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AT&T CEO visits Trump Tower to discuss Time Warner deal

AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson was spotted Thursday morning heading into Trump Tower along with Robert Quinn, AT&T’s senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs. The meeting isn’t public, but Bloomberg and other media outlets reported that the AT&T execs were scheduled to meet with President-elect Donald Trump to go over the company’s $85.4 billion bid for …

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Peep this: First Look at Marvel’s ‘The Defenders’

Fans eagerly awaiting the arrival of Marvel’s “The Defenders” on Netflix have some new tidbits to pore over in this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly, which lands Friday. The cover shot, released Thursday, shows Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock/”Daredevil“), Mike Colter (“Luke Cage“), Krysten Ritter (“Jessica Jones“) and Finn Jones (Danny Rand from “Iron Fist”) on top of a taxi in …

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Google lets imaginations run wild with Toontastic 3D app

Fans of Google‘s kid-friendly Toontastic storytelling app can now create their own cartoons in 3D. The search giant said Thursday it’s launching Toontastic 3D, which lets kids simply “animate and narrate” their own stories by selecting their characters and background using the app’s editor and camera features. “All they need to do is move characters around on the screen and …

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Twitter, PBS team up to stream Trump’s inauguration

Twitter will live-stream President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The social network said Thursday it’s partnering with PBS NewsHour to broadcast the Jan. 20 event in Washington, DC. The six-hour coverage will be anchored by Judy Woodruff and feature several correspondents and analysts commenting on the swearing-in of Trump and soon-to-be Vice President Mike Pence on the steps of the US Capitol. …

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Apple plans to create original TV shows like ‘Westworld’ in 2017

Apple is aiming to become a player in Hollywood, according to a Wall Street Journal report, and has been in “talks with veteran producers in recent months about buying rights to scripted television programs” that subscribers to Apple’s $10-a-month music streaming service could access. The move is reportedly part of an effort to raise the profile of Apple Music, which …

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