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The Miramax Fight Is Over: Tutor Takes the Prize

It's been a long half year for Miramax. It all started with rumblings that Harvey and Bob Weinstein were interested in buying back Miramax -- the company they founded, named after their parents, sold to Disney, and then left when they parted ways with the Mouse House.

An iPhone App Store That Apple Doesn't Control

waderoush writes "Princeton's Ed Felten has criticized the iPhone and iPad as Disneyland-like 'walled gardens' and says there's no way the iTunes App Store can 'offer the scope and variety of apps that a less controlled environment can provide.

Gaming: The future of social media

Gaming is already wildly popular. A recent spate of deals with Google, Disney, and Gamestop, suggest that social games have the promise to be wildly profitable, too.

Miramax Sale is Official; Disney Offloads the Label for $660M

Briefly: There was a minute earlier this week where it looked like Disney's sale of Miramax to Ron Tutor and the investor group Filmyard Holding could have been in jeopardy. Basically, Tutor and his group had to put down some actual money this week.

Playdom Enters Facebook Credits Deal

Facebook Credits are fast becoming the official currency of developers everywhere.  Following recent announcements involving LOLapps, CrowdStar, RockYou, and Wooga, Playdom has also entered a deal that will see it using nothing other than Facebook Credits for the next handful of years.

Disney Sells Miramax For $660 MILLION!

Disney announced yesterday that they have sold Miramax Films to Filmyard Holdings LLC - and its partners Ron Tutor and Tom Barrack - for a whopping $660 million!
The deal should go through sometime between September and January of 2011.

Listen to Daft Punk's Entire 'Tron: Legacy' Score (UPDATED)

Whether you're a fan of Tron: Legacy, Daft Punk, futuristic dudes in funky light-up suits, or some kinky combo thereof, you're in luck.

Nostalgia reigns: Main Street Electrical Parade to remain at Walt Disney World indefinitely

The Main Street Electrical Parade, which was slated to end its run at the Magic Kingdom on Aug. 14, will continue at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom indefinitely.

Miramax Finally Sold (For Good This Time) [Hollywood]

Disney has finally completed its excruciatingly long quest to sell Miramax.

Price: $660 million. Buyers: an investment group headed by Ron Tutor, a California construction mogul. Non-buyers: the Weinsteins, Ron Burkle, Rob Lowe.

Watch Pulp Fiction in their honor.

The best of Miramax films

Disney has sold Miramax Films, the arthouse movie maker that discovered
Quentin Tarantino. We take a look at some of their best releases in the last
20 years.