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    The Business

    The Hollywood News Banter

    Kim Masters and John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, banter about some of this week's top Hollywood news stories.

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

    Kim Masters and John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, banter about some of this week's top Hollywood news stories.

    - Election Night TV viewing: ratings, Diane Sawyer, Karl Rove and Twitter

    - Now that President Obama was re-elected, how will he go forward in terms of the fight between Hollywood and Silicon Valley over piracy? He'd angered some in Hollwood with how he handled the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Both industries donated generously to his re-election campaign. How will he handle efforts to balance internet freedom with protecting intellectual property?

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      Kim Masters

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

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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      John Horn

      Los Angeles Times

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    The full episode

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    Unconventional Filmmaking: 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'
    1. 0:00The Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 6:31'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Filmmaker
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