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AMC Theatres' feud with subscription ticket upstart MoviePass flared up when MoviePass pulled its service from 10 theaters, angering customers.

MoviePass escalates its battle with AMC Theatres by dropping 10 cinemas, including Chicago’s River East

December 15, 2018 at 2:14 a.m.

Subscription film ticket company MoviePass has ratcheted up its longstanding battle with AMC Theatres by dropping its service from 10 of the chain’s busiest cinemas, including major locations in Los...

MoviePass escalates its battle with AMC Theatres by dropping 10 cinemas — and customers are not happy

August 18, 2019 at 2:46 p.m.

Subscription film ticket company MoviePass has ratcheted up its longstanding battle with AMC Theatres by dropping its service from 10 of the chain’s busiest cinemas, including major locations in Los...

Maria Contreras-Sweet, former head of the Small Business Administration, is leading a group of bidders to buy the assets of Weinstein Co.

Weinstein Co. said to be in exclusive talks to sell assets to investors led by a former Obama administration official

December 14, 2018 at 8:55 p.m.

Weinstein Co. has entered into a period of exclusive negotiations to sell its assets to a group of investors led by former Obama administration official Maria Contreras-Sweet, two people familiar...

21st Century Fox Chief Executive James Murdoch in April in New York.

Why James Murdoch could be angling for a top job at Disney

December 17, 2018 at 5:09 p.m.

Could James Murdoch soon be in the running to succeed Robert Iger? That's one of several intriguing scenarios that could be at play as talks between 21st Century Fox and...

A Cinemark movie theater in Playa Vista. The theater chain has announced an $8.99-a-month subscription service to take on MoviePass.

Cinemark announces $8.99-a-month subscription service to fill more seats — and take on MoviePass

December 17, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Cinemark Holdings Inc., the nation’s third-largest theater chain, has launched a subscription program that gives customers discounts on tickets and concessions, in the latest effort to boost attendance. The Plano,...

John Lasseter speaks in 2013 at the El Capitain Theater in Hollywood.

As John Lasseter takes a leave, Disney and Pixar face an uncertain road ahead

December 17, 2018 at 4:39 p.m.

John Lasseter’s decision to leave Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios for six months following complaints of inappropriate interactions with employees has stunned the animation community and raised questions about...

Thomas Barrack, whose private equity firm has backed out of planned deal to provide a cash infusion to Weinstein Co., has compared the company to a "patient dying on the table."

Weinstein Co.’s future uncertain as Colony Capital deal falters

December 18, 2018 at 12:48 a.m.

The future of Weinstein Co. has become bleaker now that the mini-studio has lost a key financial lifeline from a Los Angeles real estate billionaire. The decision by Thomas Barrack’s...

Harvey Weinstein, left, and his brother, Bob Weinstein, shown at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills in 2012, have a volatile relationship.

It was Bob and Harvey Weinstein against the world. Then they turned on each other.

August 22, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

For the Weinsteins, it had always been Bob and Harvey against the world. In 1979, the twenty-something rock promoters brought their unpolished demeanor, fast-talking style, and rough negotiating tactics to...

Six miles beneath the Pacific Ocean surface, a team of oceanographers and experts discover an entire hidden ecosystem laden with species "completely unknown to science." But Meg comes calling, attacking the submersible piloted by the ex-wife (Jessica McNamee) of rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham).
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See unlimited movies for $10 a month? Not so fast, says AMC Theatres

December 17, 2018 at 4:52 p.m.

MoviePass, a subscription ticket reselling start-up, is trying to become the Netflix of movie theaters by offering virtually unlimited movies for less than $10 a month. But that plan has...

A self-driving Uber at a media preview in Pittsburgh last year.

After Travis Kalanick’s resignation, can a new CEO move Uber forward?

May 23, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

With $6.5 billion in annual sales and 12,000 employees around the world, Uber Technologies hardly resembles a blank slate. But that's the pitch — long-awaited in some of its investors'...

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