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It's Not TV. It's Instagram: App Is Testing Longform, Episodic Storytelling on TV
2+ week, 3+ day ago (141+ words) The Meta-owned company is going decidedly retro by experimenting with time-honored video formats with its creators. Enterprise Reporter, TV & Labor Instagram is ramping up its efforts to attract more viewers on television in a way that may look very, well,…...
Hollywood Names Surface in Peter Thiel-Backed, Invite-Only Society
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (607+ words) Ranks of his group, Dialog, appear to include several prominent figures in media and entertainment who're put in the same room as C-suite execs and political titans during closed door annual retreats. The group is planning an expansion. That changed…...
The Fox-Trump Divorce
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (450+ words) (First column, 1st story, link) During President Trump's "executive time" on a recent Sunday evening, one of the missives during a marathon Truth Social posting spree told the story of what was eating him as the week began. His centerpiece post…...
Broadcast Falls Below 20 Percent of TV Use for the First Time
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (149+ words) Netflix, led by "Ginny & Georgia," has a strong June and streaming once again outpaces traditional TV. Broadcast viewing nearly always falls off in June after the traditional TV season ends, but the summertime blues are particularly pronounced this year. For…...
Jeff Bezos: "Melania" Movie Was a "Very Wise Business Decision
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (398+ words) The Amazon founder reiterated that he had nothing to do with the documentary film, but said that its performance justified the cost. He also defended the radical changes made at The Washington Post. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said that the…...
How India Became the World's AI Film Lab
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (328+ words) With no unions to slow the collision and scant regulation to cushion the aftermath, India has become the world's most consequential live experiment in AI filmmaking " and the results may preview the future of cinema everywhere. "It was quite painful,…...
Netflix, Fox Muscle Into the Video Podcast Business
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (383+ words) The streaming giant's new appetite for video podcasts is good news for audio giants like i Heart, Sirius XM and Acast " but exclusivity may be a hard sell. As video podcasts explode in popularity, two major players are vying for…...
The Devil Wears Prada 2: First Reactions
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (218+ words) The Devil Wears Prada 2 had several press screenings and first reactions to the Meryl Streep and Anna Hathaway-starring film have hit social media....
Paramount Asks FCC to Sign Off on Middle East Investment in Warner Bros. Megadeal
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (322+ words) The company says that the Ellisons and Red Bird will control the voting stock, but that "indirect foreign ownership of equity interests in Paramount will be approximately 49. 5 percent." Paramount has asked the Federal Communications Commission to sign off on its…...