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TikTok Now Has More Than 150M U.S. Users
As its CEO prepares to face Congress this week, TikTok on Tuesday disclosed that it now has more than 150 million monthly active users in the U.S., up from 100 million a year ago. Its explosive growth for the social video platform (Snapchat, with a years-long head start, says it has about 150 million users […]
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Streaming Service FuboTV Rebrands as Fubo, Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Leads Branding Effort
The sports-focused streaming virtual multichannel video provider(vMVPD) FuboTV is rebranding itself. The company will now be called Fubo (no more “TV”), and is launching a new marketing and branding effort to help it grow market share in an increasingly competitive environment. The company will launch the new campaign, with the tagline “If Sports Fans Built […]
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YouTube Reinstates Donald Trump’s Channel
Former President Donald Trump is allowed back on YouTube. In a statement Friday, the Google-owned video platform said that Trump’s decision to run for president again impacted its decision to allow him and his campaign back on. “Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content,” the statement […]
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YouTube TV Raises Price for Monthly Subscribers
YouTube TV is increasing its monthly subscription price from $64.99 to $72.99, the company informed subscribers Thursday. YouTube last increased the price of its live TV streaming service from $49.99 to $64.99 in 2020 after launching in 2017 with a monthly subscription price of $35. Current subscribers will see the price changes starting April 18, […]
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TikTok’s Former Head of Product Says Creator Fund Wasn’t Launched to “Help Creators Monetize”
Sean Kim, the former head of product for TikTok’s U.S. operations, said the company’s $2 billion creator fund was not launched with the altruistic goal of helping creators monetize on the platform. Instead, according to the executive, TikTok created the fund as a “reactive measure” against competition like YouTube and Snap and as a way […]
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TikTok Star Alix Earle Signs With UTA
Alix Earle, the beauty and lifestyle creator who has experienced a meteoric rise in online fame, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The 22-year-old University of Miami senior has grown her TikTok following at a rapid clip, reaching 4.8 million followers to date — a figure that represents a 1,000 percent increase […]
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Is Crunchyroll the Right Specialty Streamer for the Moment?
As the global streaming business underwent a surprise, secular reassessment last year, Sony’s anime service Crunchyroll found the whole industry suddenly contemplating the same strategies it had been prioritizing for years. Out was the gusher approach to content spending in pursuit of limitless subscriber growth. In were financial discipline, multi-tiered subscription options and a more […]
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‘Raid: Shadow Legends’ Video Game to Be Adapted Into Animated Series
Raid: Shadow Legends, the hit mobile and desktop game from Plarium Games, is getting the TV treatment. The fantasy role-playing game is being adapted into a limited 10-episode animated series that will release weekly on YouTube beginning on May 18. Titled Raid: Call of the Arbiter, the animated series is produced by Eric Rollman, the […]
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Using ChatGPT to Rewrite ‘Game of Thrones’? OpenAI Co-Founder Says “That Is What Entertainment Will Look Like”
Were you one of the millions of fans who wished HBO’s Game of Thrones didn’t end the way it did? Fix it with A.I.! That’s, at least, one of the use cases that OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman proposed for his company’s generative A.I. program ChatGPT. Likening the technology to a group of “assistants” […]
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TikTok Adds Paywall Feature With Longer Videos for Creators
TikTok, in an effort to help creators monetize their followings and upload longer-form content, has launched a paywall feature that will allow creators to charge their fans for access to their videos. Called Series, the feature allows creators to choose their own pricing — between 99 cents to $189.99 — for a collection of their […]
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At SXSW, It’s Out With the Crypto, In With the Chatbots
If last year’s SXSW was driven by panels and events around Web3, NFTs and the metaverse, this year’s has decidedly cooled on the crypto craze and is instead focused on something entirely different: chatbots. Though chatbots are by no means new technology, the launch last fall of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has sparked renewed interest in — […]
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Condé Nast Acquires ‘In The Dark’ Podcast From American Public Media (Exclusive)
Condé Nast is making an acquisition in the podcast space. The publisher is acquiring the In the Dark podcast from American Public Media, including the library of past episodes. The company is bringing over the investigative show’s staff, including co-creators Madeleine Baran and Samara Freemark, who will develop a new season for Condé Nast Entertainment’s […]
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Spotify Talent Emma Chamberlain, Bill Simmons Dissect the Art of the Podcast Interview
On Wednesday, Spotify hosted a cross-generational conversation between popular Gen Z content creator Emma Chamberlain and The Ringer founder and CEO Bill Simmons. Both have podcasts in common: Chamberlain’s Anything Goes podcast has been hosted by Spotify for only two weeks as part of an exclusive deal (and has already more than doubled in listenership, […]
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Hasan Minhaj to Return as The Riddler for ‘Batman Unburied’ Spinoff From Spotify, DC
Hasan Minhaj is reprising his role as The Riddler for a spinoff of the hit Spotify and DC audio series, Batman Unburied. The Riddler: Secrets of the Dark will debut later this year exclusively on Spotify. The show, like Batman Unburied, is created by David S. Goyer and will feature returning characters from the Batman […]
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iHeartMedia Launches Podcast Network for LGBTQ+ Voices With JoJo Siwa, Laverne Cox and More
iHeartMedia is launching a podcast network dedicated to featuring LGBTQ+ voices with stars like JoJo Siwa, Rosie O’Donnell, Laverne Cox, Bowen Yang, Raven-Symoné, Lance Bass and more. Called Outspoken, the network will be executive produced by the writer and activist Raquel Willis and iHeartMedia’s creative development and marketing director, Jay Brunson. The network will include […]
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Spotify Unveils Major Redesign With Vertical Home Feed
The TikTokification of Spotify has begun. The audio giant is refreshing its home page with a vertical feed that is meant to better integrate Spotify’s offerings across music, podcasts, videos and audiobooks. Users will be given video previews of music and podcasts that they can scroll through, with recommendations powered by machine learning, on the […]
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