One of the surprises for Trevor Noah of taking over "The Daily Show" from Jon Stewart was the amount of what he called "liberal hatred" that he experienced.

Generally, Noah prepared himself for conflict with those whose politics he didn't agree with.

"'The Daily Show' is probably the biggest challenge that I’ve been working toward my entire life without even realizing it," he said in a new interview with The New York Times. "I’m in a position where you are fundamentally against what many people believe."

Noah took over hosting the comedic news show in September 0f last year after less than a year as a recurring contributor. And while he expected that he'd have to win over Stewart's fans, he didn't expect the vitriol he'd receive from them.

"I had people — you know, people who are Democrats, fans of the old show — saying things like, 'Go back to Djibouti, we want Jon Stewart back.'" Noah said. "I knew liberal hatred existed, but I didn’t think it would come to me. I had to quell that feeling that people have lost what is theirs."

But the comedian says that finding something in common with his haters can help.

"Part of the job was to help people see that you have a bit of that color in yourself," he told the newspaper. "'Hey, there’s a bit of you in me. I’m not coming from a world where I don’t see you. If you look carefully, you’ll see yourself in me and what I’m saying.'"

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Gawker Media will settle the lawsuit that forced the company into bankruptcy, according to founder Nick Denton.

The settlement with Hulk Hogan is for $31 million, according to Ryan Mac of Forbes, citing court documents. The original judgment against Gawker was for $140 million.

Three stories, including the one about the sex tape featuring Hogan that sparked the invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, will be removed from the internet, Denton wrote in a blog post.

"As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories  —  about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email and the feud between the founders of Tinder  —  are being removed from the web," Denton wrote.

Denton said Gawker was confident an appeals court would have reduced or eliminated the judgment, but he said an "all-out legal war" with billionaire Peter Thiel, who funded Hogan's lawsuit, would have "cost too much, and hurt too many people."

The case

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, was awarded $140 million in damages in March stemming from a Gawker news article published in 2012 that included a clip of him having sex.

It was revealed in late May that Thiel, the Silicon Valley investor who cofounded PayPal, had secretly financed the lawsuit and others against Gawker Media to try to put the parent company of several news websites out of business.

"I saw Gawker pioneer a unique and incredibly damaging way of getting attention by bullying people even when there was no connection with the public interest," Thiel, whom Gawker publicly outed as gay in 2007, told The New York Times in May. In a speech on Monday, Thiel described Gawker as a "singular, sociopathic bully."

To protect its assets from being collected by Hogan, Gawker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Its assets were then sold to Univision in a government-ordered auction in August, which bought them for $135 million. Univision shut down operations of Gawker.com, the company's flagship site, but has continued to run its other properties, which consist of Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Jezebel, Kotaku, and Jalopnik.

The money Gawker got from the auction went into a fund to cover future legal costs and eventual damages, according to The Wall Street Journal. This settlement, if approved, "will allow staff equity holders to recoup the salary or bonus they gave up," Denton wrote.

Denton is among those who stand to gain financially from the settlement. In the Hogan judgment, Denton was personally liable for $10 million and jointly liable for a further $115 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Like Gawker, Denton also filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect his assets, including a 30% stake in Gawker and his condo, according to Fortune. In October, Denton listed his condo for $4.25 million.

The settlement will be discussed in bankruptcy court on Thursday, according to the New York Post. The entire proposed settlement is for $32.5 million, according to CNN's Tom Kludt. Hogan will get $31 million, Ayyadurai will get $750,000, and Ashley Terrill will get $500,000.

Read Denton's full blog post below:

After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached. The saga is over.

As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories — about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email and the feud between the founders of Tinder — are being removed from the web.

Yes, we were confident the appeals court would reduce or eliminate the runaway Florida judgment against Gawker, the writer of the Hogan story and myself personally. And we expected to prevail in those other two lawsuits by clients of Charles Harder, the lawyer backed by Peter Thiel.

But all-out legal war with Thiel would have cost too much, and hurt too many people, and there was no end in sight. The Valley billionaire, famously relentless, had committed publicly to support Hulk Hogan beyond the appeal and “until his final victory.” Gawker’s nemesis was not going away.

For Thiel, an investor in Facebook and Palantir, the cost of this exercise is less than 1% of his net worth and a little additional notoriety. The other protagonists — including Hulk Hogan and A.J. Daulerio, the author of the Gawker story about him — had much more at stake. That motivated a settlement that allows us all to move on, and focus on activities more productive than endless litigation. Life is short, for most of us.

I will continue to work on topic forums, still convinced that the internet can bring people together in shared understanding rather than just triggering conflict between them. Hulk Hogan’s retirement will be comfortable.

Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Jezebel, Kotaku and Jalopnik — now under the ownership of Univision — can entertain and inform their readers with fewer distractions. The jobs of all journalists and other staff have been preserved by the sale of the business to the Hispanic media giant. And this settlement will allow staff equity holders to recoup the salary or bonus they gave up. Now, I hope A.J. Daulerio’s talents as an editor and writer can once again be appreciated. The shadow over Sam Biddle and John Cook, two other former Gawker journalists targeted by lawsuits, has been removed. I am sure they, and others, will continue to shed light on the new power.

It’s a shame the Hogan trial took place without the motives of the plaintiff’s backer being known. If there is a lasting legacy from this experience, it should be a new awareness of the danger of dark money in litigation finance. And that’s surely in the spirit of the transparency Gawker was founded to promote. As for Peter Thiel himself, he is now for a wider group of people to contemplate.

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Rapper Lil Wayne says he doesn't "feel connected" to the Black Lives Matter movement.

In an interview with ABC News' "Nightline" on Tuesday, Wayne was asked whether he regretted saying in September that there was "no such thing as racism." The rapper denied regretting his comments, and then the interviewer, Linsey Davis, prodded Wayne about the Black Lives Matter movement.

"What is it? What — what do you mean?" Wayne asked Davis, apparently unaware of the cultural movement that many high-profile musicians have openly supported over the past few years in response to the numerous police killings of unarmed black men and women.

After Davis clarified, Wayne responded: "That just sounds weird. I don't even know why you put a name on it. It's not a name. It's not, 'whatever, whatever.' It's somebody got shot by a policeman for a f----d-up reason."

The 34-year-old rapper then seemed to elaborate on what he saw as the absence of racism in his personal life.

"I am a young, black, rich motherf-----," Wayne said. "If that don't let you know that America understand black motherf------ matter these days, I don't know what it is. Don't come at me with that dumb s---, ma'am. My life matter, especially to my b----es.

"I don't feel connected to a damn thing that ain't got nothin' to do with me," he added. "If you do, you crazy as s---."

Wayne then abruptly ended the interview by removing his microphone and telling the "Nightline" production crew, "I ain't no f----n' politician."

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Netflix just canceled another show — its fourth cancellation ever, for those who are counting, which means it's still a pretty notable departure. The streaming company has given "Longmire" a sixth and final season, according to Deadline.

Again, for those who are counting, this is the second time the crime drama has been canceled. Netflix saved the show, which starred Robert Taylor as the dedicated sheriff of the Wyoming town, after A&E aired it for three seasons.

The show's executive producers — Greer Shephard, Hunt Baldwin, and John Coveny — released a joint statement on the cancellation:

"We are grateful to Netflix for the opportunity to compose a closing chapter for these beloved characters that inspires lasting memories. Most importantly, we're committed to delivering a dynamic and satisfying conclusion to our fans that rewards their longtime loyalty."

"Longmire" wasn't a barn-burner when it came to viewership at Netflix, according to the ratings research company SymphonyAM— only about 667,000 people watched the season five premiere in its first five days.

"Longmire" joins Netflix's short list of canceled original shows, which includes "Lilyhammer," "Hemlock Grove," and "Bloodline."

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Disney has been very tight-lipped about its live-action "Beauty and the Beast" movie coming out in March 2017.

But Entertainment Weekly got exclusive photos of the movie, which will star Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as The Beast. And the images look pretty stellar.

The movie will also star Ian McKellan as Cogsworth (the clock), Ewan McGregor as Lumière (the candelabra), and Luke Evans as Gaston.

"Beauty and the Beast" has been made into a movie several times, but the 1991 Disney animated film is beloved by millennials, who will no doubt go to the Emma Watson version in droves.

Apparently Watson herself was one of those kids who loved the Disney animated classic. 

"I can’t even think how many times I watched it as a child," the former "Harry Potter" star told EW in its cover story on the new "Beast." "I knew all the words by heart. I knew all the songs by heart."

Check out the images on EW's site or when the issue hits newsstands November 4.

Needless to say, fans are salivating for even more.

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One of the greatest animated movies of all time, Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), is getting the live-action treatment.

The new version is coming out March 17, 2017, and people are extremely excited about it. 

Though Disney has been quiet about the project since a teaser trailer came out in May, Entertainment Weekly has posted exclusive photos from the movie to build back up the excitement, along with quotes about it.

To get you even more excited, here's a look at the flesh-and-blood stars who will be bringing to life the unforgettable characters from the 1991 animated version:

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Emma Watson as Belle.

The star from the "Harry Potter" movies will be playing the lead role of the young girl who falls in love with the Beast.

Dan Stevens as Beast.

Known for his roles in "Downton Abbey" and the horror-thriller hit "The Guest," he will play the prince who is turned into the Beast.

Ewan McGregor as Lumière.

Before we see the star in the sequel to "Trainspotting" and "Fargo" season three, he'll play the Beast's loyal maître d'.

Two of the founders behind ill-fated Vine are back with a quirky new app for live video called Hype. And they've already managed to attract the backing of Snapchat's first investor: Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Ventures.

Co-founders Colin Kroll and Rus Yusupov say they want to bring the same caliber of video editing tools from the professional TV world to mobile video, the latter of which has "remained relatively simple and one-dimensional."

The Hype app, which is available now in the App Store, is anything but simple and one-dimensional. It can be best described as a mix of Twitter-owned Periscope and Snapchat — with an extra dose of weird.

Like other live streaming apps, you create broadcasts for people to watch and comment on in real time. Where Hype differs is in all of the creative editing tools it offers, like the ability to show GIFs, webpages, feature viewer comments onscreen, play background music, and bring in other people for dual broadcasts.

Hype's cofounders say beta testers have used the app to host daily news shows and review video games. Kroll and Yusupov have been working on the app for the past year with a small team in New York City.

"This isn’t just about porting TV genres to mobile video," Liew, who led Hype's first round of funding, said in a Medium post on Wednesday. "It is about creating new genres, native to the mobile native format and to the mobile-native audience."

Or as Yusupov put it during a Hype broadcast on Wednesday, "We're blending the lines between the host and the audience. You become the content."

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Let's get this out of the way up front: You should play "Titanfall 2." 

If you even remotely enjoy video games (especially of the first-person shooter variety), it's a game you should play: It's available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and it costs $60. Allow me to stress how few qualifications I have for that recommendation. Play "Titanfall 2," preferably sooner than later. Today.

That out of the way, allow me to explain.

"Titanfall 2" is a strong mix of innovative, fresh ideas with a strong design pedigree. Like so much of the world's best art, "Titanfall 2" feels like a cohesive product of intentional design — an expression of mission from the folks behind it, and a hand-crafted universe to explore for the people playing it.

Here's "Titanfall 2" in short:

• It's a first-person shooter, with a focus on movement.
• To that end, you can double-jump and wall run. "Titanfall 2" is all about moving fast.
• There's a lengthy, excellent single-player campaign, and a robust, excellent multiplayer section.
• You control a person named Jack Cooper, and a robot named BT.
• Sometimes Jack gets inside the robot — his "Titan" — and operates it, sorta like that movie "Pacific Rim."

That's pretty much all you need to know.

There's a cobbled-together story about humanity colonizing other planets, and a war between colonizers and a company that's using the colonies for profit. Whatever.

It's clear that the story is far from the point; it's just a means of propelling your character from one exciting gameplay sequence to another. In this way, "Titanfall 2's" campaign feels like a disjointed string of events. That sounds like a criticism, but it's not intended as such — the game puts a premium on your time. It says, "Don't worry about this generic guy you're playing as. Leap from wall to wall while solving puzzles and fighting off murderous robots! And please enjoy!"

The single-player campaign in "Titanfall 2" almost seems like a trick.

In every way, it's framed as a generic, boring, even antiquated shooter campaign. In reality, it's far from that — the single-player campaign of "Titanfall 2" is well-paced and smart. It's a breath of fresh air in a genre full of self-serious, by-the-numbers, throwaway single-player campaigns. Just like "DOOM" took its franchise roots and modernized them, "Titanfall 2" takes experimental first-person shooters of the late '90s/early '00s and modernizes them.

I'd love to tell you specifics about why much of the campaign is so incredible, but ruining any of that surprise would be a tremendous disservice. I cannot recommend enough that you persevere in the game's single-player campaign. It starts slow, but you must persevere. It's worth it, I assure you.

So, how about that multiplayer?

How about another up-front statement? The multiplayer in "Titanfall 2" is likely to be this year's best of any multiplayer shooter.

As of this writing, "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare" has yet to launch. It could be incredible! That caveat aside, in a year packed with so many genuinely excellent shooting games — whether you're talking about "DOOM" or "Battlefield 1" or "Gears of War 4" — "Titanfall 2" stands out. 

There are several main modes:

• "Amped Hardpoint" has two teams vying for control of several "hardpoints" (areas on a map) that must be taken and held. The longer your team holds the points, the more points you'll earn — first team to 400 wins. By staying at a hardpoint, you can "amp" it, thus earning points at double the speed. Thus, there's an ongoing struggle between whether to stay and "amp" a held point, or to clear one being held by the enemy team. It's my favorite mode, but that could just be because I play a lot of "Battlefield" and it's similar to Conquest in that series.
• "Attrition" is a mode that's returning from the first "Titanfall," which has two teams competing in a massive deathmatch. In a twist on the classic team deathmatch multiplayer mode, "Titanfall" adds computer-controller characters into the fray. Suddenly, instead of just fighting against the other team, you're also fighting against squads of enemy characters and hulking titans. 
• "Bounty Hunt" is another new mode, which takes Attrition and adds another wrinkle: you earn money from kills, and that money must be "banked" in between waves of enemies. Of course, if you're killed by an enemy before depositing your stash, they'll take half. Looks like you should've gotten that pre-nup after all.

There are other modes (Capture the Flag and what have you), but the three above are what distinguishes "Titanfall 2" from other shooters. 

Not only is the second-t0-second gameplay fun — running along a wall, hopping to another, shooting a grappling hook and swinging to yet another wall, double jumping onto a titan, and ripping out one of its energy packs — but the game modes are as well. Like the gameplay itself, the multiplayer modes encourage a breakneck pace. And you'll respawn just as quickly as you're taken down.

There's tremendous reward to plumb from the movement alone. Mastering the art of undeterred movement is just as crucial as knowing how to shoot, what weapon to use, and how to counter the enemy. 

Good news, everyone!

It's hard to imagine who "Titanfall 2" isn't for (other than young children, of course — it's violent, albeit in a cartoon way).

It's a first-person shooter, but it does things with movement that few action-adventure games accomplish. It's innovative, but it also shines at the basics: shooting, cover, and weapon selection are all top-notch. Not a campaign kinda player? There's a ridiculous amount of multiplayer for you, and it's really good. Not into playing online? No problem: The single-player campaign is good enough alone to recommend playing "Titanfall 2." 

To be completely, all the way clear, "Titanfall 2" is the kind of game that changes the genre. You can already see the affects of the first "Titanfall" on the long-running "Call of Duty" franchise (double-jumping and wall-running are now a standard).

With "Titanfall 2," another line is being drawn in the sand. How the "Halos" and "Call of Dutys" of the world respond is anyone's guess. While we wait to find out, I'll be playing "Titanfall 2."

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Thanks to a few surprise performers and its heavy hitters doing as projected, Disney is just days away from breaking the company's box-office record.

The house that Walt built is also looking to set a new industry record by the time 2016 is over.

The studio has earned $5.81 billion in global ticket sales as of November 1, according to Variety, and will likely surpass the $6 billion mark after this weekend's worldwide opening of "Doctor Strange," a Marvel movie.

Disney's previous record-setting year was 2015, with $5.84 billion in worldwide total gross ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens" played a big part in that).

But the industry record was set by Universal last year with $6.89 billion, thanks to hits like "Jurassic World" and "Furious 7."

This year, it seems everything Disney releases turns to gold. "Zootopia" and "The Jungle Book" did better than anyone expected ("Zootopia" surpassed $1 billion worldwide, "The Jungle Book" is just under that mark). And "Finding Dory" as well as "Captain America: Civil War" were the huge blockbusters everyone thought they would be ("Dory" and "Civil War" are slots one and two, respectively, in the top domestic earners of 2016).

The strength of Disney's Marvel and Pixar properties mask the few disappointments the studio has had so far, such as "Alice Through the Looking Glass" and "The BFG."

But Disney isn't through yet. After "Doctor Strange," it still has coming out this year "Moana" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," the first standalone "Star Wars" film.

Earlier this year, Disney became the fastest studio to ever hit the $2 billion domestic mark, $3 billion international, and $5 billion globally in one year.

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Back in 2009, Julian Togelius helped organize the first competition to build artificial intelligence to play an open-source clone of "Super Mario Bros." He was shocked when someone created an amazing bot in a matter of days.

"We were a bit dismayed because we didn't think the problem would be solved that easily," Togelius told us in an interview on the state of game-playing AI.

The bot was created by Robin Baumgarten. A video uploaded to YouTube shows Mario speeding through the level with impossible precision, with red lines in front of him showing calculated paths.

How did Baumgarten do it? Basically, he used the open-source game code to create a bot that simulates every possible move as it goes.

"Every timestamp he makes a plan for how to best get to the right end of the screen," Togelius said. "That's why he can do all these crazy things."

Baumgarten shared a few details with us as well. He says it took him about a week to build the initial bot, with two-to-three weeks of optimization.

"I actually released the video before the competition was over — in fact, the bot still had bugs, as you can see when Mario almost falls into a hole," Baumgarten wrote. "That was almost a mistake, since people on Reddit spotted the video, where it got onto the front page, and some keen Redditors actually tried to copy what I did .... Mine only won by some cunning optimizations and exploitation of the winning condition."

In subsequent years of the competition, Togelius added new challenges, including levels that forced the bots to backtrack, and Baumgarten's bot lost its edge in those;Today, the game is essentially solved, and researchers have moved on to harder games.

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It looks like you'll have to wait a little longer to see one of Stephen King's most beloved books hit the big screen.

Though filming is complete on Sony's anticipated "The Dark Tower" adaptation, getting the visual effects done by its projected February 2017 release has turned out to be too ambitious. The movie will now be postponed for summer 2017, according to Entertainment Weekly.

King's mashup of the Wild West and magicians has brought on big stars. In the film, a gunslinger (Idris Elba) and a sorcerer (Matthew McConaughey) seek out a mystical tower. But according to EW, the modestly budgeted $60 million movie was at a fork in the road: either flood in millions more to get the VFX right to meet the February release date, or push the release.

Postponing also helps Sony give the film a less rushed publicity campaign (there still hasn't been an official trailer launched yet). The studio hopes it will turn into a franchise.

Producers certainly have enough material for it. It took King seven novels to tell the entire "Dark Tower" story. And there have been short stories and a comic-book series.

Business Insider reached out to Sony for comment but did not get an immediate response.

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The CMA Awards isn't known for wading into politics, but less than a week before the 2016 elections, Wednesday night's awards show took a turn toward making fun of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

After an opening performance, the hosts of the Country Music Association Awards, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, took some jabs at recent election events.

When Underwood pointed out nominees for entertainer of the year (Garth Brooks ended up winning), Paisley lurked and interjected, Trump-style, "False!" and "Lies!"

Paisley also offered a hashtag in support of his nominated cohost, "#ImWithCarrie," riffing on Clinton's "#ImWithHer."

Then they went after Trump harder.

"This show is rigged, bigly," Paisley said (or was it big-league?).

When Underwood asked Paisley if he would accept the night's awards results, he said, "Yes. If I win." It was a playful nod to Donald Trump's off-and-on insistence that the election and polls are "rigged," though the candidate touts polls in which he's doing well and has said he will accept the election results "if" he's made president.

Underwood reminded Paisley that he wasn't nominated.

"Then no," he said. "And you're a nasty woman," another Trump-ism deployed.

The two cohosts also had fun at the expense of Clinton's "basket of deplorables" comment, though their basket included a “Florida Georgia Lime” soda, Dolly Parton’s rainbow bra, and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Barbies.

And they even provided a little jingle about how the election is "taking forever... and ever." Some of the lyrics went:

“The race is on, it’s on every single channel and it’s making my head spin. We’re so freakin’ sick of politics, we don’t even care who wins. Hey, won’t it be refreshing instead of the election to watch us all singing up here? Can you believe a bunch of hillbilly singers been doing this for 50 years?” 

All in all, it was a funny sendup, and country to its core.

Watch a portion of Underwood and Paisley's opening below:

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It's been 20 years since director Danny Boyle gave us the drug-fueled "Trainspotting," a cult classic that made Ewan McGregor an international star, and Boyle one of the hottest directors around.

Now Boyle, McGregor, and the rest of the original cast have returned for "T2: Trainspotting."

It looks like Renton (McGregor), Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller), Spud (Ewan Bremner), and Francis (Robert Carlyle) haven't changed much. Renton's "choose life" motto has once more been compromised by bad influences and even worse drugs.

What's amazing is how much the ahead-of-its-time black comedy still feels relevant.

Watch the trailer below. "Trainspotting 2" comes out February 3 in limited release and February 10 nationwide.

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After a long, long metaphorical winter, the music industry is finally growing again in 2016 for the first time in over a decade, thanks to streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

And it’s just the beginning, according to analysts at Macquarie, who predict that global recorded music revenues will double over the next 10 years.

Double!

In a note on Wednesday, the analysts wrote that they expect recorded music revenue to grow 5% in 2016, to ~$15 billion. By 2025, they predict that number will be $30 billion. That’s still down from the $40 billion it sat at in 1999, but it would be a monster comeback for an industry that’s been rocked for the last decade.

According to Macquarie, the driver of this revenue growth will be the continued ascendance of streaming services, from Spotify, to Pandora, to Apple Music, to Amazon’s new service. “Streaming will grow to 50% of the market by mid-2019 and to 80% in 2025, based on our forecasts,” the analysts wrote. It will envelop the industry and pull revenues up with it.

As to the more immediate future, Macquarie thinks recorded music will grow 7% in 2017. And that’s a conservative estimate, according to Macquarie.

"We see upside to this level if Spotify’s launch in Japan, the second-largest territory and the one with the highest percentage of sales from physical, is successful,” the analysts wrote. “Amazon Unlimited Music (including mid-tier price point with Echo) should also boost growth in the UK and Germany (also a large physical market). Pandora Plus may also support even higher growth in the US.”

Here is a chart from Macquarie showing the predicted music industry growth:

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People have asked whether "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," the English-language adaptation of Steig Larsson's hit novel, would be getting a sequel since the movie opened in 2011. Five years later it looks like we're getting closer. 

Sony is looking to bring on director Fede Alvarez to continue the dark adventures of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander, according to Variety. Alvarez is a rising star at the moment over at the studio, as he directed one of the summer's biggest box office surprises, "Don't Breathe" for Sony Screen Gems, which has earned over $150 million worldwide (on a $9.9 million budget).    

David Fincher ("Fight Club," "Gone Girl") directed the 2011 "Tattoo" with Rooney Mara playing Salander and Daniel Craig as Blomkvist with plans of making adaptations of the two books that followed, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest." But he finally left the project due to creative differences with the heads at Sony (there was a Swedish film adaptation of "Tattoo" made in 2009, as well as for the two books that followed).

Alvarez will not be picking up where Fincher left off. Instead, he will take on the fourth book that was released in 2015, "The Girl in the Spider's Web," written by David Lagercrantz (Larsson died in 2004), according to Variety.

The story follows Blomkvist and Salander as they head into a world of underworld spies and cybercriminals.

Sony quickly snatched up the rights to the book and have fast tracked the movie version to be made by next year.

There's no word yet if Mara or Craig will reprise their roles. Business Insider reached out to Sony for comment.

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Bill Murray, notable Chicagoland native, has been having the best time as the Chicago Cubs have made their way to a World Series victory — their first since 1908.

The legendary comedian crashed the White House press room to root for his home team, his hilarious reactions during games were widely broadcast, he sang a one-of-a-kind version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," and he generously provided a ticket for Game 6 to a fan.

Now it's possible no one is enjoying the Cubs' World Series win more.

He absolutely lost it when the Cubs won the World Series in Game 7 on Wednesday night. He seemed on the brink of tears in the moment during this reaction shot.

It would be normal enough if it ended there, but this is Bill Murray, king of video-bombing.

Murray went into the Cubs locker room posed as a Fox Sports reporter — he had the official mic — and interviewed Dexter Fowler, which involved the two drinking Champagne from the bottle and devolved into a discussion of Fowler's beard.

"I've been a Cubs fan longer than you've been growing that beard," Murray said jokingly.

Murray also interviewed Theo Epstein, president of the Cubs. They showered Champagne on each other and loved it.

"It's a good burn," Murray said.

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For new television shows, each year is more competitive than the last.

This year, it's projected there will be as many as 450 scripted shows on TV, streaming, or other platforms, the highest number yet. Peak TV has gotten very crowded, which makes it all that much harder for new shows to find an audience.

Business Insider took a look at this fall's crop of new shows and crunched the Nielsen ratings numbers to name the top 10 (actually 11, since there's a tie) new shows on TV.

We ranked the shows by their average rating number for adults under the age of 50. This is the group advertisers most want to reach, so it's important to networks, too.

We've also included the shows' average number of total viewers for comparison.

Here are the highest-rated new shows of the fall:

Note: All ratings are updated through November 2, 2016, and reflect live plus same-day viewing

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11. “The Good Place” (NBC)

A young woman dies and finds herself in the heaven-like "Good Place," but soon realizes the placement was a mistake.

18-49 Rating: 1.50

Viewers: 5.3 million

9. “Son of Zorn” (Fox) — Tie

A cartoon warrior returns to the human world to re-establish his relationship with his half-human, half-cartoon son.

18-49 rating: 1.55

Viewers: 3.7 million

9. “Man with a Plan” (CBS) — Tie

Matt LeBlanc stars as a man who discovers parenting is harder than he expected when he stays home while his wife goes to work.

18-49 rating: 1.55

Viewers: 7.1 million

NBC's "Late Night" host Seth Meyers analyzed Americans' choice for president on Wednesday night, wryly listing out each candidates' flaws.

Meyers acknowledged that many voters aren't happy with Republican candidate Donald Trump or his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, then laid out the case for each.

"That's a problem for a lot of Americans. They just don't love the two choices," he said. "I mean, do you pick someone who's under federal investigation for using a private email server?"

"Or," he began, then launched into a rant listing 26 things Trump has been accused of, leaving Meyers breathless.

The long list of allegations included losing $1 billion in a year, attacking the family of a fallen soldier, and saying the women accusing him of sexual assault weren't attractive enough for him to assault.

"How do you choose?" Meyers asked sarcastically once he finished with his list. "Because, it's so, it's so even."

Meyers began the segment by criticizing House Speaker Paul Ryan for voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but refusing to say his name.

Ryan said he voted for "our nominee" in an appearance on "Fox and Friends" Tuesday morning, without saying "Trump" at all during the interview.

Watch the full video below. It's only about a minute:

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"Hamilton" fever is in full swing again.

After over a year of waiting, "The Hamilton Mixtape" has a full tracklist, artist lineup, and release date. 

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and original star of the hit Broadway hip-hop musical, tweeted Thursday that the album full of remixes and covers will be availble for pre-order Friday, November 4. According to Broadway.com, the release date is December 2.

The star-studded album features chart-topping artists like Sia, Usher, Common, and Chance the Rapper. 

Miranda is also partnering with Questlove again after The Roots' drummer executive produced the musical's Grammy-winning cast album.

A less obvious addition to the artist lineup is "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon — though his musical tendencies on his show explain his cover of King George's standout "You'll Be Back."

These big names will all put their own stamp on the numbers from "Hamilton."

Here is the full tracklist:

1. “No John Trumbull” (Intro) - The Roots
2. “My Shot” (feat. Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz & Nate Ruess) [Rise Up Remix] - The Roots
3. “Wrote My Way Out” - Nas, Dave East, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Aloe Blacc
4. “Wait For It” - Usher
5. An Open Letter” (feat. Shockwave) [Interlude] - Watsky
6. “Satisfied” (feat. Miguel & Queen Latifah) - Sia
7. “Dear Theodosia” (feat. Ben Folds) - Regina Spektor
8. “Valley Forge” (Demo) - Lin-Manuel Miranda
9. “It's Quiet Uptown” - Kelly Clarkson
10. “That Would Be Enough” - Alicia Keys
11. “Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)” - K'naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC, Residente
12. “You'll Be Back” - Jimmy Fallon& The Roots
13. “Helpless” (feat. Ja Rule) - Ashanti
14. “Take A Break” (Interlude) - !llmind
15. “Say Yes To This” - Jill Scott
16. “Congratulations” - Dessa
17. “Burn” - Andra Day
18. “Stay Alive” (Interlude) - J.PERIOD & Stro Elliot
19. “Slavery Battle” (Demo) - Lin-Manuel Miranda
20. “Washingtons By Your Side” - Wiz Khalifa
21. “History Has Its Eyes On You” - John Legend
22. “Who Tells Your Story” (feat. Common & Ingrid Michaelson) - The Roots
23. “Dear Theodosia” (Reprise) - Chance The Rapper & Francis and The Lights

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Video is eating the digital media business, and Mic CEO Chris Altchek says it’s not going to stop any time soon.

Mic started in 2011 as “Policy Mic,” with the goal of keeping college-educated millennials informed on the news that mattered to them — in text. But since Mic launched video in 2015, that’s what has seen the explosive growth, Altchek tells Business Insider.

What kinds of videos?

Well, there are the minute-long Facebook snippets with overlaid text, which many media companies are pumping out at a dizzying pace. But there are also more unique offerings. 

Altchek mentions one video in particular, from this summer, titled "23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America." In the video, celebrities like Alicia Keys and Beyonce read a list of "all the seemingly mundane interactions with police that have led to high-profile black deaths." The video had cross-platform reach of over 100 million people.

“People like video more than anything else,” Altchek says definitively. Once phone screens became big and crisp enough, the medium’s natural tendency to be more engaging began to shine, he continues.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to agree. “We’re entering this new golden age of video,” Zuckerberg told BuzzFeed News earlier this year. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you fast-forward five years and most of the content that people see on Facebook and are sharing on a day-to-day basis is video.”

There has been some debate as to whether people do really love video that much, or whether platforms like Facebook are just trying to shove it down our throats. But whatever it is, media companies like Mic (and Business Insider) are seeing huge gains in video reach. Altchek thinks that every incentive is aligned — platform and audience — and there’s “no chance” that growth will flatten out.

“That train has left the station,” he says.

There is, however, one problem with Facebook in particular. Video's ascendancy has come at the expense of text articles, which were hit when Facebook changed its "News Feed" algorithm in June.

Altchek puts it this way as an example: On Facebook, let’s say Mic used to reach 10 people a day with a text article [that number is a placeholder]. That same text article might reach two people a day now, but the video would reach 100. Those aren’t exact estimates, but they serve to illustrate the scale of the video change Altchek has seen.

That doesn't mean that Mic has abandoned text articles, which it still produces a lot of. But it does mean text isn't where the crazy growth has been coming from.

Different packaging

One challenge with a shift to video, however, is that often reporters used to working in text aren’t video superstars. For Mic, overcoming that means having the “right producers sitting next to the right reporters,” Altchek says. That way they can collaborate as stories unfold.

It also means packaging stories in different ways. Take "23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America," which Altchek explains started as an initial text article, and then turned into follow-up video. Alicia Keys helped bring together the celebrities after noticing the original on social media.

Alicia Keys isn't the only celebrity to help Mic get traction on social media. Star Trek's George Takei shares a ton of Mic's content to his almost 10 million Facebook followers. Mic seems to pay for this, according to Digiday (Mic didn't refute or confirm this when asked).

The new TV

But even with a lot of reach, and celebrity help, it’s still difficult to build revenue solely on advertising. “The challenges are huge in the digital ads business,” Altchek says.

That’s one reason why Mic, along with a host of other new media companies, wants to get its content onto traditional TV or emerging streaming powerhouses like Netflix. Mic is on Comcast’s streaming platform Watchable, and has a video partnership with Spotify, but both are more short-form.

Altchek says particularly resonant stories could “breathe in longer formats.” And the money that comes from selling long premium video would probably help Altchek, who has raised $32 million from venture capitalists, breathe easier as well.

For all the talk of digital disruption, TV still has huge audiences and a ton of ad dollars. ([It’s] “probably one of the most efficient businesses that exist in media today," Refinery29’s Co-CEO Philippe von Borries said recently). Netflix is going to spend $6 billion on content in 2017, and Amazon is ramping up its video spending as well.

Those types of services are somewhere Altchek could see Mic. “People spend a couple hours per day on Netflix,” Altchek says. “Those [premium streaming video] platforms don’t have a  ‘news voice.’ It’s a huge opportunity.”

Living the story

To make that jump, Mic has to convince these platforms that it is the defining voice for young people and news. Altchek thinks a big key to this is putting the right resources and reporters on the right issues. He strives to hire reporters who “live their beats,” to provide a sense of authenticity. He points particularly to the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which Mic has five reporters and two editors dedicated to.

When reporters are so connected to their beats, however, questions of objectivity can crop up. Altchek says Mic's coverage is always rooted in good reporting, but that there are core principles that guide the organization. These are not up for debate.

“Not being diverse is not okay,” he says as an example. This is not a question.

Mic reaches 65 million millennials in the US each month, and over 200 million people around the world each month, according to the company.

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