7 Highlights at CES 2019, From Apple’s TV Deals to 10-Second Toothbrushes
Finally, a $249 diaper will alert you when your baby has gone to the bathroom
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Netflix Sued Over ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,’ Accused of Infringing ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Trademark
Chooseco, a children’s book publisher, claims in lawsuit that it never gave the streamer a license to use the phrase
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Netflix Pulls Production of ‘OBX’ From North Carolina Over State’s Trans Bathroom Law
The show will instead be produced in South Carolina
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Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini on Growing the Brand Despite the Critics
“Brands don’t partner with Barstool to reach people who don’t like Barstool,” CEO Erika Nardini says
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Amazon’s IMDb Launches Ad-Supported Streaming Service Freedive
New service is available on desktops, laptops and all Amazon Fire devices
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How Instagram Has Given Classic Shows Like ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘The Simpsons’ a Second Life
Major fan accounts act as a 2019 version of re-runs for hundreds of thousands of followers
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Twitter Teams With NBA and Turner to Offer Live Stream Focused on Individual Players
Deal targets fans who would rather follow Steph Curry than Kevin Durant while watching the Warriors on TNT
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Jukin Media Hires Former Comcast Executive Craig Parks as GM of Brands
Parks previously served as VP of programming for Comcast’s now-defunct video platform Watchable
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Inside Crunchyroll’s 4-Prong Approach to Driving Revenue
The anime-centric streamer is utilizing its audience in a way Netflix and Hulu haven’t
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Hulu Hits 25 Million Subscribers, Nearly Doubles Customers Over Past Year
Subscriber growth comes after Disney chief Bob Iger said the Mouse House will continue investing in Hulu
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‘Bird Box’ Watched by Nearly 26 Million People Over First 7 Days, Nielsen Says
That’s second only to “Stranger Things 2”
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5 Questions: MSG Networks’ Kevin Marotta on How Short-Form Digital Content Has Reshaped Linear Programming
“More flexibility with the length of programming is something we’ll see more linear brands do, especially in sports,” Marotta says
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Roku’s Stock Rockets 25 Percent on Massive Increase in Streaming Hours
Device maker said 7.3 billion hours of content were streamed during Q4 — or about 3 hours per active user every single day
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David Fincher and ‘Deadpool’s Tim Miller to Create Animated Shorts for Netflix
The anthology series will be titled “Love, Death & Robots”
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Netflix Continues Wall Street Rally After Big Night at Golden Globes
Michael Douglas’ “The Kominsky Method” helped lead Netflix to five Golden Globe victories — the most of any studio or streamer
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Parcast’s Max Cutler Explains How His Podcast Network Stood Out By Going Dark
The podcast network Parcast reported 100 million downloads last year with podcasts like “Gone” and “Mind’s Eye.”
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Streaming Wars: How Apple, WarnerMedia and Disney Plan to Challenge Netflix in 2019
The streaming world is about to get a lot more crowded, and TheWrap sizes up the new competition
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Why Niche SVOD Services Need to Look Beyond Video Content to Survive
Smaller SVOD services will need to offer more than content to differentiate themselves
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Netflix Hires Spencer Neumann as New Chief Financial Officer
Former Activision Blizzard CFO replaces David Wells, who announced he was leaving the streaming giant last August
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‘Walking Dead’ Is Most-Pirated TV Show of 2018 – Because, You Know, No New ‘Game of Thrones’
AMC drama dethrones HBO series for first time in six years, according to TorrentFreak
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Here’s What Netflix Means When It Says More Than 45 Million People Watched ‘Bird Box’
For streamers like Netflix, how long its customers are spending on the platform is an important measure of success
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos Will Each Earn $31.5 Million in 2019 After Big Raises
Sarandos is lined up for a 20 percent pay increase after Netflix hit 137 million global subscriber this year
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Fresno’s Rob Goldberg on 2019: ‘A Lot of Bad Businesses Will Go Away’
“You have consumers begging for more on-demand, more choice, more anywhere-anytime, and the media business is trying to figure it out,” Goldberg tells TheWrap
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Instagram Boss Apologizes After Users Flip out Over Accidental Horizontal-Swipe Update
Company blames a “bug” for users receiving update that switches from vertical scrolling to horizontal swiping
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Netflix PR Chief Karen Barragan Moves Over to Blumhouse
She will replace Teri Everett as the head of comms for Jason Blum’s production company
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‘Locke and Key': Netflix Finds Its Two Recast Locke Siblings for Comic Book Adaptation
Emilia Jones and Connor Jessup will assume the roles of Kinsey and Tyler Locke
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Macaulay Culkin Reimagines ‘Home Alone’ With the Help of Google Assistant (Video)
“Hey Google, begin Operation Kevin”
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Facebook Admits It Gave Netflix, Spotify Special Access to User Messages
Social network says it only gave access to messages after users had consented by logging in with a partner’s app
