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• Digital Studio Gunpowder & Sky Snags A Sundance Premiere Called ‘The Little Hours’
• Chinese Video Streaming Giant iQiyi Reportedly Planning $1 Billion IPO

  The streaming company could raise as much as $1 billion through the IPO, and Baidu is considering listing iQiyi in either Hong Kong or the U.S. next year.

  
• CNN Acquires Casey Neistat’s Beme App To Launch New Standalone Media Brand

  As part of the deal, CNN said that the Beme app, which Neistat brought out of Beta earlier this year after working out some kinks, would cease to exist.

  
• Hulu Acquires The Video Genome Project To Improve Content Recommendations

  Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins has said that the company's forthcoming skinny bundle will be more “intuitive” and “personalized” than traditional television.

  
• Vessel To Close Service At Month’s End Following Acquisition By Verizon
• AT&T Reportedly In Talks To Acquire Time Warner In Year’s Biggest Media Deal
• Video Distribution Service Vemba Acquires Social Media Publishing Platform Epoxy
• Participant Media Acquires Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake
• Warner Bros Is Reportedly Looking To Buy Digital Network Machinima
• Google Announces Acquisition of Influencer Marketing Platform FameBit
• Vessel Might Be The Next Piece Of Verizon’s Growing Online Video Portfolio
• Twitch Acquires Gamer-Focused Media And Technology Company ‘Curse’