Greg Peters says Netflix plans to include new types of content, like video podcasts, in its vertical video feed, and will roll out a new mobile UI later in 2026
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MoviePass launches Mogul, a daily fantasy sports-inspired, blockchain-based platform for movie buffs, in beta and says 400K+ people signed up for early access
and going all in on crypto Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter : MoviePass' Next Big Bet: A Fantasy Box Office App Ben Sherry / Inc : MoviePass Just Debuted Mogul, a Fantasy League for Film X: Ben...
Condé Nast agrees a multiyear deal with OpenAI, letting ChatGPT and SearchGPT surface stories from The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, and Wired
Publishers looking at the media landscape are likely realizing … BBC : ChatGPT firm OpenAI strikes deal with Vogue owner Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : ChatGPT-Maker OpenAI Forges Content Partnership Wit...
Meta's stock drops 10%+ on weak Q2 revenue guidance and increasing FY 2024 capital expenditures from $30B-$37B to $35B-$40B due to AI infrastructure investments
should investors consider buying? Kathleen Gallagher / Business Post : Shares in Meta plummet as it forecasts spending spree TJ Denzer / Shacknews : Facebook (META) issues Q2 2024 revenue guidance bel...
Elon Musk claims “block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs”, without giving any details, in a reply to a user's X post about block vs. mute
the ability to block trolls Metro.co.uk : Elon Musk plans to stop letting X (formerly Twitter) users block each other Jorge Aguilar / Android Police : The app formally known as Twitter continues its d...
Meta reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $32B, net income up 16% YoY to $7.79B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.07B for June 2023; META jumps 10%+
but most of the new users came from outside the US and Canada Karissa Bell / Engadget : Meta had its best quarter since 2021 despite losing more money on the metaverse Abubakar Idris / The Messenger :...
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company plans to add Hulu content to Disney+ by the end of 2023; standalone options for its platforms, including ESPN+, will remain
what's going on? Matt Tamanini / The Streamable : Answering Questions About Disney+, Hulu's ‘One-App Experience’; Will All Content Be Included? What About Hulu + Live TV? Tom Power / TechRadar : Disne...
Netflix delays a “broad rollout” of its paid sharing plan to Q2 2023, including to the US, after its Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain launch in February
paid sharing is coming very soon Rik Henderson / Pocket-lint : Free Netflix days will soon be over, paid sharing to roll out to US and more broadly Rajesh Pandey / Cult of Mac : Netflix's password-sha...
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000+ jobs in January 2023
Today I shared with Twitch employees that we've … Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon's post-Bezos experiment hasn't gone exactly as planned Bloomberg : Amazon to Cut 9,000 More Jobs, Deepening Biggest Pullb...
New York AG Letitia James asks Madison Square Garden Entertainment for information on its alleged facial recognition use to deny access to some ticket holders
then the facial recognition debate ignited Ashley King / Digital Music News : NY Attorney General Questioning Madison Square Garden about Facial Recognition Tech Noah Sheidlower / CNBC : NY AG Letitia...