Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video
Amazon is officially shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported video streaming service originally launched under the IMDb brand nearly five years ago.
Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video
Amazon is officially shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported video streaming service originally launched under the IMDb brand nearly five years ago.
Apple Music's “100 Best Albums” list, based on votes from about 250 employees, artists, and industry executives, is eclectic, unpredictable, and controversial
Why did a trillion-dollar company make a music list that would make people lose their minds?
Apple Q1: revenue from Services, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 11% YoY to a record $23.1B, and the installed base passed 2.2B active devices
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Apple reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $119.6B, net income up 13% to $33.9B, Americas net sales up 2% to $50.4B, and Europe net sales up 10% to $30.4B
Services revenue reaches new all-time record EPS up 16 percent to new all-time high — Apple® today announced financial results …
SAG-AFTRA members ratify the union's three-year contract with studios after 78% voted in favor; some members remain dissatisfied with the deal's AI protections
The SAG-AFTRA vote formally ends six months of labor strife, though some members were not happy about the contract's artificial intelligence protections.
Striking Hollywood writers have two main AI worries: their work being used as training data and being tasked with just fixing AI-generated “sloppy first drafts”
now fix it’: On the picket lines with Hollywood writers as they bring signs, slogans, and sunscreen to their fight … New York Times : Outside Hollywood Studios, Writers Make Their ...
Mina Lefevre, Meta's head of development and programming, is leaving amid layoffs, as the company shuts down Facebook Original series, including Red Table Talk
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO but plans to stay on as executive chair; the company promotes COO Greg Peters to co-CEO with Ted Sarandos
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO but plans to stay on as executive chair; the company promotes COO Greg Peters to co-CEO with Ted Sarandos
Streaming company names new leadership as it looks to reset after ‘tough year’ in 2022 — Reed Hastings is stepping …
Amazon's new reality show Ring Nation featuring footage from its Ring home security cameras is the company's latest effort to normalize its surveillance network
Amazon's newest effort to normalize its surveillance network will feature footage from Ring surveillance cameras and commentary from comedian Wanda Sykes.
HBO and HBO Max receive 140 Emmy nominations, while Netflix gets 105, Hulu 58, Apple TV+ 52, Disney+ 34, Amazon 30, and broadcast network TV a new low of 86
Apple, anti-gun violence messages dominate category Washington Post : Emmy nominations 2022: ‘Succession’ earns most nods; ‘Squid Game’ makes history Tweets: Atima Omara / @atima_o...
HBO and HBO Max receive 140 Emmy nominations, while Netflix gets 105, Hulu 58, Apple TV+ 52, Disney+ 34, Amazon 30, and broadcast network TV a new low of 86
Apple, anti-gun violence messages dominate category Washington Post : Emmy nominations 2022: ‘Succession’ earns most nods; ‘Squid Game’ makes history Tweets: Atima Omara / @atima_o...
The Senate confirms Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the FCC, the first female chair in the agency's history, in a 68 to 31 vote
White House says it is alerting Facebook about posts that spread COVID-19 misinfo; US surgeon general calls on social media companies to tackle health misinfo
As the rate of Covid-19 vaccination slows and cases rise again, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on tech platforms …
Roku has removed YouTube TV from its channel store after Roku and Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access
what you need to know Ben Gilbert / Insider : Google and Roku are locked in a contract dispute, and YouTube TV is the first casualty: The streaming service has been pulled from Rok...
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have recovered after a brief outage; Facebook says a configuration change caused the issue
R. Lawler / Engadget :
Facebook said a “configuration change” caused some users to be logged out of their apps on Saturday morning; issue is now fixed
USA Today :
Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg confirm Quibi is shutting down: “Our failure was not for lack of trying; we've considered and exhausted every option”
We started with the idea to create the next generation of storytelling and because of you, we were able to create and deliver …
Twitter won't remove Trump's tweets about a conspiracy involving Joe Scarborough's aide, but claims it will update policies, after letter from the aide's widow
UPDATED: Twitter is not immediately removing President Donald Trump's tweets about the 2001 death of an aide to Joe Scarborough …