The New York Times is buying subscription-based sports site The Athletic
It's paying $550 million and the deal should close by the end of March.
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23E3 failed its deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers today
When “Guitar Hero” gets transcribed to “Guitar Ho.”
AT&T's WarnerMedia is merging with Discovery
It would form a new content giant better able to compete with Netflix and Disney.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Sony is already testing its PlayStation Plus Video Pass in Poland
Polish PS+ subscribers will get free movies and TV shows for a year.
Spotify expands into 85 new markets
The service now also supports 36 new languages.
Twitter jumps into newsletters with Revue acquisition
The service is one of Substack's biggest competitors.
New York Times and other US media join The Coalition for App Fairness
Digital Content Next's members reach an audience of over 223 million unique visitors.
'Dune' director slams AT&T's decision to release films on HBO Max
Denis Villeneuve said the telco "hijacked one of the most respectable and important studios in film history."
Facebook will start paying UK publishers for news stories
Launch partners include the Guardian, Daily Mirror and The Economist.
T-Mobile’s TVision is a cable-cutting package for its mobile customers
Everyone else will get access to the services next year.
Google applies its AI tech to reporting with 'Journalist Studio' tools
Journalist Studio is part of Google's $300 million investment in journalism projects.
Instagram starts labeling ‘state-controlled media’ accounts and posts
Facebook plans to label ads from those publications in the future as well.
Facebook threatens to block all news in Australia
The company really, really doesn’t want to have to pay publishers.
Facebook pilot links user profiles with online news subscriptions
The feature could cut down on password fatigue.
Facebook finally delivers on its promise to label ‘state-controlled’ media
It plans to label ads from those outlets, too.
Facebook lets users in the US and Canada move media to Google Photos
The data portability tool rolls out to those users today.
Windows 10 preview adds COVID-19 info to the search box
And you can control your music through the Your Phone app.
Facebook's plan to label state media is taking longer than expected
It won't say when it expects to finish the election-related push.
Apple commits to making new media apps for Windows
An Apple job listing calls for engineers with Windows experience.
