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8 Highlights From VidCon
“The ‘weird factor’ is gone, but that’s part of growing up,” said George Rausch, founder of Next OTT
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Loren Gray, Lauren Riihimaki to Star in IGTV Series From The Dodo ‘You Know Me…Now Meet My Pet’ (Exclusive)
The six-episode series launches on July 17
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4 Must-Haves Gaming Livestreamer Caffeine Needs to Compete With Twitch
“If it thinks it can compete as another gaming ‘network’ it will fail. This is not ABC vs. NBC vs. FOX,” CEO of Subnation Seven Volpone tells TheWrap
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Quibi Hires Peter Farrelly to Write Comedy Series ‘The Now’
Farrelly (“Something About Mary”) is joined by writers Steve Leff (“Two and a Half Men”) and Pete Jones (“Dumb and Dumber To”)
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‘The Fugitive’ Adaptation From Nick Santora in Development for Quibi
The action series is produced by Thunder Road Films with 3 Arts Entertainment and developed with Riverstone Pictures
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Crunchyroll and VIZ Media Partner on Home Video and EST Distribution (Exclusive)
VIZ Media will distribute select Crunchyroll series across the U.S. and Canada
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Twitter Permanently Suspends Egyptian Actor for ‘Now Lets Kill Some Jews’ Tweet
Hesham Mansour was removed after years of anti-Semitic tweets
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FITE TV Boss Is ‘Optimistic’ About NJPW ‘Southern Showdown’ PPV Sales – Despite 5 AM Start Time
Mike Weber ranks New Japan Pro-Wrestling and AEW for TheWrap
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Juanpa Zurita, Nabela Noor to Star in 2 New Facebook Watch Series From ATTN: (Exclusive)
Both shows are funded by Facebook and will live exclusively on Watch
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Twitch Now Allows Creators to Stream Exclusively to Subscribers
The feature is only be available to Twitch’s group of Partner and Affiliate level streamers
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Conde Nast Entertainment Names Kathryn Friedrich as General Manager, EVP of Operations
She was previously chief business officer at RYOT Studio
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Connected TV Advertising Accounts For Nearly Half of Video Ad Impressions, Study Says
Mobile trails behind, accounting for 25% of video ad impressions
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Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers-Produced Series Lands at Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi
“Maplewoth Murders” is written by Paula Pell and John Lutz and comes from Universal Television
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‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ Game Hits 400,000 Downloads on First Day, But ‘Pokemon Go’ Had 19 Times More
Still, AR game scored 3 million downloads in its first four days and hit No. 1 in Apple’s app store with $1.1 million in grosses
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CBS News Digital Audience Strategy: ‘No Need to Pander to Any Demographic’
“It’s insulting to ‘younger viewers’ to suggest that they want their news differently than anybody else,” CBS News General Manager Christy Tanner tells TheWrap
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