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Today in Tech: Netflix signs exclusive Dreamworks deal
September 26, 2011: 3:30 AM ETFortune's curated selection of newsworthy tech stories from the weekend. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you every day.
* Netflix (NFLX) signed a deal with Dreamworks (DWA) that will allow the streaming service to exclusively serve up new movies as well as older content to users in 2013. The company reportedly outbid HBO -- Dreamsworks' previous home content supplier -- by paying an estimated $30 million per film. (GigaOm)
* Michael Arrington explains the goal of his new single-man tech blog, Uncrunched -- get it? Uncrunched? -- which sounds a lot like TechCrunch's mission statement, just without a troubled Internet giant attached. (Uncrunched)
* Jean-Louis Gassée on how bad boards kill companies, or in this case, HP (HPQ). (Monday Note)
* Why Apple (AAPL) needs a real social network. (Cult of Mac)
* 15 startups with $100 million-plus valuations that "hardly existed" last year. Among them: Instagram, Flipboard, Spotify, Square, and Rovio. (Business Insider)
* Turntable.fm co-founder Seth Goldstein reflects on the rise of his social-focused music startup. (The company just confirmed raising $7 million.) (Billboard)
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Jeffrey Katzenberg: Why movies "suck" now
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't mince words on the state of Hollywood. Plus, he told us which Pixar film was a "bad idea."
FORTUNE -- With summer in full swing and popcorn flicks like Captain America and Harry Potter opening with robust ticket sales, you'd think Hollywood execs would be beaming. But DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg has some beef with his industry. According to Katzenberg, audiences are flocking to theaters, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jul 29, 2011 11:01 AM ET -
Brainstorm Tech video: Katzenberg on the future of movie watching
Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg sat down with Fortune's Andy Serwer to discuss 3D technology, joining the Zynga board, and why movies suck this summer.
Below is an unedited transcript
ANDY SERWER: Good afternoon, again. Please join me in welcoming Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is, of course, the co-founder and CEO of DreamWorks Animation SAG. And you all know Jeffrey as a movie studio executive, but he's actually a lot more than that. He's MORE
Fortune Editors - Jul 19, 2011 8:12 PM ET -
Katzenberg: 3D is not dead
The bloom is off the rose for 3D, according to Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. But it's not dead.
FORTUNE -- Speaking Tuesday at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech Conference in Aspen, Colorado, Katzenberg blamed the entertainment industry for the fact the 3D technology has yet to re-invent the movies. Executives driven by "that singular and unique characteristic that only exists in Hollywood, greed" tried to capitalize too aggressively without focusing on the quality, MORE
Jessi Hempel, writer - Jul 19, 2011 7:03 PM ETPosted in: Dreamworks, Jeffrey Katzenberg -
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