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    The Business

    Joshua Topolsky on the Convergence of Tech and Entertainment

    Joshua Topolsky, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Verge and resident tech consultant for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, joins us for a sort of tutorial. He surveys with Kim the devices and services that bring TV shows and movies into our living rooms today and speculates on what will last going in to the future.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Joshua Topolsky, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Verge and resident tech consultant for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, joins us for a sort of tutorial. He surveys with Kim the devices and services that bring TV shows and movies into our living rooms today and speculates on what will last going in to the future. From binge viewing to streaming on boxes like Apple TV, Xbox, Sony PlayStation and the Roku box, the choices are many. How to sort through what does what. Plus, he addresses which services -- Netflix, Hulu, Amazon streaming -- rival old fashioned cable.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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