Trend Segment: ‘Adults’ 
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People Are People Are People: The Future Of Video
The Newfront is a digital content event similar to the TV industry’s upfront. The Newfront also one big soiree, and lots of fun, usually including many celebrities, TV icons, and senior executives.
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Consumers! Will You Pay For YouTube Channels?
YouTube so far is distancing itself a bit from the story—nothing to announce, they say. But it’s not flat out dismissing it. Grapevine Star asks you the consumer…Will you pay for a YouTube Channel?
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Alloy acquired DBG, while Dreamworks acquired Awesomeness TV
A Tale Of Two Deals, And How They’ll Affect Online Video
The companies have some similarities, as they all operate in the video space. Both targets (DBG and AwesomenessTV) have a repping business on top of their core: -
GrapevineStar Tech Trend Alert – Mobile Drives Consumers to Spend More at Retail
It may be the small incentives via mobile that drive consumers to spend more at retail.
There are the big deals, like a half-off-the-price sale, that can drive a consumer to a location and cause a sale.
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US Labels Say Music Sales Fell In 2012, Streaming Services Anchoring Revenue
The latest figures in a report from the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) had some very positive news for the music industry, demonstrating that global sales had undergone its first growth since 1999
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Grapevine Star Alert – Get On Board With Girl Power
For the past several months, the “modern woman” has been the center of media focus, from the debate on having it all in the New York Times to Time’s exploration of the balance of power in the workplace to the PBS documentary about inspiring women. And, of course, there’s all the talk about the depiction of young women in HBO’s “Girls…
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Grapevine Star Event Alert – Licensing Expo 2013 – Brands & Licensing
More than 300 leading companies have already committed to exhibit and 82 of them are brand new to the show. 50% of the show floor is made up of fashion, art & design and corporate brands while entertainment and character brands make up the other half.
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Media, Entertainment, Technology Call for Speakers
LaunchFEST events are produced by AngelLaunch and iHollywood Forum, and feature dynamic speakers on how new technologies impact eCommerce, web applications and services, online video, consumer electronics, social media, entertainment, mobile, devices and web services.
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GrapevineStar Mobile Alert – Mobile Users Alter Web, Social Media, Facebook, Google, Amazon Biz
NPD Group released new findings on the mobile shift, leading companies like Facebook, Google and Pandora to alter their business models as more people consume media on devices.
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GrapevineStar Media & Entertainment Event Alert – SXSW 2013 March 8-17
the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW® is the premier destination for discovery.
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Grapevine Star Media India eRetail Market Alert
MCommerce in India is a Major Opportunity:
India has over 800 million cell phone subscribers
The fee-based revenue from mobile commerce will be $4.5 billion by 2015
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GrapevineStar Trend ALert – Just for Fun – 100 Fun Extreme Hairstyles
One sure fire way to get some attention is with one of these extreme hairstyles. For both men and women, your hairstyle is a reflection of how you feel about yourself. The look in men’s hair these days is more towards short styles, but women’s hair is all over the map: just look at some of these extreme hairstyles as proof.
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GrapevineStar Media Vending Alert – 3D Photobooths are Here!
It was bound to happen. Digital imaging company Direct Dimensions (Baltimore) has teamed up with MakerBot Industries LLC, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of 3D printers, to launch the ShapeShot three-dimensional photobooth
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GrapevineStar Media Alert – Study On Violent Media Images And Videogames
Obama Calls For $10 Million CDC Study On Violent Media Images And Videogames Marcus Webb MarcusWebb@aol.com TAGS: video games, violence in media, Barack Obama, gun violence, Centers for Disease Control video game study, National Institutes of Health,, impact of violent media images and videogames, Now Is the Time: The President’s Plan to Protect Our Children [...]
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GrapevineStar-Top Trends 2012 &13 Forecast – Jeremy Gutsche
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