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Jan
30
2022
By Troy Warren
Associated Press to launch NFT photography marketplace

Associated Press to launch NFT photography marketplace

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Attila Tomaschek | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT #NFT  #CRYPTO The initial collection of NFTs will be available on Jan. 31 -- Pulitzer Prize-winning images included. The Associated Press is set to launch an NFT marketplace for collectors to purchase AP photojournalists' images, according to an AP news release on Monday. Beginning on Jan. 31, the initial collection of photographs, including Pulitzer Prize-winning images, will start being released over a period of weeks. With each NFT purchase, collectors will have access to the metadata associated with each photograph, including the time, date, location, equipment and technical settings used, according to…
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Jan
30
2022
By Ellen Britt
Picasso Art NFT Not Going To Be Sold After All

Picasso Art NFT Not Going To Be Sold After All

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Ellen Britt for CNT#NFT  A few days ago, the granddaughter of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, and her son Florian Picasso, announced they were going to sell 1,010 digital art pieces of one of the late artist’s ceramic works that has never before been seen publicly.  This announcement understandably generated a lot of excitement in the art world, as Picasso, who died in 1973, had an enormous influence on 20th-century art with his unique style. A Family Squabble But now, all that excitement has fizzled, as a lawyer for the Picasso family say his heirs have not authorized such an offering, apparently signaling an intra-family disagreement. A…
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Jan
29
2022
By Troy Warren
The metaverse is just getting started: Here’s what you need to know

The metaverse is just getting started: Here’s what you need to know

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Andrew Morse, Scott Stein | CNET.ComTroy Warren for CNT #NFTFacebook, Microsoft and a host of other companies are jockeying to define the next iteration of the internet.You've probably heard a lot about the metaverse recently.Earlier this week, Microsoft recently said it would buy ActivisionBlizzard for $69 billion, explaining the deal was part of an expansion into metaverse. Last year, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, a nod to the social network's ambition to be a prime mover in the next step in the internet. Rec Room and world-building games, like Roblox and Minecraft, all get rolled into discussions of what the…
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Jan
29
2022
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By Ellen Britt
NFTs Get Real With NFT Real Estate Platform

NFTs Get Real With NFT Real Estate Platform

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT It’s one thing for NFTs to be getting a lot of attention in terms of artists’ creations and the embrace of all things NFT by such big players as Coca-cola, Crocs, the NFL, Mercedes-Benz, and now Lamborghini, but now things are getting real…with real estate that is! Last year, the blockchain startup Propy looked to use blockchain technology via smart contracts to smooth out actual physical real estate sales. The company did sell an apartment as an NFT but not in the U.S., as the apartment was in Ukraine. Now Propy is launching real estate-backed NFTs in the US…
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Jan
28
2022
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By Troy Warren
Hollywood in the Metaverse: 5 Considerations for Content Creators

Hollywood in the Metaverse: 5 Considerations for Content Creators

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BY ADRIAN PERRY AND MERISSA PICO | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #NFT  #EditorsPicks  #Entertainment As entertainment powerhouses compete to launch various iterations of the metaverse, the time is ripe for creators and content companies to start planning how they will make their mark in this new virtual territory. “Metaverse” has quickly worked its way into the Hollywood lexicon as the idea, starting out as science fiction but now evolving into an attainable aspiration that companies are racing to bring to reality. The metaverse in its fully-fledged form does not yet exist, but there are many “proto” metaverses that are…
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Jan
28
2022
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By Ellen Britt
Lamborghini Puts The Pedal To The Metal With Release Of Its First NFT

Lamborghini Puts The Pedal To The Metal With Release Of Its First NFT

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT  The iconic Italian super-luxury car maker Lamborghini is releasing its first NFT soon! Unlike the cartoonish images that many NFTs portray, this is a sophisticated piece of art with an astronomical theme. The company plans to auction off a series of NFTs produced in collaboration with Swiss artist Fabian Oefner, which depicts a Lamborghini launched into space as it breaks down into its parts heading into orbit. The timing of the auction is in keeping with the rocket theme as well, with the first one beginning at 4:00 CET and each of the four other auctions starting and…
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Jan
27
2022
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By Troy Warren
Bob Iger: COVID Dealt Movie Theaters a “Severe Injury That Maybe Doesn’t Heal”

Bob Iger: COVID Dealt Movie Theaters a “Severe Injury That Maybe Doesn’t Heal”

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BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #Business  #NFTIn his first post-Disney interview, Iger also discussed the rise of streaming, his thoughts on the "metaverse" and why data should never be the deciding factor in create decision-making.Former Disney CEO Bob Iger, in his first interview since stepping away as executive chairman of the company, discussed the fate of movie theaters, competing with Netflix and yes, the metaverse, in a conversation with The New York Times’ Kara Swisher.“Because I am not working for Disney I am liberated, I can say anything about anybody,” Iger joked during the conversation, adding…
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Jan
27
2022
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By Ellen Britt
NFT Ducks Save Couple’s Atlanta Homestead

NFT Ducks Save Couple’s Atlanta Homestead

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT  How’s this for hatching up a plan? Thorne Melcher and Mandy Musselwhite, who raise ducks and geese as well as other animals on their Atlanta area homestead, created an NFT collection of 10,000 cartoon ducks in an effort to avoid foreclosure due to mortgage back-payments that were overdue.  Mandy created the ducks and Thomas, who is a coder, learned a new coding language so he could mint the ducks as NFTs on the ethereum blockchain. They had to borrow money from a trusted friend just to pay the fees for the NFT collection. They incubated their plan in early…
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Jan
26
2022
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By Troy Warren
Will Hollywood’s Streaming Ambition Lead to Big Gaming Buys?

Will Hollywood’s Streaming Ambition Lead to Big Gaming Buys?

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BY GEORG SZALAI | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #Business  #Gaming  #NFT As Microsoft snaps up Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion to shore up its streaming platform, and Netflix also enters the sector, Sony — or even Disney — may be next to strike a deal. In May 2016, Disney sent shock waves through the video game sector when it ended its stint as a publisher of console titles to, it said, “transition exclusively to a licensing model.” It later replicated that move in the mobile games space and let outside studios create projects built on its intellectual property…
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Jan
26
2022
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By Ellen Britt
YouTube Is Hinting They Will Embrace NFTs

YouTube Is Hinting They Will Embrace NFTs

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT  The CEO of YouTube just published a letter saying the company is thinking of NFTs as a way to add revenue for its content creators.  Although they are not yet saying how NFTs would be integrated into the platform, we can take some clues from Twitter, which recently added the ability for its Twitter Blue users to add an NFT that they own as their profile pic, which will be hexagonal in shape, rather than round. Twitter and Meta Leading The Way Plus we are sure that YouTube is looking at what Facebook is doing as well, with its name…
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