Netflix Adds Nearly 10 Million New Subscribers, Pushes Toward 150 Million Total Customers
Streaming heavyweight says Q1 subscriber growth was “unaffected” by price hikes
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Twitter Will Test a ‘Hide Replies’ Feature to Fight ‘Abusive Content’
Twitter’s current system “makes it super easy to harass and abuse”other users, chief Jack Dorsey says
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CBS All Access’ ‘The Good Fight’ Deletes Tweet with List of Words That Included ‘Assassinate’ and ‘Trump’
“The post was perceived very differently than the intended result and has since been removed,” CBS says
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Netflix Earnings Preview: Will Price Hikes Dent Subscriber Growth?
What to keep an eye on when streaming giant reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday
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New Zealand Mosque Attack Sparks Charges Against 6 People for Sharing Video
Charges carry up to 14 years in prison for sharing Christchurch shooting footage
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The Streaming Wars Heat Up: Just How Big a Threat Is Disney+ to Netflix?
“Once again, Netflix is in the driver’s seat,” one industry expert says
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Netflix Chief Reed Hastings Exits Facebook’s Board After 8 Years
Hastings “will not be nominated for re-election” at Facebook’s annual shareholder meeting, company says
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Disney Stock Leaps 10% to All-Time High After $7-Per-Month Streaming Service Announced
Netflix, meanwhile, drops 3 percent after Disney+ is unveiled
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Within Co-Founder Chris Milk on the Biggest Challenges of Augmented and Virtual Reality Storytelling
“These are mediums of living the story, not observing the story,” says LA-based creator of the AR app Wonderscope
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Disney+ Will Be Ad-Free, Just Like Netflix
An ad-free Disney+ comes in contrast to ESPN+, which runs limited ads
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Julian Assange Found Guilty by UK Court of Failing to Surrender on 2012 Rape Charges
WikiLeaks founder faces up to a year in prison for not turning himself in and staying in the Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition on sexual assault charges
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How to Watch Nipsey Hussle’s Funeral Service
Rap star’s memorial service will be held at Staples Center Thursday morning
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Ted Cruz Threatens Facebook, Twitter With Regulation Over Political ‘Censorship’
Tech giants have shown a “consistent pattern of political bias and censorship,” Cruz says
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Most Americans Would Keep Netflix Over All Streaming Networks, Study Shows
Nearly 60 percent of viewers between the ages of 16-34 would rather have Netflix than anything else
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Why Snap’s Original Content Head Is Big on 5-Minute Shows That Are Shot Vertically
“There’s no algorithm for the creative process,” Sean Mills tells TheWrap
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John Oliver and ‘The Good Place’ Actress D’Arcy Carden on Why Mobile Homes are ‘Financially Catastrophic’
“Last Week Tonight” host shows how private equity firms are preying on millions of low-income Americans
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Most Americans Trust Facebook Less Than the US Government
60% of Americans say they distrust Facebook — but company continues to add new users in the U.S.
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Will Snapchat’s Bet on New Shows and Video Games Pay Off?
Snap’s slate of new games and shows will drive “deeper engagement,” one expert says, giving it an opportunity to attract more users and increase ad sales
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Snap Brings Stories to Tinder, Adds Multi-Player Gaming to Snapchat
Bitmoji is also coming to Venmo and Fitbit
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Snapchat Unveils Daily BuzzFeed News Show Among Several New Original Series
Snap continues to expand its content slate with several shows coming out this year
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YouTube Blocks Comments, Recommendations of British Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson
The immigration and Islam critic’s videos have been removed from YouTube’s recommendations and stripped of comments and likes
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Could Pay for ‘High-Quality News’ – Should It?
Funding credible journalism and sharing data with media outlets would back CEO’s claim “news is incredibly important to society and democracy,” experts say
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LeBron James, Rihanna Pay Tribute to Nipsey Hussle: ‘This One Hurts Big Time’
Musicians, athletes and Hollywood stars say goodbye to the Los Angeles rapper who was shot and killed Sunday
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YouTube Product Chief Says It’s Not in the Company’s ‘Business Interest’ to Promote ‘Extreme’ Videos
Neal Mohan tells The New York Times it’s “purely a myth” that the video giant intentionally recommends polarizing content
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Lyft Hits Wall Street and Speeds to $30 Billion Valuation
Shares of the popular ride-sharing company increased 20 percent in the minutes after it started trading on the Nasdaq exchange
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Google Pulls ‘Conversion Therapy’ App After Pressure From LGBTQ Groups
Tech giant pulls controversial app after 142,000 signatures were added to a Change.org petition calling for its removal
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Sony Sells Majority Stake of Crackle to Chicken Soup for the Soul
The two companies will establish a new joint streaming venture dubbed “Crackle Plus” as part of the deal
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FuboTV Is the Latest Streamer to Raise Its Monthly Subscription Fees
Service says its increasing basic monthly subscription from $45 to $55 after adding new channels
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Twitter Set to Explore How to Label Trump Tweets That Violate Rules
Social platform wants to point out when tweets violate its rules but should remain up to serve the pubic interest
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Google Suspended From LGBTQ Rights Group’s Corporate Rankings Over ‘Conversion Therapy’ App
The Living Hope Ministries app remains on Google despite being pulled by Apple, Microsoft and Amazon
