Merry Christmas, America: "The Interview" is now available to stream online. The controversial Sony Pictures comedy, which had its wide theatrical release canceled last week after hackers calling themselves the Guardians of Peace threatened terrorist attacks on theaters screening the film, was released on YouTube Movies, Google PLay, Microsoft's Xbox Video and the Sony website seethinterview.com this morning at 10am Pst. Users can stream the film for $5.99 and purchase it for $14.99. “It has always been Sony’s intention to have a national platform on which to release this film,” said Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton in a statement. “With that in mind, we reached out to Google, Microsoft and other partners last Wednesday, December 17th, when it became clear our initial release plans were not possible. We are pleased we can now join with our partners to offer the film nationwide today.” The development comes a day after Sony...
- 12/24/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
If you wanted to see The Interview this Christmas without leaving your home, you’re in luck. Google has just confirmed it will let the online video masses rent or buy The Interview from Sony Pictures from various digital outlets.
Online users can access The Interview on YouTube Movies, Google Play, Xbox Video, and seetheinterview.com starting at 10 Am Pst/1 Pm Est on December 24, 2014. It seems news outlets were correct when they reported earlier this morning that Google and Sony Pictures were in talks about distributing the James Franco and Seth Rogan comedy about the assassination of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
Google made the rental/purchase announcement for The Interview via its official blog. David Drummond, Svp Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer at Google, noted how the tech giant was “eager to help” distribute the film despite the security implications.
“Of course it was tempting to hope that...
Online users can access The Interview on YouTube Movies, Google Play, Xbox Video, and seetheinterview.com starting at 10 Am Pst/1 Pm Est on December 24, 2014. It seems news outlets were correct when they reported earlier this morning that Google and Sony Pictures were in talks about distributing the James Franco and Seth Rogan comedy about the assassination of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.
Google made the rental/purchase announcement for The Interview via its official blog. David Drummond, Svp Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer at Google, noted how the tech giant was “eager to help” distribute the film despite the security implications.
“Of course it was tempting to hope that...
- 12/24/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Updated With More Details, 11:10 Am: Sony Pictures has just released its plans for a VOD release of The Interview — and it begins today. After reviving the pic’s Christmas Day release yesterday and signing on more than 300 indie theaters who pledged to show the comedy starting Thursday, Sony has confirmed that the movie will be available for streaming rental in HD beginning at 10 Am Pt on Google Play, YouTube Movies, Microsoft’s Xbox Video and the dedicated website seetheinterview.com for $5.99. The film can also be purchased in HD for $14.99.
“It has always been Sony’s intention to have a national platform on which to release this film,” Sony Entertainment Chairman Michael Lynton said in the announcement. “With that in mind, we reached out to Google, Microsoft and other partners last Wednesday, December 17th, when it became clear our initial release plans were not possible. We are pleased we...
“It has always been Sony’s intention to have a national platform on which to release this film,” Sony Entertainment Chairman Michael Lynton said in the announcement. “With that in mind, we reached out to Google, Microsoft and other partners last Wednesday, December 17th, when it became clear our initial release plans were not possible. We are pleased we...
- 12/24/2014
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline
Michelle Shocked, folk singer and performance artist, released an11-track LP of silent songs, titled Inaudible Women.
Inaudible Women
Shocked, already a controversial artist among critics and fans alike, named each track after a different music industry heavyweights, namely those working in digital music distribution. Each name/title is followed by their place of work. For example, track 6 is named “Chris Harrison (Pandora),” track 8 is titled “David Drummond (Google, YouTube).” Shocked is selling the album for $9.99 in the hopes of raising funds for her next tour.
Each song is around one minute long, and, in a video promoting her new album, Shocked claims that they do, in fact, contain sound. However, the sound is only audible to dogs.
“I decided that I was going to make a high album – in fact, the highest album ever made, just so that my friends Spot and Rex can hear it, not audible to human ears.
Inaudible Women
Shocked, already a controversial artist among critics and fans alike, named each track after a different music industry heavyweights, namely those working in digital music distribution. Each name/title is followed by their place of work. For example, track 6 is named “Chris Harrison (Pandora),” track 8 is titled “David Drummond (Google, YouTube).” Shocked is selling the album for $9.99 in the hopes of raising funds for her next tour.
Each song is around one minute long, and, in a video promoting her new album, Shocked claims that they do, in fact, contain sound. However, the sound is only audible to dogs.
“I decided that I was going to make a high album – in fact, the highest album ever made, just so that my friends Spot and Rex can hear it, not audible to human ears.
- 7/30/2014
- Uinterview
Dinesh D’Souza and the team behind the recently released documentary America: Imagine The World Without Her still want to know why Google won’t display the show times for their movie. Earlier this week, lawyers for the conservative author/filmmaker sent a second letter to the tech giant’s chief legal officer David Drummond trying to get the situation resolved, I’ve learned. The July 16 letter from Sheppard, Mullin attorney Kelly Crabb requested “that Google correctly display information for America: Imagine The World Without Her in the same way it displays information for other movies currently in theaters.” You’d think that would be a simple enough request for one […]...
- 7/18/2014
- Deadline
Google on Friday will pay just shy of $15 million in cash bonuses to four executives, the Internet-search giant said in a regulatory filing Tuesday. Chairman Eric Schmidt will get $6 million, which represents the biggest chunk of the bonus money, while chief legal counsel David Drummond is next with $3.3 million. Getting $2.8 million apiece are CFO Patrick Pichette and chief business officer Nikesh Arora. Not getting bonuses are co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Page has also been CEO since Schmidt relinquished that post two years ago. The pair's estimated worth is $23 billion apiece.
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- 3/12/2013
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
News of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including Apple, Google, Facebook, and Disney.
Apple: Now that Apple is attacking the market from all angles with its trio of iP's -- the iPod, iPhone, and iPad -- the final piece of the puzzle is its iAd mobile advertising platform, which could drive gross profit margins up nearly 38% this year. Apple's iAd is also projected to eventually represent 8% of Aapl stock value -- that's double the stock value projection for the iPad, which will represent only 4%. Additionally, it was reported today that the iPad App Store is reportedly selling $372,000 in apps each day.
Google: In a blog post today, David Drummond, Google's Chief Legal Officer, explains that government censorship of the Web is "growing rapidly," from the filtering and blocking of sites to legislation "forcing companies to self-censor content." According to Drummond, Google often receives requests from government agencies to remove its content,...
Apple: Now that Apple is attacking the market from all angles with its trio of iP's -- the iPod, iPhone, and iPad -- the final piece of the puzzle is its iAd mobile advertising platform, which could drive gross profit margins up nearly 38% this year. Apple's iAd is also projected to eventually represent 8% of Aapl stock value -- that's double the stock value projection for the iPad, which will represent only 4%. Additionally, it was reported today that the iPad App Store is reportedly selling $372,000 in apps each day.
Google: In a blog post today, David Drummond, Google's Chief Legal Officer, explains that government censorship of the Web is "growing rapidly," from the filtering and blocking of sites to legislation "forcing companies to self-censor content." According to Drummond, Google often receives requests from government agencies to remove its content,...
- 4/21/2010
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Perhaps stung by yesterday's open letter from 10 countries criticizing its privacy policy, Google has announced it is to release information on government requests to hand over data and censor information. David Drummond, the firm's chief legal officer, believes that that "greater transparency will lead to less censorship." At the same time, Google's VP for Global Communication and Public Affairs, Rachel Whetstone, reiterated company policy for its sites across the world.
According to the firm, the number of countries censoring information has risen tenfold, from just four in 2002 to 40 in 2010. The Government Requests tool will be updated every six months, and will show every request that Google has received from nations regarding either Google or YouTube. The current map shows Brazil, the U.S., and the U.K. at the top of the tree for requests for data, and Brazil, Germany and India heading the list for data removal.
And what of China?...
According to the firm, the number of countries censoring information has risen tenfold, from just four in 2002 to 40 in 2010. The Government Requests tool will be updated every six months, and will show every request that Google has received from nations regarding either Google or YouTube. The current map shows Brazil, the U.S., and the U.K. at the top of the tree for requests for data, and Brazil, Germany and India heading the list for data removal.
And what of China?...
- 4/21/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
Three Google execs have been convicted on charges of privacy violation in an Italian court, based on a horrid schoolkid bullying clip on YouTube. Though the video is shocking, it's the Italian legal system that's truly appalling.
Google's own blog describes what occurred: In 2006, some school students in Turin bullied a schoolmate, suffering from autism according to Google. This was terrible enough, but these bullies also filmed the event, and uploaded it to YouTube. The Italian police became involved, and notified Google officially about the offending clip--it was taken "down within hours." Google's team then cooperated with the police to identify the perpetrators, and the data was subsequently key in convicting the female uploader, who received 10 months community service as a penalty, along with other involved male students. Google notes that "in these rare but unpleasant cases, that's where [their] involvement would end."
Not so here though, as a public prosecutor...
Google's own blog describes what occurred: In 2006, some school students in Turin bullied a schoolmate, suffering from autism according to Google. This was terrible enough, but these bullies also filmed the event, and uploaded it to YouTube. The Italian police became involved, and notified Google officially about the offending clip--it was taken "down within hours." Google's team then cooperated with the police to identify the perpetrators, and the data was subsequently key in convicting the female uploader, who received 10 months community service as a penalty, along with other involved male students. Google notes that "in these rare but unpleasant cases, that's where [their] involvement would end."
Not so here though, as a public prosecutor...
- 2/24/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
As news spread yesterday of an attack on China's top search engine site Baidu, Google let it be known that it may cease and desist business operations in China altogether. The company called attention to a highly sophisticated attack on its corporate infrastructure in Dec. that resulted in the theft of intellectual property, then later found out that at least 20 other large companies have been targeted. "We have evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists," wrote Google's David Drummond, Svp, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer in a blog post. " ... this information goes to the heart of a much bigger global debate about freedom of speech."
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- 1/13/2010
- by wayne@cynopsis.com
Beijing -- Google said Wednesday that it will no longer accept China's censorship of its Internet searches and may close its China operations after discovering a cyber attack designed to access the e-mail of Chinese human rights activists.
Some called the alleged cyber attack a distraction from Google's struggle to secure a larger share of China's estimated 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) annual online advertising market -- now composed of about 340 million Chinese Web users.
But the California-based company said it was putting its foot down and taking "A new approach to China," in a blog post Tuesday, because the cyber attack goes "to the heart of a much bigger global debate about freedom of speech."
Google said the company had detected a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China." Google did not directly accuse the Chinese government, with which it expects to negotiate again soon.
But because of the attack,...
Some called the alleged cyber attack a distraction from Google's struggle to secure a larger share of China's estimated 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) annual online advertising market -- now composed of about 340 million Chinese Web users.
But the California-based company said it was putting its foot down and taking "A new approach to China," in a blog post Tuesday, because the cyber attack goes "to the heart of a much bigger global debate about freedom of speech."
Google said the company had detected a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China." Google did not directly accuse the Chinese government, with which it expects to negotiate again soon.
But because of the attack,...
- 1/12/2010
- by By Jonathan Landreth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Google is a big player in several technolgy fields, but until now, the search giant hasn't been a major player in high finance. The company recently amassed a fighting fund of $100 million to form a new venture capital entity. It looks as if Google is trying to spend its way out of the economic crisis.
The fund is named Google Ventures, and though it will be wholly owned by Google it will operate fairly independently--its investment purview apparently extends beyond the fields dominated by its parent organization. This includes fields as diverse as "consumer Internet, software, clean-tech, bio-tech, health care." The whole point is to find and invest in likely start-ups with the aim of realizing large financial returns, and it will trade on the strength of the Google name, with the possibility of connecting its target companies with Google technology and research.
Heading up the new fund are Rich Miner,...
The fund is named Google Ventures, and though it will be wholly owned by Google it will operate fairly independently--its investment purview apparently extends beyond the fields dominated by its parent organization. This includes fields as diverse as "consumer Internet, software, clean-tech, bio-tech, health care." The whole point is to find and invest in likely start-ups with the aim of realizing large financial returns, and it will trade on the strength of the Google name, with the possibility of connecting its target companies with Google technology and research.
Heading up the new fund are Rich Miner,...
- 3/31/2009
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
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