The Great Hollywood Migration: Top Talent Streams to Silicon Beach

When Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine became employees of Apple Inc. last week, it was the acqui-hire heard 'round the world. Here were two music luminaries who, through Apple's $3 billion purchase of Beats, must be the most powerful entertainment-industry hired guns in Silicon Valley history.

But here's the thing: They're not even close.

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Truth is, tech companies have been quietly poaching top Hollywood executives for a few years now. What began with a trickle of pioneers slipping across the border to help Silicon Valley companies manage fledgling content deals has turned it into a one-way reaping of the film and television studios' top talent as tech pushes into creating content of its own. Read more...