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May 08, 2019

Roku Shares Up on Better-Than-Expected Q1 Results

One in every 3 smart TVs sold in the US is now a Roku TV, the company estimates.

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Vice's Value Drops Further After Disney Takes $353 Million Write-Down

Disney disclosed a $353 million impairment charge for its Vice Media stake, another sign the youth-culture media company has lost gro …

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Sony's Funimation Taps Ex-Crunchyroll Exec Colin Decker as GM (EXCLUSIVE)

Sony Pictures Television's Funimation named Colin Decker, a one-time COO of rival Crunchyroll, as its new general manager.

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Facebook Updating Video-Ranking Algorithms to Put More Weight on Original Content With Loyal Audiences

Facebook is tweaking video-ranking algorithms to reward content with longer and repeat viewing -- and demote material that isn't orig …

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Amazon Is Shuttering Its Free Scriptwriting and Storyboarding Tools

Amazon's free, web-based tools for scriptwriters -- Storywriter and Storybuilder -- will go dark on June 30, 2019.

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Android TV Gets One-Click Subscriptions, Revamped Play Store This Year

Android TV isn't getting a major refresh this year, but Google is still adding some new features to the smart TV platform.

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Ryan Reynolds Tweets Link to 'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' Bogus Full Movie on YouTube

Ryan Reynolds appeared to have shared a pirated copy of "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" with his fans. But, you know, not really. …

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SAG-AFTRA, Adam Schiff Express Alarm on 'Deep Fake' Technologies

Members of SAG-AFTRA and Los Angeles Congressman Adam Schiff sounded alarms Monday on the proliferation of "deep fake" technologies …

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Listen: Refinery29 Chief Amy Emmerich on Navigating Digital Media: 'The Audience Is the Boss of Me'

Refinery29 was ahead of the curve among digital-native publishers in emphasizing video as a means of keeping users engaged.