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It’s On: Amazon Confirms $8.5 Billion MGM Acquisition That Will Roil Streaming Video Space
It’s On: Amazon Confirms $8.5 Billion MGM Acquisition That Will Roil Streaming Video Space
May 26, 2021  |  Retail

The worst-kept secret in Hollywood was confirmed Wednesday morning (May 26) when Amazon announced that it had reached an $8.45 billion deal to acquire 100-year-old...

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Facebook, Google Press UK To Bar Paul Dacre As Media Chief
Facebook, Google Press UK To Bar Paul Dacre As Media Chief
May 25, 2021  |  Regulation

Lobbyists from Facebook and Google are petitioning U.K. officials in an effort to block the possible appointment of Paul Dacre as chairman of the Office...

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Spotify Kicks Off Summer With Virtual Concert Series
Spotify Kicks Off Summer With Virtual Concert Series
May 19, 2021  |  Social Commerce

After a year of canceled concerts, Spotify is serving up a series of virtual events that includes five prerecorded livestreams. The online shows will be...

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Facebook Wants To Add Pay-Per-View Sports
Facebook Wants To Add Pay-Per-View Sports
May 19, 2021  |  Social Commerce

The first pay-per-view sporting event happened more than 60 years ago, when boxing fans mailed $2 to the TelePrompTer company to watch Floyd Patterson retake...

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YouTube Introduces $100 Million Fund To Advance Short-Form Video 
YouTube Introduces $100 Million Fund To Advance Short-Form Video 
May 11, 2021  |  Investments

YouTube is introducing YouTube Shorts beta to help bring short-form video to YouTube users in the U.S. and India, according to a YouTube blog post...

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Verizon Selling Media Business To Apollo For $5 Billion
Verizon Selling Media Business To Apollo For $5 Billion
May 03, 2021  |  Acquiring

Verizon said on Monday (May 3) that it is selling off its media business, which includes Yahoo and AOL, to private equity firm Apollo Global...

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Spotify Tests Out ‘Smart Player’ For In-Car Use
Spotify Tests Out ‘Smart Player’ For In-Car Use
April 13, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

It’s hard to know how much the pandemic will cut into this summer’s road trips or curb Americans’ commutes. However it turns out, Spotify wants...

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Netflix Pilots Old-School Weekly Alternative To Binge-Watching
Netflix Pilots Old-School Weekly Alternative To Binge-Watching
March 24, 2021  |  Streaming

Netflix, the streaming service that started the concept of binge-watching, is planning to trial an old-fashioned way of viewing television shows — weekly episodes, according...

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Subscriptions In Prime Time: Amazon Scores NFL Deal
Subscriptions In Prime Time: Amazon Scores NFL Deal
March 22, 2021  |  Amazon Entertainment

Starting in 2023, Amazon will be handing over somewhere in the neighborhood of a cool billion a year to the NFL for the exclusive rights...

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