Young adult movies are the ticket for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., maker of the “Twilight” and “Hunger Games” sagas.

Movies based on teen-oriented books helped the company swing to profit in its fiscal fourth quarter and it’s looking ahead to similar offerings that will debut this year and next.

“We're obviously not the only ones mining the young adult space, but owning the top young adult franchises, ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Twilight,’ gives us enormous catalyst,” said Jon Feltheimer, Lions Gate’s chief executive officer,...

The San Francisco 49ers are looking for a little digital magic to lure fans to the new Levi's Stadium, which opens next year in Santa Clara.

After all, the team ranked 12th in attendance -- out of 32 teams -- in 2012, in a year when one of the NFL's most exciting quarterbacks, Colin Kaepernick, took the 49ers to the Super Bowl. (We will not revisit the pain of the loss to the Baltimore Ravens). 

The Niners trailed football-crazy Dallas, both New York teams, Washington Redskins, Denver and a host of others when it comes to putting fans in seats last year, according to the NFL's attendance...

After the coffee. Before trying to enjoy the last day of May.

The Skinny: You know you're getting old when the idea of getting yet another box to make watching TV and finding content online easy just sounds like a lot of work. Friday's headlines include a preview of the weekend box office and reviews of "After Earth" and "The East." Also starting today, Company Town offers a few laughs for you courtesy of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist David Horsey. His take will appear on Fridays. Finally, if you are interested in receiving an email alert when the Morning Fix is live please send me a note....

Starting Friday, May 31, Company Town will feature a weekly cartoon about the entertainment business from David Horsey, a lifelong fan of movies and music as well as a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

In this, his first installment, Horsey looks at a tried-and-true Hollywood movie scenario -- that of a desperate movie executive, hungry for a hit but over budget on his huge summer movie, saved at the box office by a big screen superhero.

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Horsey joined The Times in January 2012. His political cartoons appear on the Top of the Ticket blog and...

There’s little chance that HBO will offer its content online to non-TV subscribers in the U.S. any time soon.

Home Box Office Chief Executive Officer Richard Plepler, in remarks at Nomura’s Media & Telecommunications Summit in New York on Thursday, said the company is focused on getting more U.S. households to subscribe rather than letting people pay to watch its content online without buying a satellite or cable TV package.

“For right now, we have the right model for our business,” he said. “There are 70 million homes in the U.S. that don’t have HBO. We...

One of Hollywood's biggest box-office stars will take a back seat to "Fast & Furious 6" at the multiplex this weekend.

"After Earth," the sci-fi action flick starring Will Smith and his 14-year-old son, Jaden, could start off with as little as $33 million this weekend, according to those who have seen prerelease audience surveys. Sony is more confident in the film, projecting a launch of around $38 million.

Either way, the sixth installment in the action-heavy "Fast" franchise will speed past it. After launching with a massive $117 million over the long Memorial Day weekend, the film is...

Sony President and Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai said his company is taking "a serious look" at a proposal from an activist investor to take part of the company's entertainment business public.

"It's something that's been discussed at the board level, and discussed thoroughly," said Hirai, who used the prominent platform of the All Things Digital technology conference in Rancho Palos Verdes to address some of the challenges confronting the company.

Hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb, whose Third Point Capital owns about 6% of Sony, has urged an initial public offering for part of the company's...

It appears caps on free radio streams have not stopped Pandora’s growth in mobile.

The music streaming company is now the top-grossing publisher in Apple’s iOS App Store, based on monthly revenue, according to app analytics firm App Annie.

Pandora -- which makes its money from premium subscribers and advertising revenue -- topped the list for the first time, App Annie said in its April index posted Thursday. It ranked fourth in the Google Play store, behind the Japanese social networking sites LINE and GREE, and the South Korean messaging service Kakao.

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Further deepening ties between Hollywood and China, Legendary Entertainment's Chinese film venture has signed a multiyear agreement to co-produce movies with China's largest film distributor.

This agreement with Legendary East marks the first time China Film Co. Ltd. has signed a long-term production deal with a Chinese or international partner.

Formed in 2011, Legendary East is a spinoff of Legendary Pictures, the Burbank-based film finance and production company behind the "Dark Knight Rises" and "Hangover" movies, and the upcoming "Man of Steel."  Legendary is teaming up with a company that...

Selling Netflix shares because of "Arrested Development" reviews? You've made a huge mistake, according to chief content officer Ted Sarandos. 

Sarandos on Thursday made fun of reports that mixed reviews for its reboot of the cult comedy series drove down the company’s stock.

Shares of Netflix fell more than 6% to $214.19 a share Tuesday, the first day of trading after the company made all 15 episodes of the show’s long-awaited fourth season available Sunday for streaming online.

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Multiple news reports attributed the stock drop to mixed reviews from...

After the coffee. Before figuring out where the month of May went.

The Skinny: I've got a pile of pilots to watch, but I just can't find the energy right now. Instead, all I want to do is watch baseball and take naps. Thursday's headlines include a look at the marketing campaign behind Sony's "After Earth" and an amusing tale about Grumpy Cat.

Daily Dose: HBO's new movie "Behind the Candelabra," starring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as his young lover, has landed theatrical distribution deals across Europe, Australia and Japan. The movie, which HBO got after U.S. movie studios...