MEDIA – Page 5

Senator Wants to Know About Parent-Run Girl Influencer Accounts

March 8, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

In January, the CEOs of X, TikTok, Meta, Snap, and Discord testified in front of a congressional committee about child exploitation on their platforms. “Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you […]

Top Streams: Adam Sandler Is #1 at Netflix

March 4, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

It’s unsurprising that Adam Sandler’s “Spaceman” is an immediate #1 for Netflix, but you have to wonder if the Sandler audience knew what it was getting: It’s the story of a long-distance solo astronaut who […]

Apple Fined $2 Billion as Europe Sides With Spotify

March 4, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Apple has a Spotify problem—and it just cost the iPhone maker a $2 billion fine from the European Commission. For years, the two companies have been at war as the streaming service lured users away […]

Google Podcasts Is Going Away

February 28, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Steve McLendon, a product manager at Google, admits he’s sad to see Google Podcasts head toward the software graveyard. He suggests that the app’s simplicity, one of its core strengths, is what led to its […]

Electronics

Meet the Disney Imagineer Building You a Real-Life Holodeck

February 28, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Lanny Smoot builds lightsabers for a living. No, not like the ones kids used to create with flashlights and plastic tubes—realistic extendable ones, with penumbral edges and laser-blocking abilities. Like an actual Jedi. He’s whipped […]

Don Lemon Reportedly Paid $24.5 Million Upon Exiting CNN

February 27, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Don Lemon was handsomely compensated after being fired from CNN last year — in fact, it’s almost as if he never left … ’cause the dude’s definitely getting paid like it, per a new report. […]

Here’s Exactly When Streaming Revenue Will Overtake Pay TV

February 26, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Streaming has overtaken linear TV in pretty much every conceivable way but one. And even that last one is dangling from the precipice. Total revenues from streaming — now advertising revenue! — will overtake the […]

‘Anyone but You’ Thrives, Tyler Perry Is #1 Again at Netflix

February 26, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Through Sunday, “Mean Girls” (Paramount, $72 million) was the highest-grossing domestic film two months into 2024. (“Bob Marley: One Love” will overtake shortly, and “Dune: Part Two” might do even more for its opening weekend.) […]

‘Harry Potter’ TV Show Could Come to HBO Max by 2026

February 24, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

A new generation of wizards! HBO announced that a new Harry Potter series was officially in the works. During the Warner Bros. Discovery presentation in April 2023, the network revealed they were moving forward with […]

Wendy Williams Breaks Her Silence on Aphasia & Dementia Diagnosis

February 23, 2024 Michael Zotos 0

Wendy Williams is speaking out on her recent health diagnoses — and while she’s grateful for the love and support she’s been getting … she isn’t addressing the elephant in the room. The former talk […]