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Columbia Pictures Taps Into Foursquare For Film Promo

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Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment said today that its Columbia Pictures unit it tying the release of its new film, 30 Minutes or Less, into a foursquare promotion. The effort will award badges for checking into pizza parlors, banks, food trucks, screenings, and movie theater openings.

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Crackle Launches Windows Phone, NOOK Apps

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Culver City-based Crackle , the online video streaming and entertainment site which features Sony Pictures library of television and film properties, announced Friday that it has launched both Windows Phone and NOOK Tablet apps. Crackle also said it will be releasing a Amazon Kindle Fire version of the app. The new app is free.

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Fourth Wall Studios Whacks Staff, Stops Production

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Culver City-based Fourth Wall Studios , a developer of interactive content backed by LA billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, has laid off the majority of its staff, and stopped production, according to a report from the LA Times.