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Mon 04 Apr 2007What the internet moguls have in mind for TinseltownConvergence culture:Two internet pioneers have radical ideas on how to reinvigorate the film business, writes Haydn ShaughnessyMark Cuban is a loud voice on the blogging scene. His blogmaverick.com is one of the most outspoken on how the film, music and internet industries are changing. He also happens to be one of Hollywood's newest movers and shakers, and the biggest in terms of what he's doing to the industry. Jeff Skoll is a little less well known, but his films are making a bigger impact than Cuban's. What the two have in common is that they are rich and powerful because of what they achieved on the internet, and they both set out to change the rules of the movie business.