By Rolfe Winkley for The Wall Street Journal Apple is breaking the law of large numbers. With revenue up 73% in the quarter through December to $46 billion, the tech giant eclipsed analysts’ expectations by an extraordinary $7 billion. The amount by which it beat expectations easily tops the entire quarterly revenue of BlackBerry maker Research [...]

By Rebecca Ford for The Hollywood Reporter Women comprised only 5 percent of directors on the 250 highest-grossing movies last year, according to a study by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. With strong female casts such as Bridesmaids and The Help making waves in the awards race, it seems as if it has [...]

By Lisa Richwine for Reuters (published in The HuffingtonPost) Netflix Inc probably would like nothing better than to put 2011 behind it. But 2012 may be no walk in the park either. Investors, who have pushed Netflix shares up 50 percent since late November, believe the company that revolutionized the home video industry may have [...]

By Cynthia Littleton for Variety Barely 3 years old, the Los Angeles-based TV arm of indie Entertainment One has made a mark in the network and cable biz by bringing to the table that most precious commodity: financing. eOne Television, headed by CEO John Morayniss, leverages its heft as a producer and distrib of film, [...]

This is an excerpt from an article by Lance Olanoff for Mashable Now we know Google’s master-plan for integrating Google+ ever more deeply into the Google ecosystem: Pour the whole thing into Google search. Starting today, Google+ members, and to a lesser extent others who are signed into Google, will be able to search against both the broader [...]