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Chrissy Teigen to Star in ‘Judge Judy’-Like Series for Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi
All rise for the Honorable Chrissy Teigen
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NBC News Taps Former CNN Exec Chris Berend as Head of Digital
He replaces Nick Ascheim who will lead digital and product for NBCU and NBC News Group broadly
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MTV’s ‘The Real World’ Seasons 16, 17, 28 to Stream on Facebook Watch
The three seasons will be available on “MTV’s The Real World” Facebook page today
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Conde Nast Hires Premier Music Group’s Robert Semmer as Vogue’s VP of Video
Semmer will be based in New York and report to Croi McNamara
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How Ad-Supported Streamer Xumo Aims to Quadruple Time Spent on the Platform This Year
“Our goals are aggressive,” Xumo SVP of Marketing and Content Operations Fern Feistel says
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Amazon Fire TV Grows to 34 Million Active Users
That’s up from around 30 million in January
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‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’: ‘Pokemon Go’-Like Mobile Game to Launch in Australia and New Zealand This Month
Augmented Reality mobile game available for pre-registration on Google Play
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FuboTV to Launch Free Ad-Supported Streaming Channel This Year – and Original Content (Exclusive)
The subscription streamer is also in the early stages of putting together an original content team
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1.6 Million Sundance Now, Shudder Subscribers’ Data Left Exposed
Their names, addresses and emails were publicly accessible
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Altice USA Acquires Digital News Outlet Cheddar for $200 Million
Cheddar CEO and founder Jon Steinberg also named president of Altice’s News 12 channel and i24News
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Twitter Partners with NFL, ESPN and The Wall Street Journal on Slate of Programming
Social networking service also announces deals with Viacom, Bloomberg, Blizzard Entertainment and MLS
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Viacom, Pluto TV Partner on Co-branded MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon Channels
Channels will launch May 1 on Pluto TV
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Jukin Media’s Fail Army, The Pet Collective Launch on Comcast Xfinity X1
The two brands launch with live programming (linear streaming channels) and video-on-demand content
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ProPublica Wins First Peabody Catalyst Award, News and Audio Winners Announced
“No fake news here,” says Jeffrey Jones, executive director of the Peabody Awards
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Chernin Group-Backed MeatEater Hires Anthony Licata as Editor-in-Chief
Licata will lead the company’s editorial efforts in its four core verticals: hunting, fishing, conservation and wild foods














