Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective and Otter Media Invest in Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine
Otter Media previously invested in the company
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‘The Cyanide & Happiness Show’ Picked Up for a 4th Season on VRV
The 10-episode season will stream exclusively on VRV Select
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How BroadwayHD Overcame Nervous Theater Producers to Stream Hit Stage Shows
5 Questions: “There was a fear of cannibalizing the ticket sales on the live production,” BroadwayHD co-founders Bonnie Comley recalls
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Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video to Produce ‘Audio Only’ Comedy Programs for Audible
First project is an absurdist medieval series created by and featuring the voice of Kate McKinnon
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Fake News by Robots? Axios Uses AI Program to Write ‘Not True’ Story in Experiment
“I wrote the first two sentences … Then, a new computer program created at OpenAI wrote the rest,” Axios’ Kaveh Waddell writes
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Deepfake Videos Could Become Undetectable Within the Next 2 Years, Experts Say
“You now have an emerging technology that has a much greater capacity for persuasion,” law professor Robert Chesney says
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Why Social Media Goliath Jellysmack Is Betting Big on Participatory Video
5 Questions: The digital publisher formerly known as Keli Networks is going all in on original content and beauty-focused videos
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Wattpad to Launch Video Content in Korea via New Partnership With Huayi Brothers
The deal furthers the international presence of the company, which currently has more than 26 films in the works with iflix in Indonesia
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Lionsgate to Offer Sign Language Interpretation Via Mobile App for Its 2017 Film ‘Wonder’
Film stars Julia Roberts and Jacob Tremblay
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Evolution of Esports: Inside the Growth of the Competitive Gaming Industry (All Things Video Podcast)
Benedikt Kraus, former Vice President of Global Media Network at ESL, discusses the evolution of esports and the competitive gaming industry
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Turner Boss Kevin Reilly Doesn’t Want WarnerMedia to Share ‘Friends’ With Netflix
TCA 2019: “My belief is that they should be exclusive to the service,” exec says of Warner Bros’ “crown jewels”
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How Young Hollywood Has Spiked Revenue by Pivoting Beyond Video
5 Questions: “Our growth is directly related to our ability to successfully create multiple revenue streams,” CEO RJ Williams says
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MGM’s Epix Launches Streaming Service Priced at $5.99 Per Month
TCA 2019: Epix Now will have all cable channel’s original series — like “Pennyworth” — and “thousands” of movies
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Stephen Merchant, Timothy Spall to Star in New Series for BBC and ITV’s BritBox
Jeff Pope and BritBox will co-produce two original projects: “The Barking Murders” and “The Hatton Garden Heist”
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Google and Facebook’s Complete and Total Digital Ad Domination Explained in 1 Chart
Tech duopoly controls more than 60 percent of all global online advertising — a dominance that’s projected to only grow in the next three years
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Richard E. Grant Is Unapologetically Ecstatic Over His Oscar Nomination (Video)
Grant says at TheWrap’s Screening Series that he can’t believe he’s still getting roles at 61, let alone earning an Oscar nom
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RYOT’s Head of Immersive Jake Sally on the Challenges of Storytelling in Virtual Reality
5 Questions: “The idea of free choice in VR is particularly tricky, because it’s never really your choice is it?,” Sally says
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Amy Schumer, John Mulaney Support Boycott of Jerry Media Over Lifted Jokes and Memes
Popular Instagram account F—Jerry has lost 300,000 followers as critics blast it for posting content without consent
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Snapchat Snaps Back: Is Fresh Content the Key to Snap’s Longterm Success?
Pictures-and-messaging app has stopped losing users; now it needs its shows to drive more downloads in 2019
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Spotify Bets Big on Podcasts With Gimlet and Anchor Deals, Pegs Another $500 Million for Acquisitions
CEO Daniel Ek says he expects podcasts to make up 20 percent of listening on Spotify in the near future
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‘Knock Down the House’ Director Recalls Filming Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Victory (Video)
Sundance 2019: Rachel Lears discusses the highs and lows of following four women who run for Congress
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How VidCon Puts the Audience Front and Center (All Things Video Podcast)
VidCon GM Jim Louderback discusses the early days of online video and the industry’s dramatic evolution over the past decade
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FX Boss Is Super Happy to Be Tethered to Disney During the Streaming Wars
TCA 2019: But no way FX is part of Disney+, John Landgraf tells TheWrap
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How PodcastOne CEO Norm Pattiz Is Preparing for the Second Podcast Boom
Pattiz addresses the 2016 incident with Heather McDonald, plus the difference between radio and podcast success
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7 Things We Learned in Tech World This Week, From Apple’s Blunder to Elon Musk’s Pivot to Boring
Apple’s FaceTime blunder shows it has its own privacy concerns, while Facebook’s year of bad press did nothing to scare users away
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Sundance’s Haves and Have Nots: Can Traditional Indie Distributors Still Compete?
Sundance 2019: There isn’t math behind these sales that make any particular sense — but the tech giants don’t have to
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CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone Teases More Digital Spinoffs Like All Those ‘Star Trek’ Series
5 Questions: “These tentpoles are one part of a great original content strategy for us,” Lanzone says
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Why Former CNN White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin Chose Instagram Over Another Broadcast Job
“During my career, I was constantly on camera having conversations that I thought left the audience out,” Yellin said
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Facebook Drops App That Paid Teens $20 for Full Access to Their Phones
The “Research App” gave the social media empire access to private messages and web search history
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Tubi Reports 180 Percent Growth in Revenue in 2018 as Viewership Quadruples
After a strong 2018, Tubi plans to double down in content and technology, CEO Farhad Massoudi says
