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Netflix talks with Google about ads as Sarandos is set to address Cannes this week
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 12: CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos attends Netflix’s FYSEE event for “Squid Game” at Raleigh Studios Hollywood on June 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) Charley Gallay | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images CANNES, France – As the world’s biggest advertising conference […]
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Crypto start-up MoonPay launches NFT platform with Universal, Fox
MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. MoonPay Crypto start-up MoonPay said Tuesday that it’s partnering with Universal Pictures, Fox Corporation and Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Records, among other brands, to launch a new NFT platform called HyperMint. The new platform enables large brands, agencies, and enterprises to mint […]
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WWE boss Vince McMahon to step back from CEO duties during misconduct probe
WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas. Getty Images WWE CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon is stepping back from his duties as the company’s board investigates alleged misconduct by the executive, the company announced Friday. The announcement of the […]
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Fed up with endless cookie consent boxes? The UK plans to kill them off
The government says the move will result in far fewer of the “frustrating” boxes appearing online. Andia | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Britain wants an end to the barrage of cookie consent pop-ups. The government says new data reforms will heavily reduce the number of banners that appear on websites asking people to […]
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WWE board investigates secret $3 million hush payment by CEO Vince McMahon, report says
Vince McMahon attends a press conference at MetLife Stadium on February 16, 2012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Michael N. Todaro | Getty Images World Wrestling Entertainment’s board is investigating a $3 million hush-money settlement that CEO Vince McMahon paid a woman over an alleged affair, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing documents and […]
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Netflix’s binge-release model is under new scrutiny as the streaming giant struggles
A scene from Netflix’s “Stranger Things”. Source: Netflix Could Netflix ditch its binge-release model? Stranger things have happened. The all-at-once release strategy for television shows is a bedrock of Netflix’s strategy. The first seven episodes of “Stranger Things,” which all premiered on May 27, broke records. It was the biggest premiere weekend ever for an […]
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Netflix is planning a ‘Squid Game’ reality show with a record $4.56 million cash prize
Netflix has opened casting for the show to English-language speakers around the world. Tang Ke | Future Publishing | Getty Images Netflix is doing “Squid Game” for real (without any of the blood and gore). The streaming platform has approved a reality TV series called “Squid Game: The Challenge,” which will pit 456 contestants against […]
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Netflix, once the great disruptor, is now taking ideas from the industry it upended to jumpstart growth
Reed Hastings, co-founder and chief executive officer of Netflix Inc., during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images In the foreword to Hamilton Helmer’s “7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy,” published in 2016, Netflix co-founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings […]
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Former advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris joins Heather Podesta’s lobbying and PR firm
Shari Yost Gold, Senior advisor at Invariant Source: Shari Yost Gold Shari Yost Gold, a former advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris, is joining the lobbying and communications firm led by veteran lobbyist Heather Podesta. Yost Gold will be working as a senior advisor in communications and public affairs at Podesta’s firm Invariant, the two […]
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British police charge Kevin Spacey over alleged sex crimes
Medianews Group/boston Herald Via Getty Images | Medianews Group | Getty Images British police on Monday said they had charged Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey over historic allegations of sex offences after prosecutors last month authorized the charges, with the actor due in court onThursday. “Kevin Spacey Fowler, 62, has been formally charged today with four […]
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