YouTube will air its first exclusive NFL game from Brazil

YouTube is getting another piece of the NFL by landing its first exclusive live pro football broadcast in the first week of the season. The streaming platform will have worldwide rights to the Sept. 5 meeting between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs from São Paulo, Brazil. The teams will face off … Read more

YouTube turns 20 years old. How it changed TV as we know it

The grainy 19-second YouTube video that started it all hardly had the makings of a viral sensation. Shot at the San Diego Zoo, the primitive video clip showed Jawed Karim, the platform’s co-founder, complimenting the elephants in the frame behind him. “The cool thing about these guys is they have really, really, really long trunks,” … Read more

Will Trump’s tariffs crash TV’s spring ad-selling party?

President Trump’s fluctuating tariff proposals and an overall feeling of economic uncertainty could cast a long shadow over the annual presentations from TV networks and streamers looking to attract billions for commercial time over the next year. The media industry will soon see advertisers and agency executives gather at New York venues for slick presentations … Read more

Ticket platform StubHub files for IPO

Ticket selling platform StubHub Holdings Inc. filed for an initial public offering disclosing revenue growth and a small annual loss for 2024. StubHub had a loss of $2.8 million on revenue of $1.77 billion last year, compared with net income of $405 million on revenue of $1.37 billion in 2023, according to its filing Friday … Read more

Android 16 Has Reached Platform Stability: How to Install Beta 3 on Your Pixel

After two Developer Previews and two betas, Android 16 has reached platform stability with beta 3. Google is getting closer to solidifying the newest OS for launch in June, shortly after the 2025 I/O conference. The good news is that if you’ve held off installing any of the previous Android 16 builds due to potential … Read more

Publisher’s Platform: FDA, CDC where is the transparency?

89 people were sickened, 36 were hospitalized, 7 developed kidney failure and 1 person died in 15 States States impacted: Arizona (2), Colorado (1), Illinois (7), Indiana (8), Kansas (1), Kentucky (1), Missouri (50), Montana (1), North Dakota (2), Nebraska (3), Ohio (8), Pennsylvania (1), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (1), Wisconsin (2). As a father … Read more

Spotify removes an Andrew Tate podcast from its platform

Audio streaming service Spotify has removed a “pimping” podcast from controversial online influencer Andrew Tate for violating the platform’s policies, a company spokesperson said. Spotify’s policies state that content should not “promote violence, incite hatred, harass, bully, or engage in any other behavior that may place people at risk of serious physical harm or death.” … Read more

Layoffs hit ABC News and Disney’s entertainment TV channels

ABC News and Walt Disney Co. entertainment networks are being hit with a 6% reduction in staff amid shrinking ratings and revenues for traditional television. Workers were told of the cuts Wednesday. The reduction of 200 positions is being made across Disney‘s television units, with news suffering the biggest job losses. Rumors of work force … Read more