During an interview that I conducted at the Under the Radar event this afternoon, Ross Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive, announced that they had acquired one of the 32 companies that presented at the event. He would not, however, say which company it was.
Fox Interactive, a division of News Corp., aquired three companies last year, […]
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WWE’s stock price rose 4.27 percent to $16.13 per share at the end of trading on Thursday. WWE reached a 52-week high of $16.34 per share during the day before settling to the $16.13 price. Similarly, when WWE reported second quarter earnings in December 2005, WWE stock price reached a 52-week high on the day of the earnings report.
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IAmTheDave writes “The Senate has passed a renewal of the Patriot act, 89-10, after two extensions caused by months of negotiations. The only thing standing in the way of a full renewal is a House vote, expected to pass next week. The renewal comes with some privacy protections attached, however, some worry they are only cosmetic. Some lawmakers who voted for the package acknowledged deep reservations about the power it would grant to any president. “Our support for the Patriot Act does not mean a blank check for the president,” said Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who voted to pass the bill package. Certain lawmakers supported passing the bill even though they were still wary about it - Arlen Specter urged his colleagues to pass it even as he promised to introduce a new measure and hold hearings on how to fix it. Terrorism aside, the bill also includes new legislation that has almost nothing to do with terrorism, like one measure, which would make it harder for illicit labs to obtain ingredients for methamphetamine by requiring pharmacies to sell nonprescription cold medicines only from behind the counter. I know that people like Arlen Specter promise further hearings - but why pass what you know is flawed?”
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After appearing in back-to-back horror films opening this year, Samaire Armstrong told SCI FI Wire that she’s swearing off the genre. Armstrong, 25, will appear in the upcoming Stay Alive and Rise.
Kelsey Grammer, who takes on the role of the blue-furred Beast in X-Men: The Last Stand, told SCI FI Wire he had some initial concerns about how people would react to his casting.
David Lloyd, who with Alan Moore wrote the graphic novel V for Vendetta, admitted to SCI FI Wire that he was concerned about how the upcoming film version might turn out after receiving the script from co-writers and co-producers Larry and Andy Wachowski.
The Weinstein Co. announced that it acquired rights in all English-speaking territories to the live-action/computer-animated fantasy film Arthur and the Minimoys, based on filmmaker Luc Besson’s best-selling French children’s book of the same name.
Prolific SF author Robert Silverberg told SCI FI Wire that his upcoming short-short-story collection In the Beginning: Tales From the Pulp Era is his way of offering insight from his half-century in the business, since he has no plans to write an autobiography.
Warner Brothers has acquired the film rights to the SF book The Sparrow for Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Industry Entertainment to produce, Variety reported.