Snap announces Pixy, a $230 mini drone that can capture 2.7K videos and 12MP photos, syncs with Snapchat, and weighs 101g, available in the US and France
in this case, a flying camera company. https://t.co/32s6rU4HKl Nilay Patel / @reckless : Is this the greatest sequence in Verge video history y/n https://twitter.com/... @vjeranpav...
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel dismisses Meta's metaverse ambitions as “ambiguous and hypothetical” and says the word “metaverse” is never uttered in Snap's offices
Alex Hern / The Guardian :
Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $7.71B, up 16% YoY, net income of $607M, 222M paid subscribers, and $30B in 2021 revenue, up 19%; stock down 20%+ on weak guidance
Netflix ended 2021 with a slightly lower-than-expected subscriber gain in the fourth quarter, and its stock took a dive with a weak Q1 outlook.
Disney misses Q4 estimates after slower streaming services growth: Disney+ added 2M subscribers to 118M, Hulu added 700K to 39.7M, and ESPN+ added 2.3M to 17.1M
The streaming service now has 118 million subscribers, up only 2 million from last quarter. — Disney posted muted earnings … Source: The Walt Disney Company .
Disney says Marvel's Black Widow has earned $60M+ on opening weekend via its Premier Access program, which lets Disney+ subscribers rent the movie for $30
Rebecca Rubin / Variety :
Source: Amazon is in talks to acquire MGM for between $7B and $10B, in what would be its biggest move to expand into entertainment
Amazon is in discussions to acquire MGM, said a person familiar with the situation, in what would be the ecommerce giant's biggest move yet to expand in entertainment.
Sources: Fox's free streaming service Tubi is planning to start funding original movies and TV shows; Roku and Pluto TV are also exploring original programming
Free streaming services increase their ambitions after growing like weeds during pandemic — Fox Corp.'s free streaming service Tubi …
The only explanation for its ad campaign against Apple is that Facebook has decided shamelessness works, after years of cozying up to the Trump administration
For most of the past week and a half, this image has been stuck in my head: John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Facebook Wades Into Epic's Dispute With Apple Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac ...
The only explanation for its ad campaign against Apple is that Facebook has decided shamelessness works, after years of cozying up to the Trump administration
The company declared in newspaper ads that it was “standing up to Apple.” It's a desperate ploy that's unlikely to work.
In a survey, Spotify hints at plans for a subscription podcast service; the survey describes at least four plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month
In a survey, Spotify hints at plans for a subscription podcast service; the survey describes at least four plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month
In a survey, Spotify hints at plans for a subscription podcast service; the survey describes at least four plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month
No music included — Spotify appears to be interested in launching a subscription podcast service that would offer access to original shows or exclusive episodes for a monthly fee...
In a survey, Spotify hints at plans for a subscription podcast service; the survey describes at least four plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month
No music included — Spotify appears to be interested in launching a subscription podcast service that would offer access to original shows or exclusive episodes for a monthly fee...
In a survey, Spotify hints at plans for a subscription podcast service; the survey describes at least four plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month
No music included — Spotify appears to be interested in launching a subscription podcast service that would offer access to original shows or exclusive episodes for a monthly fee...
In a survey, Spotify hints at plans for a subscription podcast service; the survey describes at least four plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month
No music included — Spotify appears to be interested in launching a subscription podcast service that would offer access to original shows or exclusive episodes for a monthly fee...
Sources: Quibi mulled options like a freemium model and had 450K subs paying $4.99/mo. when it closed, far less than the 7.4M it targeted for its first year
on content, technology, and financial planning. In the end, their intuition was wrong. And the collapse was swift. Fantastic reconstruction by @BenMullin @Lilliannnn https://www.ws...
Internal email: Spotify defends Joe Rogan interviewing Alex Jones, saying it won't “ban specific individuals from being guests on other people's shows”
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News :
Netflix says it will launch top 10 lists to rank the most popular shows and movies, updated daily, after testing the feature in Mexico and the UK
- Top 10 lists will be rolled out after tests in U.K. and Mexico — New feature will appear in the service and be updated daily
Evan Spiegel says Snapchat has a team that fact checks all political advertising on the platform, in stark contrast to Facebook
- Snap's policy represents a middle ground in a debate that has been largely defined by extremes as Facebook pushes for no regulation and Twitter grapples with removing political a...
Sources: Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March but has since struggled to add customers
if Apple can't throw traffic and get them subscribers, you think individual pubs will be able to switch to paid models. Too much free stuff out there!!! https://twitter.com/... Jas...