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15.01.2025 / 17:55

TikTok Plans ‘Immediate’ Shutdown of App in U.S. on Jan. 19 If Supreme Court Doesn’t Block Ban: Reports

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok is preparing to go dark for U.S. users this Sunday if the Supreme Court does not grant its emergency appeal to halt a law that will ban the app unless Chinese parent ByteDance divests its stake, according to reports. TikTok is in danger of being banned in the U.S.

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15.01.2025 / 18:23

L.A. Wildfires: YouTube and Google Donating $15 Million, Meta and Zuckerberg to Give $4 Million to Recovery Orgs

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor YouTube, Google and Meta are pitching in to help L.A. recover from the wildfires that have caused devastation across the region and forced thousands to evacuate in the past week. Google and YouTube are contributing $15 million to L.A.-area relief organizations.

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14.01.2025 / 20:39

With TikTok U.S. Ban Looming, Users Flock to Red Note — Another Chinese-Owned App

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok could be outlawed in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19 over concerns about its Chinese ownership, unless it gets a reprieve from the Supreme Court or if Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, complies with a federal law forcing it to sell its stake in the app.

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14.01.2025 / 11:17

DirecTV Launches ‘MySports’ Streaming Package With 40 Channels, Priced Less Than Its Cheapest Pay-TV Plan

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor DirecTV has stitched together a skinny bundle of sports channels, targeted at people who want to watch live sports without paying for a broad TV package. Launching Tuesday, DirecTV MySports initially includes 40 sports and broadcast channels and is available in 24 metro areas, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area. The MySports package will normally be priced at $69.99 per month.

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14.01.2025 / 02:03

TikTok Calls Report That China Is Exploring Sale of App to Elon Musk ‘Pure Fiction’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok denied a report that China is looking at potentially facilitating a sale of the app to tech billionaire Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational in America amid a looming U.S. government ban. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that “Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok” if an American law goes into effect that would require parent company ByteDance to divest its TikTok stake or effectively ban the app in the U.S.

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13.01.2025 / 16:21

Comcast Will Give $10 Million Toward L.A. Wildfire Relief Efforts

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Comcast and its NBCUniversal subsidiary said they will donate $10 million in cash to support Los Angeles area wildfire disaster relief and recovery efforts. On Monday, Comcast and NBCU said they will provide $2.5 million in funding as an inaugural corporate partner to the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles’ ReBUILD LA initiative.

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10.01.2025 / 16:33

Vince McMahon to Pay $400,000 Fine to Settle SEC Charges Over Hush-Money Payments He Made as WWE CEO

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The SEC announced Friday that it settled charges against Vince McMahon, former CEO of WWE, that he made personal payments that “circumvented WWE’s system of internal accounting controls” and caused “material misstatements” in the company’s 2018 and 2021 financial statements. McMahon consented to the entry of the SEC’s order finding that he violated the Securities Exchange Act by “knowingly circumventing WWE’s internal accounting controls and that he directly or indirectly made or caused to be made false or misleading statements to WWE’s auditor,” the agency said.

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07.01.2025 / 01:53

‘Ghosts of Tsushima’ Anime Series in the Works for Sony’s Crunchyroll

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In a project bringing together multiple Sony businesses, Crunchyroll announced a new anime series adapted from Sucker Punch Productions’ popular “Ghost of Tsushima” video game and its “Legends” cooperative multiplayer experience. The series is slated to premiere exclusively on Crunchyroll in 2027. The announcement was made as part of Sony’s 2025 CES press conference in Las Vegas.

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06.01.2025 / 21:43

UFC CEO Dana White Joins Meta’s Board of Directors

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dana White, CEO of mixed martial arts powerhouse UFC — and a good friend of Donald Trump — is joining Meta‘s board. Meta announced White’s election to the board of directors Monday, alongside John Elkann, CEO of European investment firm Ekon, and Charlie Songhurst, former head of global corporate strategy at Microsoft. “I’ve never been interested in joining a board of directors until I got the offer to join Meta’s board,” White said in a statement.

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06.01.2025 / 15:05

Disney Inks Deal to Merge Hulu Live TV With Fubo, Ending Lawsuit Seeking to Block Venu Sports Streamer

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney announced a deal with pay-TV streaming provider Fubo to combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo’s operations in a joint venture. Under the deal, Fubo will drop its antitrust lawsuit seeking to derail Venu Sports, the sports-focused streaming package from Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros.

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03.01.2025 / 23:25

Apple CEO Tim Cook Is Donating $1 Million to Donald Trump’s Inauguration Fund

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, will personally give $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump‘s inaugural committee — the latest move by a Big Tech exec to cozy up to the incoming president. Apple itself not expected to make any donations to the incoming president, according to a report Friday by Axios, which first reported on Cook’s planned million-dollar donation. “Cook, a proud Alabama native, believes the inauguration is a great American tradition, and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity,” per Axios’s report, citing anonymous sources.

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03.01.2025 / 19:33

Skydance, Paramount Urge FCC to Reject ‘Baseless’ Petition by Conservative Group Seeking Conditions to Address CBS News’ Alleged ‘Ideological Bias and News Manipulation’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Skydance Media and Paramount Global have said objections filed with the FCC over their planned merger “lack merit” and “seek relief that raises constitutional concerns” — and the companies have formally asked the agency to dismiss them. In particular, Skydance and Paramount said a petition by the Center for American Rights, a conservative public-interest law firm, made “baseless claims” in its petition to the FCC seeking to add conditions to the agency’s transfer of CBS station licenses to the newly merged entity.

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03.01.2025 / 16:17

NAACP Podcast ‘Our Culture, Our Stories’ to Feature Sterling K. Brown, Roy Wood Jr., Ruth Carter, Dawn Porter and More

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The NAACP is launching original podcast series “Our Culture, Our Stories,” promising intimate and “unfiltered” conversations with an array of media and entertainment luminaries about navigating adversity, celebrating excellence and fostering community strength. Guests appearing in the 12-episode series include: actors Sterling K. Brown, Ryan Michelle Bathé, Hill Harper and Aja Naomi King; comedian Roy Wood Jr.; documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter; Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter; academic and TV personality Henry Louis Gates; journalists Scott Evans and Trymaine Lee; authors Dr.

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03.01.2025 / 16:17

Media M&A in 2025: Table Set for More Deal Activity This Year

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Streaming is up; TV is down. Those contrasting trends were behind the two biggest corporate deals in the media and entertainment space unveiled in 2024: Skydance Media’s coming takeover of Paramount Global and Comcast’s planned spinoff of most of its cable networks. Warner Bros.

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03.01.2025 / 14:07

Philippe Guelton, Former Head of Crackle, Joins Hispanic and Multicultural Media Company Canela as Global President

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Canela Media has hired media and entertainment veteran exec Philippe Guelton as global president, where he’ll be tasked with leading the Hispanic digital media company’s growth and profitability in the U.S. and international markets. Guelton joins New York-based Canela after his previous employer, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, shut down after filing for bankruptcy last year.

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02.01.2025 / 21:33

Meta Promotes GOP-Affiliated Exec Joel Kaplan to Head of Global Affairs Ahead of Trump Inauguration

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Meta‘s president of global policy, former U.K. deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, is leaving the social giant. Taking his place: Joel Kaplan, a Meta lobbying exec with ties to the Republican party.

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30.12.2024 / 22:05

Media Stocks 2024 Winners & Losers: Netflix Soars, Disney Rebounds, WBD Flounders

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Netflix was the breakaway winner among media stocks in 2024, with the streaming powerhouse’s shares up more than 90% over the course of the year. That easily outpaced other media companies, many of which continued to wrestle with the industry shift toward streaming and the decline of traditional linear TV. Netflix currently has a market capitalization of $385 billion, after its stock price ballooned 92% from the beginning of the year to close at $900.43 per share Monday.

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30.12.2024 / 22:05

Warner Bros. Discovery Board Member Li Haslett Chen Resigns

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Li Haslett Chen, founder and CEO of social-media commerce company Howl, is stepping down from Warner Bros. Discovery‘s board of directors to devote herself full time to Howl. Chen’s exit from WBD’s board is effective Jan.

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27.12.2024 / 23:59

Trump Urges Supreme Court to Halt TikTok Ban While His Administration Works Out a ‘Negotiated Resolution’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor President-elect Donald Trump believes he can cut a deal that would keep TikTok legal — while addressing the U.S. government’s national security concerns. TikTok, under a law passed this year, faces a looming deadline that will make the video app illegal in the U.S.

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27.12.2024 / 19:49

TikTok Ban: Free-Speech Groups, Members of Congress Urge Supreme Court to Save App on First Amendment Grounds

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ahead of the Supreme Court‘s Jan. 10 hearing on whether to grant TikTok an emergency injunction to prevent it from being banned by the U.S. government, several groups and members of Congress have weighed in on the issue — both against the law, arguing it violates First Amendment rights of TikTok’s users, and in support of the ban because of national security concerns over its Chinese parent company.

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25.12.2024 / 22:09

Netflix Kicks Off NFL Livestreams With No Major Reported Technical Snafus

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Netflix‘s rookie start as an NFL media partner — so far — hasn’t drawn any flags. The streamer’s first Christmas Day game, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, commenced at 1 p.m.

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24.12.2024 / 00:09

TelevisaUnivision Channels Go Dark on Fubo, Which Claims Media Company Offered New Terms That Would Increase Prices by 25%

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Fubo said TelevisaUnivision pulled its networks from the streaming pay-TV provider Monday — alleging the Spanish-language media giant was “refusing to offer what we believe to be fair and competitive rates.” Reps for TelevisaUnivision did not immediately respond to requests for comment. According to Fubo, “thousands of Spanish-speaking consumers across the U.S.

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23.12.2024 / 20:19

Beyoncé NFL Halftime Show Will Be Available to Rewatch on Netflix — but Only for a Few Hours

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Beyoncé will light up the Houston night on Christmas with a halftime performance during the Ravens-Texans game on Netflix. To watch it, you’ll have to tune in live on Dec. 25 — otherwise, you’ll have only a few hours to catch the replay on Netflix.

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19.12.2024 / 19:21

Search Google for ‘Squid Game’ and You Can Play a Surprise Game From the Netflix Series

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Ahead of the Season 2 premiere of global hit “Squid Game,” Google is getting in on the deadly fun and games. Netflix partnered with Google Search on the Easter egg activation. To play the game, search “Squid Game” on Google and tap the brown envelope that appears at the bottom of the screen.

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18.12.2024 / 11:19

YouTube Sues Gan Jing World, Accusing Video Site of ‘Stealing’ Content to ‘Create a Clone of YouTube’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor YouTube filed a lawsuit against Ganjingworld, which operates the Gan Jing World video-sharing site, alleging that it has been “automatically vacuuming up YouTube user channels and associated content from YouTube.” Ganjingworld’s service “clones most of YouTube’s functionalities and its overall appearance,” YouTube says in the suit, filed Wednesday in California state court. “But GJW’s imitation is anything but flattering.

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17.12.2024 / 19:33

YouTube Teams With CAA to Let Talent Identify — and Pull Down — AI Deepfakes of Themselves

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor In what’s being touted as the first partnership of its kind, CAA is collaborating with YouTube on a program promising to let actors, athletes and other talent fight back against AI-generated fakes uploaded to the video platform. YouTube’s message to Hollywood is that it’s trying to be a good partner to creative industries by taking “proactive steps to build responsible AI.” Under the partnership, CAA clients, “many of whom have been impacted by recent AI innovations,” will have access to YouTube’s early-stage likeness management technology, which is designed to identify and manage AI-generated content featuring faces on YouTube “at scale,” according to the companies.

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16.12.2024 / 23:57

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max Taps Netflix Alum Eric Pallotta to Oversee Social, Editorial Marketing

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Eric Pallotta is joining Warner Bros. Discovery‘s Max direct-to-consumer streaming division as group senior VP of global brand, social and editorial. In the newly created role, Pallotta will lead the development of social strategies and editorial campaigns worldwide for Max.

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16.12.2024 / 23:57

TikTok Files Emergency Appeal With Supreme Court Seeking to Block U.S. Ban

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor TikTok filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking an emergency injunction to block a U.S. law from going into effect that would impose a nationwide ban on the popular app unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake in TikTok. In a statement Monday, TikTok said, “The Supreme Court has an established record of upholding Americans’ right to free speech.

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16.12.2024 / 20:11

George Stephanopoulos Deletes X Account After ABC News, Trump Lawsuit Settlement

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos deactivated his account on X, formerly Twitter, where he had more than 2.3 million followers. Stephanopoulos’ account on Elon Musk-owned X (@GStephanopoulos) is no longer available, displaying a message that says, “This account doesn’t exist.” Stephanopoulos’ Instagram account remains active.

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16.12.2024 / 13:53

NFL Inks Deal With Betches to Produce Football Content Targeted at Gen Z, Millennial Women

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The NFL already has women fans. According to the league, this year’s Super Bowl LVIII game had a record-breaking increase in female viewership, with women representing almost half of the total audience. But the NFL is continually looking to find new ways to grow its fanbase, particularly among younger consumers.

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13.12.2024 / 18:29

Netflix Gets Festive With Virtual Yule Logs for ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Spellbound’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Now burning up on Netflix: a new spin on the classic TV yule-log. With less than two weeks to go before Christmas, Netflix has launched three themed virtual yule logs, each 60 minutes in length, based on Shonda Rhimes’ “Bridgerton” series, South Korean hit “Squid Game” (with Season 2 set to premiere Dec. 26) and animated film “Spellbound” from director Vicky Jenson with music by Alan Menken.

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13.12.2024 / 12:45

Amazon, Meta Are Both Donating $1 Million to Donald Trump’s Inauguration Fund

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amazon and Meta, seeking to get in Donald Trump’s good graces, are each giving $1 million to the president-elect’s inauguration fund. Trump has previously lashed out at both Meta and Amazon, among other Big Tech companies, and the donations by the two massive internet corporations are seen as efforts to curry favor with the incoming administration.

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12.12.2024 / 15:57

YouTube TV Raises Price 14%, to $83 per Month, Citing ‘Rising Cost of Content’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor YouTube TV is getting more expensive — outpacing the rate of inflation — with a 14% price increase for the streaming pay-TV package going into effect for new customers immediately. The cost of a new YouTube TV base plan subscription is increasing from $72.99 to $82.99, starting Dec.

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12.12.2024 / 14:13

‘Hot Ones’ Studio Sold by BuzzFeed for $82.5 Million to Soros Fund, Sean Evans and Other Investors

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor “Hot Ones” is going solo. BuzzFeed announced a deal to sell First We Feast, the studio behind the popular YouTube chicken-wing-eating celebrity talk show “Hot Ones,” for $82.5 million in cash to a group of investors.

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11.12.2024 / 19:59

Sacha Baron Cohen as Elon Musk? Actor Would Be the ‘Most Hilarious Choice’ to Portray Mogul in Movie, According to Musk’s Grok AI Chatbot: ‘Comedic Goldmine’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk, who seems to consider himself a comedian, has opined that “The most entertaining outcome is the most likely.” So it seemed reasonable to ask Grok, the artificial-intelligence chatbot from Musk’s xAI startup that last month became public to all users on X (née Twitter): Who would be the most hilarious actor to portray Elon Musk in your opinion? The answer from Grok: Sacha Baron Cohen, the British comedic actor known for “Borat,” “Brüno” and his Ali G rude-boy character. One reason, according to the AI bot, is the surprise factor: Casting Baron Cohen “would be unexpected in a way that would generate buzz.

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11.12.2024 / 05:23

Judge Blocks Onion’s Bid to Acquire Infowars Assets, Saying ‘I Don’t Think It’s Enough Money’

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A bankruptcy judge in Texas rejected the bid of satire site the Onion to acquire the assets of Infowars — the bankrupt outlet of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — saying the auction process lacked clarity and that the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims deserved more money than the Onion’s parent had bid. Judge Christopher Lopez of the U.S.

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