Netflix plans to offer video games in push beyond films, TV
Netflix Inc., marking its first big move beyond TV shows and films, is planning an expansion into video games and has hired a former Electronic Arts Inc. and Facebook Inc....
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How a North Carolina kid cracked YouTube’s secret code
In the fall of 2016, Jimmy Donaldson dropped out of college to try to solve one of the biggest mysteries in media: How exactly does a video go viral on...
Flush with cash, streaming giants prep mega-bids for Hollywood hits
Streaming services have already bid up the price of TV reruns, stand-up comedy performances and contracts with top producers. Now they're coming for blockbuster movies from the studios behind "Fast...
Twitch’s streaming boom is jolting the music industry
On the morning of May 27, Kenneth Charles Blume III wanted to talk about white privilege. Blume, a 29-year-old DJ from Greenwich, Connecticut, has produced beats for some of the...
Forget ‘Sopranos’ and ‘Game of Thrones’: HBO Max’s top hits are for kids
The HBO network earned a reputation for adult dramas filled with sex and violence, including "The Sopranos," "Game of Thrones" and "Sex and the City." But when its new streaming...
Netflix buys ‘Bad Trip’ from MGM after virus upends theater plan
Netflix Inc. has acquired the slapstick comedy film "Bad Trip" from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to people familiar with the matter, snapping up a project that was stuck in limbo when the...
Netflix takes aim at Oscar
LOS ANGELES — Netflix Inc. has been making its own movies for years, but 2019 may be remembered as the year it truly became a film studio. The company began...
YouTube advertising crackdown puts some creators out of work
YouTube's crackdown on inappropriate material is inadvertently depriving some creators of as much as 80 percent of their monthly sales, a blow to the very people who helped make the...
‘Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah lands new deal as Trump bits lift ratings
Two years after replacing Jon Stewart as host of "The Daily Show," Trevor Noah is riding high, attracting the largest audiences of his career and getting a long contract extension....
Fox Sports cuts web writing staff to invest more in online video
21st Century Fox Inc.'s sports department is overhauling its online operations, eliminating the writing staff to invest in more-lucrative video production. Fox Sports will eliminate about 20 writing and editing...