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Marketplace for Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014

Marketplace for Tuesday, September 30, 2014

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Today eBay announced that it’s going to split with PayPal and make both entities separate companies. Will PayPal users actually notice? In other tech-companies-talking news, Netflix has forged a deal with the Weinstein Company to stream a sequel to the hit movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” next year on the same day the movie is released in selected theaters. This disrupts the current movie distribution system, which mandates a delay between a movie’s release in theaters and its being made available in other forms – DVD, Pay TV and Video on Demand platforms. And finally, it's the anniversary of the launch of HealthCare.gov. We check in.

 

Segments From this episode

Marriage of convenience becomes divorce of necessity

Sep 30, 2014
EBay announced that it’s going to split with PayPal.

The 'blackout rule' is out because football is more popular than it used to be

Sep 30, 2014
David Gura talks to Kenneth Shropshire of Wharton Sports Business Initiative.

Netflix grabs rights to 'Crouching Tiger' sequel

Sep 30, 2014
Netflix's new feature film deal leaves the big theater chains in the dust.

Excerpt: 'Law of the Jungle'

Sep 30, 2014
Read a passage from Paul Barrett's book about one lawyer's face-off with oil executives.

Your phone knows where you are. So do marketers

Sep 30, 2014
Companies can use your mobile location data to learn what you do and what you buy.

Today eBay announced that it’s going to split with PayPal and make both entities separate companies. Will PayPal users actually notice? In other tech-companies-talking news, Netflix has forged a deal with the Weinstein Company to stream a sequel to the hit movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” next year on the same day the movie is released in selected theaters. This disrupts the current movie distribution system, which mandates a delay between a movie’s release in theaters and its being made available in other forms – DVD, Pay TV and Video on Demand platforms. And finally, it’s the anniversary of the launch of HealthCare.gov. We check in.

 

Music from the episode