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Amazon Prime Video will stream new Universal movies 4 months after Peacock

Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream live-action movies from Universal’s film studios about eight months after they hit theaters and four months after they stream exclusively on rival service Peacock first, according to a complex new licensing deal between Amazon and NBCUniversal announced Thursday. The deal joins others confirming how the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed big-screen movie release cycles, …

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Instacart appoints Facebook exec Fidji Simo as new CEO

Online grocery service Instacart appointed Fidji Simo, a longtime Facebook executive and head of the social network’s mobile app, as its new chief executive officer Thursday. Simo will take over the role starting Aug. 2. Apoorva Mehta, the company’s founder and previous CEO, will transition to executive chairman of the board.  “I fell in love with Instacart first as a …

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