As Twitter continues to decline as a place to post news, media companies have been seeking out alternative platforms to promote their work, and more are turning to Reddit. But by promoting the article in a prominent snark subreddit, Business Insider’s Reddit account has raised questions about how media companies should navigate a new social media landscape dominated by freewheeling, self-policed groups.
Fox Weather will present Into the Storm: Fox Weather Honors the First Responders of 2023, a special dedicated to the heroic work of first responders, on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. […]
The addition of Vice News and Vice Fast brings more than 200 hours of programming to the Local Now platform.
Sony said that the Discovery shows, including MythBusters and Deadliest Catch, would be deleted from the devices on Dec. 31, citing “content licensing arrangements with content providers.”
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Google Gemini launched Wednesday in a long-awaited debut of the company’s most powerful artificial intelligence large language model. It is multimodal and capable of reasoning across text, images, audio, video and code. The company said it has started to experiment with Gemini in Search, where it is making Google’s Search Generative Experience faster for U.S. users, with a 40% reduction in latency in English. It also will become available in services like Search, Ads, Chrome and Duet AI.
The tech company announced earlier this year it would be slashing 20% of its workforce by 2024.
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Disney+ Officially Adds Hulu In Beta Launch Of ‘One-App Experience’; Full Rollout Set For March 2024
Disney has added Hulu as a sixth vertical on the home screen of Disney+, with the integrated “one-app experience” officially launching today in beta. Plans call for the full rollout of the combined app next March. The launch scheme, initially announced last month during Disney’s quarterly earnings call, comes as Disney is in the process of buying out Comcast’s one-third stake in Hulu and becoming its full owner.
When the U.S. streaming giants, Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video, entered India seven years ago, they promised to shake up one of the world’s most important entertainment markets, a film-obsessed nation with more than 1 billion people and a homegrown moviemaking industry with fans worldwide. In the last four years, however, a chill has swept through the streaming industry in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party tightened its grip on the country’s political discourse and the American technology platforms that host it. Today, a culture of self-censorship pervades the streaming industry in Indiaetflix, manifesting in ways both dramatic and subtle.
Baker Gemma Stafford, whose show on YouTube has 2.7 million followers, is taking her rolling pin to connected TV with plans to launch a FAST channel, the Bold Baking Network, in the first quarter of 2024.
WPLG and WSVN launch a second stick, bringing enhanced video and audio, interactive applications and upgradable technology to their free, over-the-air services.
The value of Comcast’s 33% stake in Hulu is expected to go well beyond that figure following an appraisal process for the popular streaming service.
Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar movie will also launch an American Sign Language version.
Peacock now has 30 million paid subscribers, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh revealed during an investor conference hosted by UBS on Monday. The latest figure comes after the streaming service topped 28 million paid subs during the NBCUniversal parent’s third quarter report. Cavanagh reiterated previous guidance that the service is projected to hit peak losses of $2.8 billion in 2023.
Headcount will be reduced across the company, founder and CEO Daniel Ek said in a blog post.
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TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been locked in a legal battle with Montana since the state passed the ban in April.
The social media company has stepped up enforcement, but its algorithms continue to promote problematic content.
Advertisers said on Thursday that they did not plan to reopen their wallets anytime soon with X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, after its owner, Elon Musk, insulted brands using an expletive and told them not to spend on the platform.
Meta Platforms on Wednesday escalated its battle with the Federal Trade Commission by claiming in a new lawsuit that the agency’s structure, including its ability to conduct in-house hearings, is unconstitutional. The lawsuit — which comes as Meta and the FTC are battling over teens’ data — includes a request to prevent the agency from moving forward with a hearing that could result in an order prohibiting Meta from using teens’ data for ad targeting or algorithms.
No Hard Feelings landed on Netflix on Oct. 22, four months after its theatrical debut, and immediately took hold of the Nielsen Streaming Top 10. The Jennifer Lawrence movie was the most-streamed title during the week of Oct. 23-29 with a healthy 1.1 billion minutes watched. The second-most-streamed title of the week was Suits.
