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The revamped MoviePass goes nationwide
As promised, MoviePass is returning. After last year’s Labor Day beta/waiting list launch, the movie theater subscription service is open to all in the U.S. just head of the Memorial Day holiday. Af
Former MoviePass execs are being sued by the SEC for lying to customers
Ahead of the official relaunch of subscription-based movie ticketing service MoviePass, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint against three of its former executives, claiming
MoviePass readies a Labor Day return
MoviePass’ planned return will officially just miss the summer holiday rush. Interested parties will be able to sign up for the service’s waiting list this Thursday. The move, which was noted
In Hollywood, everything gets a reboot — even MoviePass
MoviePass’ 2.0 kickoff press conference got off to a suitably rocky start. After a high energy introduction montage of upcoming film trailers, founder and new owner Stacy Spikes took the stage amid
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Why MoviePass’ co-founder bought back the brand
News broke yesterday that MoviePass co-founder Stacy Spikes purchased ownership of the beleaguered brand for an undisclosed sum. The transaction follows one of the more spectacular tech flameouts in r
An internal code repo used by New York State’s IT office was exposed online
A code repository used by the New York state government’s IT department was left exposed on the internet, allowing anyone to access the projects inside, some of which contained secret keys and p
Share Ventures, an LA-based studio for company creation, is MoviePass co-founder Hamet Watt’s next act
Nearly eight years ago, Hamet Watt and Stacy Spikes launched MoviePass, the subscription-based movie ticketing service that captured the minds and dollars of investors and brought thousands of cinephi
Don’t be a selfless startup
One of the enduring truths of big companies is that they aren’t innovative. They are “innovative” in the marketing sense, but fail to ever execute on new ideas, particularly when those ideas can
Daily Crunch: The startups we lost in 2019
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Remembering the startups we lost in 2019
All manner of startups fail for all manner of reasons. But there’s one constant: this is an incredibly difficult business. Launching a successful company isn’t just a matter of drive and finding t
MoviePass will shut down on September 14th
MoviePass’ all-you-can-watch movie theater membership always seemed too good to be true. After multiple price hikes, business model changes, temporary shutdowns and raising a mountain of money l
MoviePass exposed thousands of unencrypted customer card numbers
Movie ticket subscription service MoviePass has exposed tens of thousands of customer card numbers and personal credit cards because a critical server was not protected with a password. Mossab Hussein
MoviePass temporarily suspends service to improve its mobile app
MoviePass is temporarily suspending its service, starting on July 4, in order to finish working on improvements to its mobile app, the company announced today. The hiatus comes after a difficult year
Another major theater chain is reportedly working on a MoviePass competitor
Movie ticket subscription services have had a tough time of it. The two largest names in the business — MoviePass and Sinemia — have been waging what looks to have been a mostly losing bat
Sinemia faces consumer pushback and a class action suit over a battery of complaints
When Sinemia first came across our radar, the company was happily riding the wave of anti-MoviePass publicity. With its chief competition in the midst of what looked to be a historic collapse, Sinemia
Atom Tickets to challenge MoviePass with a subscription ticket platform for theaters
MoviePass may still be trying to figure out how to make a movie ticket subscription service financially viable, but it can be credited for at least correctly identifying consumer demand for such a thi
MoviePass parent’s CEO discusses the service’s rocky year
In the space of a few months, MoviePass went from being the hottest startup on the block to a cautionary tale about growing too big, too fast. By the time the summer of MoviePass came to an end, the c
MoviePass parent’s CEO says its rebooted subscription service is already (sort of) profitable
Two days after MoviePass announced the return of the company’s unlimited ticket plan, Ted Farnsworth, CEO of its parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics, sat down with TechCrunch to offer insig
MoviePass brings back its unlimited movie plan, with a limited time price of $9.95
MoviePass is bringing back a version of the plan that made it so popular in the first place — a subscription where you pay a monthly fee and get an unlimited number of 2D movie tickets. MoviePass Un