Twitter Reverses Mitch McConnell Suspension, Says Protest Video ‘Will Be Visible’
Company walks back its decision to “temporarily lock” McConnell’s campaign account for sharing video of angry protestors
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Walmart Pulls Violent Video Game Displays, No Change in Gun Sales
Retail giant does not plan to cut back on selling violent games, despite the measure
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Facebook Offers Top News Outlets Millions of Dollars Annually to License Content
ABC News, the Washington Post, and others have been pitched by the social media giant
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Mass Shootings Reignite Video Game Debate Despite Lack of Evidence
“The older generation has these kinds of complaints, and when the audience dies, the moral panic dies,” Chris Ferguson, a psychology professor at Stetson University, says
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CBS Edges Past Wall Street’s Q2 Earnings Projections as Streaming Revenue Climbs
Network’s sales hit $3.8 billion and increase 10% from the year prior
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Trump Campaign Halts Twitter Spending Over ‘Disgusting Bias’ Against Mitch McConnell
Senate majority leader’s campaign account has been locked for sharing a video of protesters screaming outside his home
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Rosanna Arquette Says FBI Told Her to ‘Lock’ Twitter Account After Blowback From White ‘Shame’ Tweet (Exclusive)
Actress says she was targeted by “toxic and very vicious people” after tweeting she was ashamed of being white
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Roku’s Stock Soars 21%, Hits New All-Time High After Strong Q2 Earnings Report
The device maker’s shares have climbed 275% since the beginning of the year
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Rosanna Arquette Takes Twitter Account Private After Confessing ‘Shame’ for Being ‘Born White and Privileged’
The actress and producer says her heritage “disgusts me”
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Could Disney’s New $12.99 Streaming Bundle Be a Netflix Killer?
Disney will eat into Netflix’s 60 million U.S. accounts and reach 24-30 million domestic subscribers by 2024, Needham analyst Laura Martin says
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Roku Hits 30 Million Accounts, Stock Surges 10% on Big Q2 Revenue Growth
Device maker says customers watched more than 9 billion hours of content during second quarter
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Quibi: Everything Announced to Date
From Lighthouse productions, to Quick Bites, to Daily Essentials
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Snap Raises $1 Billion in Debt for General Costs and Potential Acquisitions
The move comes a few weeks after Snapchat reported its best quarterly user growth in years
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Discovery Stock Climbs on Q2 Revenue Growth Despite Lower Ratings
The television industry is “far from dead,” Discovery chief David Zaslav proclaims
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8Chan Still Offline After Losing Another Host: ‘We Do Not Tolerate Hate Speech’
Voxility sends 8chan back offline after terminating its relationship with BitMitigate, the message board’s host
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Why Netflix’s Mobile-Only Bet in India Matters
As subscriber growth slows, India could add tens of millions of new viewers and serve as a testing ground for the streaming giant
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Video Game Association to Trump: Don’t Blame Games for Mass Shootings
“Numerous scientific studies have established that there is no causal connection between video games and violence,” Entertainment Software Association says
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8chan Goes Offline After Cybersecurity Firm Cloudflare Pulls Support
Suspected El Paso gunman posted his manifesto to the anonymous message board shortly before attacking
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Spotify Stock Dips 5% Despite Adding 8 Million Paid Subscribers in Q2
Streaming giant now has 108 million paying customers — or about 50 million more than Apple
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Grant Thompson, Popular YouTuber, Dies in Paragliding Accident at 38
“The King of Random” had more than 2 billion views across all his YouTube videos
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Apple’s Stock Climbs Despite Drop in iPhone Sales
Tech giant pulls in nearly $54 billion thanks to stronger-than-expected Mac and Apple Watch sales
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Republican Senator Wants to Ban ‘Addictive’ Social Media Features Like Autoplay Video
Josh Hawley’s proposed act would also block infinite scrolling and place a 30-minute daily time limit for apps
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Hear ‘Bachelorette’ Contestant Jed’s ‘Breakthrough’ Dog Food Jingle (Video)
“You get home/You know who’s been waiting/Wagging by the door,” Jed croons in “Better Bowl” ad
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Cord-Cutting Runs Amok: Cable, Satellite Providers Hit by Record Subscriber Losses in 2nd Quarter
More than 1 million customers cut the cord during the second quarter
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‘Racist Moron’ Trump Would ‘Wet Himself’ If He Visited Baltimore, ‘Wire’ Creator David Simon Says
Simon rips the president after he calls Baltimore a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess”
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Russi Taylor, Voice of ‘Minnie Mouse’ for 3 Decades, Dies at 75
“It was a privilege to have known her and an honor to have worked with her,” Disney chief Bob Iger says
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Prosecutors Want to Use ‘Godfather II’ Clip in Case Against Roger Stone
Trump ally referenced a classic scene to convince an aide to lie to House investigators, prosecutors say
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Jen Salke on Amazon’s Secret Ratings: Sharing Numbers Is ‘Not a Strategy for Us,’ But That ‘May Change Over Time’
TCA 2019: No, Netflix’s occasional glimpses into viewership haven’t changed Prime Video’s game plan
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You Don’t Need Netflix’s Budget to Succeed in Streaming, Starz COO Jeffrey Hirsch Says
TCA 2019: “Netflix has done a phenomenal job of convincing everybody…that unless you spend $13 billion you can’t compete”
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Trump Warns France: Don’t Tax Our ‘Great’ Tech Giants
The president also blasted French wine for good measure
