Disney Studios.

But this deal was a little different than MORE

Apple, the iPad and the 99¢ TV show

Scrambling to cut content deals as the April 3 launch-day deadline looms

Steve Jobs knows a thing or two about Hollywood. He ran Pixar for 20 years. He's Disney's (DIS) largest stockholder. He's got a hobby called Apple TV. And he's packed the iTunes Store with more than 55,000 TV episodes and 8,500 movies. But in terms of delivering video content to American consumers, Apple (AAPL) is still in the bush MORE

How rich is Steve Jobs today?

His net worth is a rapidly moving target, thanks to his holdings in Apple and Disney

Forbes' list of The World's Billionaires, published Thursday, estimated Steve Jobs' net worth at $5.5 billion, which made him the 136th richest person in the world.

But by their own admission, the list -- the work, they say, of more than 40 reporters in 13 countries toiling for the better part of a year -- is MORE

iPad's secret weapon: Marvel Comics?

Now that we've all seen the iPad and debated its design merits, let's cut to the chase: This thing will rise or fall on content. If Steve Jobs can get a bunch of cool books and apps on the thing, we'll want one. If not, we won't.

Where will His Steveness get some of those books? I say the same place he's gotten so many movies and TV shows for iTunes MORE

Can Steve Jobs unplug cable TV?

CBS and Disney may join Apple's $30 per month TV service, says the Wall St. Journal

This could be totally disruptive. Or it could be another "hobby" like Apple TV that never quite takes off.

In a front-page story published Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that CBS (CBS) and Disney (DIS) are "considering participating" in Apple's (AAPL) plan to offer television subscriptions over the Internet.

It was the first hint of interest MORE