Sony Should Sell Its Spotify Stake and Focus on Entertainment, Activist Investor Says
Japanese conglomerate should emphasize its gaming, music and film businesses, investor Dan Loeb argues
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Trump Sparks Outcry by Describing Melania as ‘Our Own Jackie O’ (Video)
Jackie Kennedy Onassis would “never have entered the country illegally to become an escort and never would have considered spending a moment with vile trash like Trump,” one critic tweets
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Instagram Goes Down Across the Globe
This wasn’t the first time the Facebook-owned app has went offline in 2019
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Idris Elba to Star in Stunt Driving Series on Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi
“Elba vs. Block” pits the Golden Globe-winning actor against pro driver Ken Block in a series of stunts
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Trump Sells Beverly Hills Home, Nearly Doubles His $7 Million Investment
Sale cuts the Trump family’s real estate holdings in Los Angeles in half following $13.5 million sale
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Trump Gets Hit With a Wave of Marine Jokes for ‘Prince of Whales’ Tweet
“Whales” and “Wales” are too very different things, many Twitter users pointed out to the president
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Don Cheadle-Led Sci-Fi Series in Development at Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi Streaming Service
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, “Don’t Look Deeper” will focus on a high school student that finds out she isn’t human
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7 Code Conference Highlights: From Content Moderation Woes to the Facebook Breakup Debate
Twitter has moved from a platform dedicated to free speech “to one that is cognizant of the impact it’s having on the world and our responsibility and our role in shaping that,” one company executive says
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Jim Cramer’s TheStreet Sold to TheMaven in $16.5 Million Cash Deal
Deal boosts TheStreet shares about 7% in early morning trading
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Trump Creates ‘Incredibly Dangerous Climate’ for Reporters Abroad, New York Times Publisher Says
“We’ve seen unprecedented numbers of attacks on journalists, harassment on journalists,” A.G. Sulzberger says at Code Conference
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Americans Spend Record 6 Hours-Plus Each Day on Digital Media, New Report Shows
Mobile content dominates time spent on computers, venture capitalist Mary Meeker’s latest report finds
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YouTube Chief Defends Not Banning Conservative Commentator Steven Crowder
Susan Wojcicki apologizes to LGBTQ community for “hurtful” but “right” decision
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Awesomeness Co-Heads on Creating Youth-Focused Content: ‘Everyone Relates to High School’
Shelley Zimmerman and Rebecca Glashow weigh in on leading a digital company that’s aiming to grab Gen Z eyeballs
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Google Makes Nearly $5 Billion Annually From News, Study Finds
About 40% of tech giant’s trending clicks come from publishers, according to the News Media Alliance
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Trump Rips Big Tech, Says the ‘Real Collusion’ Is Between Democrats and Silicon Valley
“They discriminate against me,” POTUS says about Facebook, Amazon, Google
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Some YouTube Creators Worry They’ll Get the Steven Crowder Treatment With ‘Arbitrary’ Rules Enforcement
“Right now it’s largely conservatives being censored… but, undoubtedly, today its conservatives and tomorrow it can be you,” PragerU’s chief marketing officer Craig Strazzeri says
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BuzzFeed Promotes Cindy Vanegas-Gesuale to Oversee Film and TV Programming
Former HuffPost Live veteran will “aggressively” pursue new projects, CEO Jonah Peretti says in memo to staff
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Tomi Lahren Rips Critics of ‘Straight Pride Parade': ‘Open Season on Straight White Men’
“You can be proud of about everything these days so long as it’s not straight, white, male or God forbid, conservative,” Lahren lamented
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Barack and Michelle Obama’s Production Company Signs Exclusive Podcast Deal With Spotify
Higher Ground’s podcasts will feature the former president’s voice on its shows
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Mobile Killed the TV Star: Time Spent on Cell Phones Surpasses Daily Television Viewership
Americans are spending more than three and a half hours on their phones each day, new data shows
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Innovators List 2019: 12 Hollywood Disrupters, From Jordan Peele to CBS News Boss Susan Zirinsky
TheGrill 2019: We honor some of the industry’s most revolutionary new figures
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Facebook, Google Take Wall Street Beating Amid Potential Tech Regulations
Big tech is hit hard after the FTC and DOJ divide up antitrust investigations
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Apple Kills iTunes, AirPods Can Read Your Text Messages, and More from WWDC 2019
Tim Cook unveils new privacy features and more at company’s annual developer conference
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Virtual Reality and the NBA Finals Are a ‘Match Made in Heaven,’ NextVR’s Content VP Says
“There’s 7 billion people on the planet who can’t get to an NBA finals game, but we can take you there in virtual reality,” Danny Keens says
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YouTube Bans Livestreams From ‘Younger Minors’ Unless Supervised by an Adult
Channels that violate its new policy “may lose their ability to live stream,” Google-owned company says
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Viacom and CBS Enjoy Wall Street Bump Amid Renewed Merger Talks
Sister companies look to reunite for third time in recent years, this time with Viacom chief Bob Bakish at the helm
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CBS and Viacom Prepare to Hold Merger Talks Next Month (Report)
Viacom chief Bob Bakish would likely run the combined companies, CNBC reports
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More Americans Say Streaming Has Hit ‘Saturation Point': So How Can Disney and Others Take on Netflix?
A quarter of American TV viewers say they can’t add another streaming service or content source to their plate
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Apple Sold Its Customers’ iTunes Data Without Consent, Lawsuit Says
Suit says that third-parties could buy music habits and user home addresses from tech giant for $136 per 1,000 people
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Anderson Cooper Says Trump Should Take His Fingers Off ‘Twitter Machine’ and Read
CNN host blasts president after Trump tweeted that he enjoyed Kim Jong-un calling “Swampman Joe Biden” a “low IQ individual”
