Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals
the same firm that suggested pharmacists get REBATES for opioid deaths—charged CNN millions to tell it what someone wanted to hear. Every $ wasted could have gone to paying journalists. https://twitte...
News Corp has shut down its news aggregation service Knewz after just 18 months of operation, citing lack of profits
the Quibi of news aggregation https://twitter.com/... Maya Kosoff / @mekosoff : oh kno https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Chris Mohney / @chrismohney : literally and actually had not even...
Roku has acquired global rights for Quibi content, sources say for less than $100M, and will make it available free to stream in 2021 on the Roku Channel
Maker of the biggest U.S. streaming video-player plans to put the content in its ad-supported channel
Roku has acquired global rights for Quibi content, sources say for less than $100M, and will make it available free to stream in 2021 on the Roku Channel
Maker of the biggest U.S. streaming video-player plans to put the content in its ad-supported channel
Quibi says it will shut down “on or about” December 1 and does not know if its original content will be made available elsewhere after it shuts down
with no obvious notice that the service will soon be going dark https://variety.com/... Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Quibi is officially shutting down. Katzenberg and Whitman will be on CNBC tomorrow...
Quibi says it will shut down “on or about” December 1 and does not know if its original content will be made available elsewhere after it shuts down
Quibi, a day after announcing it will shut down less than seven months after launching, told customers Thursday that it expects …
Sources: Quibi decided to shut down and return $350M to investors rather than try and prolong the life of the company through another big investment
Quibi Holdings LLC is shutting itself down, according to people familiar with the matter, a crash landing for a once-highflying entertainment startup …
Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg tried to sell Quibi's catalog to NBCUniversal and Facebook, but both passed; Katzenberg told others he may shut down the company
Jeffrey Katzenberg may be nearing the end of the road with his mobile video streaming service Quibi.
Sources: Katzenberg pitched Apple, WarnerMedia, and Facebook about buying Quibi, but so far had no takers; Quibi has between 400K and 500K subscribers now
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Sources: Quibi is exploring several strategic options including a possible sale, raising more money, or going public through a merger with a SPAC
Streaming-video service founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg has struggled to attract subscribers since launching in April