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Locast expands to another television market
Locast announced on Monday its expansion to another local market, one that serves television viewers across three states.
Verizon sells media assets to investment firm for $5 billion
Telecom giant Verizon finally revealed the sale of its media assets on Monday.
Philo begins accepting Amazon Pay for subscriptions
Philo has quietly rolled out a new feature that will let Amazon Fire TV users sign up for a subscription without the need to pull out their credit card.
Former Netflix executive convicted on bribery, wire fraud charges
A former Netflix executive was convicted on Friday on several criminal charges related to wire fraud and bribery, prosecutors said.
Fox says original content coming to Tubi later this year
Fox Corporation's free, ad-supported streaming service Tubi will unveil its slate of original programming later this fall.
Bezos: More than 175 million stream Amazon Prime content
Three out of four people with an Amazon Prime subscription streamed movies and TV shows through Amazon Prime Video in 2020.
HBO Max sets $10 a month price for ad-supported tier
AT&T will launch an ad-supported version of its streaming service HBO Max later this year, with an initial price point of $10 a month, according to a report.
Verizon looks to offload media assets
Verizon has onboarded a private equity firm to help it explore a sale of its media assets, including AOL, Yahoo! and Netscape.
T-Mobile shuts off Wi-Fi Calling feature on some older phones
T-Mobile will stop supporting its Wi-Fi Calling feature on a number of older phones.
Viewpoint: What used to be journalism is now just PR
As a result of cuts to newsrooms, PR is becoming more dominant. That's a problem in the era of online misinformation.
By:
Jaigris Hodson
Civil unrest linked to attacks against journalists in 2020
Protests and other civil unrest led to a dramatic rise in attacks against journalists last year, according to a special interest group.
Broadcasters, Locast trade barbs in letter to judge
Broadcasters accuse Locast of operating under a "freemium" model, not as a not-for-profit as claimed.