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Spotify says Joe Rogan was its top US podcast in 2024 for the fourth year running, followed by Call Her Daddy, and 33%+ of the top 50 podcasts were video (variety.com)
6 hours ago Spotify

Walmart completes its $2.3B acquisition of TV maker Vizio, saying the purchase will let it offer new ways for advertisers to reach customers via Walmart Connect (variety.com)
22 hours ago Walmart

Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video (variety.com)
21 days ago Amazon

Netflix says its ad tier has 70M users globally, up from 40M in May 2024 and 22M in January 2024, and 50%+ of sign-ups are for ad plans in supported countries (variety.com)
22 days ago Netflix

Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US (variety.com)
29 days ago Amazon AI

Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est. (variety.com)
2024-11-1 Apple 4Q

Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B estimated, amid the company's push to insert ads into Prime Video (variety.com)
2024-11-1 Amazon

YouTube Q3 ad revenue grew 12.2% YoY to $8.92B, vs. $8.89B est.; total ads and subscription revenues passed $50B over the past four quarters for the first time (variety.com)
2024-10-30 YouTube

Netflix adds a Moments feature on iOS, letting users save, rewatch, and share scenes across Instagram, Snapchat, and others, and plans an Android launch soon (variety.com)
2024-10-29 Android IOS Netflix Snapchat Instagram

Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI startup Perplexity for alleged copyright infringement and say it hasn't replied to a July 2024 letter about copyright issues (variety.com)
2024-10-22 Startup AI Dow Jones New York

Netflix forecasts 2025 revenue of $43B-$44B, which would be 11%-13% higher than its 2024 guidance, and targets a 2025 operating margin of 28% vs. 27% in 2024 (variety.com)
2024-10-18 Netflix

YouTube blocks songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, and others in the US, after its music licensing agreement with performing rights organization SESAC expired (variety.com)
2024-9-29 YouTube

Sources: Amazon Prime Video is in talks with veteran anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, its first entry into news-related programming (variety.com)
2024-9-29 Amazon programming

SAG-AFTRA strikes a deal with Narrativ for voice replicas in digital ads, letting union members add themselves to the AI startup's database and negotiate fees (variety.com)
2024-8-15 Database Startup AI

Meta and UMG sign a “global, multi-year agreement” for artists on Meta's apps, including WhatsApp for the first time, covering AI, monetization, and more (variety.com)
2024-8-12 AI WhatsApp

Disney reports Q3 revenue up 4% YoY to $23.2B and a $47M streaming business operating profit, up from a $512M loss in Q3 2023, and revenue up 15% YoY to $6.4B (variety.com)
2024-8-7

Amazon reports Q2 ad revenue up 20% YoY to $12.77B, vs. $13B estimated (variety.com)
2024-8-2 Amazon

WBD, Disney, and Fox plan to launch their joint sports streaming venture Venu for $42.99 per month initially, with a seven-day free trial, expected fall 2024 (variety.com)
2024-8-1

Kamala Harris joins TikTok, following an explosion of Harris memes since announcing her presidential run; her account has attracted 400K+ followers in ~2 hours (variety.com)
2024-7-26

The new Disney+, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle goes on sale in the US for $16.99 per month with ads and $29.99 per month without ads (variety.com)
2024-7-26

Amazon begins rolling out a new UI for Prime Video to help distinguish content included with Prime, update its navigation bar, manage subscriptions, and more (variety.com)
2024-7-23 Amazon

Disney announces that Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle, is departing its board of directors after six years (variety.com)
2024-7-20 Oracle

Q&A with VP of Amazon Games on focusing on AAA games over mobile games, transmedia IP strategy, effect of AI on the gaming industry, monetization, and more (variety.com)
2024-6-28 Amazon Mobile AI

A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US (variety.com)
2024-6-22 Vegas

Netflix plans to open two permanent in-person experience venues, in Dallas and near Philadelphia, in 2025, a continuation of its previous pop-ups (variety.com)
2024-6-19 Netflix

Atari buys the Intellivision brand and the rights to 200+ Intellivision Entertainment games, and says the deal “ends the longest running console war in history” (variety.com)
2024-5-25

Truth Social's parent company, the Trump Media and Technology Group, reports $771K in Q1 revenue, a net loss of $327.6M, and an operating loss of $12.1M (variety.com)
2024-5-21 Trump

Disney, Fox, and WBD unveil the name of their sports streaming venture: Venu Sports, which is set to debut in fall 2024 (variety.com)
2024-5-17

YouTube formally launches YouTube Select Creator Takeovers, which will let advertisers buy out the inventory on channels representing top 1% of YouTube content (variety.com)
2024-5-16 YouTube

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast will launch StreamSaver, a bundle with Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly discounted price” (variety.com)
2024-5-14 Apple Netflix

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