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YouTube TV and Disney Reach Deal Ending Two-Week Blackout of ESPN, ABC

ESPN, ABC and other Disney TV networks are coming back to YouTube TV. Google and Disney finally ended their standoff, announcing a multiyear agreement Friday on pricing and terms for...

Disney+ Has ‘Huge Opportunity’ in Games and Will Tap Into AI-Based User Generated Content, CEO Iger Says

Ready to play a game starring Stitch on Disney+? Or maybe create some kind of personalized, AI-animated version of the chaotic but oh-so-adorable alien from “Lilo & Stitch” you can share...

UTA’s Digital Brand Architects Expands Team With Four Hires

Digital influencer management company Digital Brand Architects (DBA) has hired four new staffers: Allison Hahn, Kylie Frink, Gloria Green and Juliet Noble. All four women come to the UTA-owned firm with...

Field & Stream TV, Backed by Country Stars Morgan Wallen and Eric Church, Is Coming to Streaming and Broadcast Platforms

Field & Stream, the outdoor lifestyle brand whose owners include country singer-songwriters Morgan Wallen and Eric Church, is wading into the streaming TV era. Field & Stream and media company Outdoor...

YouTube TV to Begin Issuing Customers $20 Credit for Disney Blackout on Sunday

When the Disney nets were first pulled from YouTube TV, the internet company said that if ESPN, ABC local stations and Disney’s other channels were unavailable for “an extended period of...

Condé Nast Accused of ‘Illegal Firings’ of Union Employees Who ‘Demanded Answers’ About Layoffs, Teen Vogue Shutdown; Company Says Staffers Violated Policies

The already tense relations between Condé Nast and the union representing many of its editorial workers hit a new flash point this week. The media and publishing company said it fired...

YouTube TV Subscribers Increasingly Irate Over Disney Blackout: 24% Say They Have Already Canceled or Plan to Soon

It’s Day 7 of the blackout of ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks on YouTube TV — and the patience of the internet TV service’s subscribers is wearing thin. Disney’s nets went...

Fox Entertainment Acquires Meet Cute, Rom-Com Podcast Company

Fox Entertainment, making another move to embrace creator-driven content, has acquired rom-com podcast company Meet Cute. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Founded in 2019, New York-based Meet Cute had raised...

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