entertainment

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention.

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PYMNTS NFT Series: NFTs Used by Artists to Create Musical ‘Middle Class’
PYMNTS NFT Series: NFTs Used by Artists to Create Musical ‘Middle Class’
January 10, 2022  |  NFTs

Welcome to the fifth installment of PYMNTS’ series on NFTs, the newest craze in crypto.  Over 12 days, we’ll be looking at every part of...

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Take-Two Buying FarmVille Maker Zynga for $12B
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January 10, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Grand Theft Auto, meet FarmVille.  The video gaming company Take-Two Interactive Software will buy the mobile and online game maker Zynga Inc. for $12.7 billion,...

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January 10, 2022  |  Connected Economy

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Tencent May Acquire Gaming Phone Maker Black Shark
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January 10, 2022  |  Metaverse

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Pixar Movie “Turning Red” Skips Theaters in Favor of Streaming Only
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January 09, 2022  |  Streaming

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Smartly.io Acquires London-based Ad-Lib
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January 07, 2022  |  Acquisitions

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AMC Acquires Anime Distributor Sentai
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January 07, 2022  |  Acquisitions

AMC Networks announced Wednesday (Jan. 5) it has acquired anime distributor Sentai and its Hidive streaming service, giving the entertainment platform another targeted streaming service...

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January 04, 2022  |  Technology

Chipmaker NVIDIA announced Tuesday (Jan. 4) that its a free version of its Omniverse is available to millions of NVIDIA Studio creators using GeForce RTX...

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