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  • Friday, Jun. 2, 2017
Google's Chrome browser to block some ads starting next year 
This Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, shows the Chrome logo displayed at a Google event, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
By Tali Arbel, Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Websites that run annoying ads such as pop-ups may find all ads blocked by Google's Chrome browser starting next year.

The digital-ad giant's announcement comes as hundreds of millions of internet users have already installed ad blockers on their desktop computers and phones to combat ads that track them and make browsing sites difficult.

These blockers threaten websites that rely on digital ads for revenue. Google's version will allow ads as long as websites follow industry-created guidelines and minimize certain types of ads that consumers really hate. That includes pop-up ads, huge ads that don't go away when you scroll down a page and video ads that start playing automatically with the sound on.

Google says the feature will be turned on by default, and users can turn it off. It'll work on both the desktop and mobile versions of Chrome.

Google says that even ads it sells and manages will be blocked on websites that don't More

  • Friday, Jun. 2, 2017
NatGeo TV kills off movie adaptation of O'Reilly book 
In this Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel program "The O'Reilly Factor," poses for photos in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The National Geographic TV network says it won't air "Killing Patton," its next planned movie adaptation of Bill O'Reilly's book series on the deaths of historical figures.

The network wouldn't comment on whether the decision had anything to do with the harassment allegations that led to O'Reilly's April firing at Fox News Channel. It was not making any of its executives available for an interview, a spokeswoman said.

In a statement, National Geographic said the movie was in development for a couple of years and "it was a difficult project to crack creatively."

The network's four previous movies on the deaths of Abraham Lincoln, Jesus and John F. Kennedy and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan had all been ratings winners. Also unclear Thursday was whether National Geographic had any plans to go into business with O'Reilly again.

The decision was first reported Thursday by The Hollywood Reporter.

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  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
Ron Howard to direct documentary on tenor Luciano Pavarotti 
This combination photo shows director Ron Howard at the Kaleidoscope 5: LIGHT event in Culver City, Calif., on May 6, 2017, left, and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. Howard's production company announced Thursday, June 1, 2017, that the Oscar-winning director's next project would be a documentary on famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. (AP Photo/File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Following his successful Beatles documentary, Ron Howard is sticking with music. The Oscar-winner is directing a documentary about Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor who rose to superstar status.

Howard's Imagine Entertainment and White Horse Pictures announced the untitled project Thursday.

Pavarotti transcended opera to become a leading tenor. Howard says Pavarotti's life is full of great drama and contradictions.

The tenor became a best-selling classical artist, with more than 100 million records sold, and he had the first classical album to reach No. 1 on the pop charts. He died from pancreatic cancer in 2007 at age 71.

The untitled documentary does not have a release date.

Howard's last film, "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years," won the Grammy Award for best music film.

  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
Kinsale Shark competition launches Creative Bravery Award
Robert Senior
KINSALE, Ireland -- 

The Kinsale Shark Awards has launched the Creative Bravery Award, a new accolade for this year’s season and festival.

In association with Creative Social, the award celebrates work which has the courage and tenacity to push boundaries regardless of the risks and potential consequences. This is work that only the bravest clients will support and which will have represented a huge leap of faith.

Chaired by Saatchi & Saatchi WW CEO Robert Senior, the jury includes L.A Roynane, ECD Havas, Mary Doherty of Red Dog and Juliette Larthe of Prettybird.

Senior said: “Bravery is the difference between creativity as a narrative and creativity as a business principle.  But there is bad and good bravery. Bad bravery simply seeks to shock. Good bravery seeks to solve a business problem through an unlikely but powerful idea that touches the audience and accelerates the business. The Kinsale Bravery Awards will be recognizing, rewarding and More

  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
Bonnie King elected president of Film Florida; board of directors named for 2017-’18
Bonnie King
ORLANDO -- 

Bonnie King, film commissioner for the Space Coast Film and Television Office, a Committee of the Brevard County Tourist Development Council (TDC), has been named president of Film Florida. It was announced at the Film Florida Annual Meeting in Destin, FL, along with the entire Film Florida Board of Directors for 2017-2018.

“It is a privilege to serve as president of Film Florida,” commented King. “I look forward to working side by side with industry professionals as we seek opportunities to strengthen the film, TV and digital media industry. Florida is open for business and competing for high wage jobs in the film, television and digital media industry and we plan on continuing to spread that message.”

King works closely with local associations for independent filmmakers in the Space Coast area. Her responsibilities include developing film, television and print opportunities for the space coast. This includes feature films, television More

  • Thursday, Jun. 1, 2017
We Fly Coach hires Sukumalanand as EP in Bangkok office
Poo Sukumalanand
NEW YORK -- 

Global production company We Fly Coach has appointed its first executive producer out of its Bangkok office, bringing on Poo Sukumalanand to lead business development on the ground in the Asian market. The hire comes on the heels of a recent increase of projects out of Asia, the U.K. and Middle East, including a campaign with Havas Bangkok for Hershey’s. With Sukumalanand on site at the Bangkok operation, she will serve to enhance We Fly Coach’s industry presence in the Asian advertising and production markets.

Sukumalanand has over 15 years of experience in the advertising space, spanning production, marketing and sales roles working with top international brands including Unilever, P&G, Sony, booking.com, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Marriott, Mitsubishi, Canon, Ford and KLM. She has produced a wide array of commercial and branded content projects within Asia Pacific and globally, working in over 20 countries with international advertising agencies More

  • Wednesday, May. 31, 2017
Pelley out as "CBS Evening News" anchor 
In this May 15, 2013, file photo, Scott Pelley attends the CBS Upfront in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
By David Bauder, Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

CBS' effort to brand itself as the home of hard-edged newscasts has achieved commercial success in the morning, but not so much in the evening - and "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley paid the price for it with his job.

The network announced Wednesday that Pelley will return full time to "60 Minutes," the flagship newsmagazine where he divided his time in the six years since he replaced Katie Couric as evening news anchor. Twenty-year CBS veteran Anthony Mason will fill in on the evening news until a permanent successor is chosen.

The transition has already been a little messy: CBS had intended to announce it next week, but when workers began packing Pelley's belongings at his evening news office into boxes Tuesday word of his departure spread.

CBS News, with its influence diminished at the turn of the decade, sought to mold its newscasts in the meatier image of "60 Minutes." It named the newsmagazine's most influential More

  • Tuesday, May. 30, 2017
CBS Entertainment boss Geller exiting that job 
This photo provided by CBS shows, Glenn Geller, president, CBS Entertainment speaking to the TCA Winter Press Tour 2016 on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. (Francis Specker/CBS via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

CBS says its entertainment president, Glenn Geller, is stepping down from that position. The company also said it's in discussions with him for a production deal with CBS Television Studios.

Tuesday's announcement comes two months after he suffered a mild heart attack.

Geller, who has been with CBS since 2001, was named entertainment president in September 2015. In that role, he led the network's entertainment programming and creative affairs for prime time, daytime and late night, as well as program development.

CBS did not immediately announce who would succeed him.

  • Tuesday, May. 30, 2017
It's primetime at Amazon.com; shares hit $1,000 
This Thursday, May 25, 2017, photo, shows the Amazon Books store logo at the company's retail store in the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
By Joseph Pisani, Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Amazon, the internet goliath that revolutionized the way much of the world buys books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone Tuesday. Its stock surpassed the $1,000 mark for the first time.

That price put Amazon's market value at about $478 billion, double that of the world's biggest traditional retailer, Wal-Mart, and more than 15 times the size of Target. A $1,000 investment on Amazon's first day of trading in 1997 would be worth more than $500,000 today.

Not only has Amazon changed the retail landscape since it became a public company 20 years ago, it's now part of a small cadre of high-flying stocks belonging to companies that have defied Wall Street and shunned stock splits.

Those splits make the stock more affordable and generate brokerage fees. But companies like Amazon have chosen to reward its long-term investors.

The last time Amazon has split its stock was nearly 18 years ago, according to financial research More

  • Tuesday, May. 30, 2017
Saville acquires rights to David Goldblatt's "The Ball Is Round"
"The Ball Is Round"
LOS ANGELES -- 

Rupert Maconick’s production company, Saville Productions, has acquired the worldwide rights to sports journalist David Goldblatt’s definitive history of soccer, "The Ball is Round," and its upcoming sequel, "The Game at the End of the World." Saville will release a documentary series based on the books next year, coinciding with the 2018 World Cup, and is currently seeking a brand partner for the series.

The Guardian calls Goldblatt’s work stunning. “Quite simply, 'The Ball is Round' takes soccer history to a new level.” The Times Literary Supplement says, “Goldblatt writes with authority, humor and passion. There is no doubting the worth of his extraordinary book, 'The Ball is Round.'”

"The Ball is Round" and "The Game at the End of the World" explore the history of the world through soccer. Featuring the stories of a fantastical cast of angels and devils, geniuses and journeyman, fallen giants and rising stars, the More

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