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Enemy number one is Netflix: The monster that’s eating Hollywood

Tara Flynn, a rising star at a TV production unit of 21st Century Fox, walked into her boss’s office last August and told him she was quitting and joining streaming-video giant Netflix Inc. The news was not well-received. “Netflix is public enemy No. 1,” said Bert Salke, the head of Fox 21 Television Studios, where Ms. Flynn was […]

Disney I Creating Content for Snapchat

In Snapchat’s latest deal with a major U.S. media company. Financial terms were not disclosed.  Snap, which is preparing for next year’s initial public offering, has signed a variety of advertising and content agreements this year with Viacom, Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Time Warner Inc’s Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Media companies such as Disney partner with […]

Amazon’s new Fire TV interface is what it should have been from the start

Amazon has started rolling out a free over-the-air update to its Fire TV products that dramatically redesigns the user interface — a welcome update to the more cluttered design that existed before. The old interface had a side menu with a long list of sometimes-redundant options, including Search, Home, Movies, TV, Watchlist, Prime Video, and […]

A 12-year-old singer-songwriter as the next Taylor Swift? Simon Cowell think so.

Grace VanderWaal is just trying to find her way in life and she writes songs about it.  “Most of my friends don’t really know I sing,” Grace VanderWaal told the audience of America’s Got Talent.  The 12-year-old will have a hard time hiding her talents now after wowing judges and audience members Tuesday night. The […]