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Disney announced a deal with pay-TV streaming provider Fubo to combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo’s operations in a joint venture. Under the deal, Fubo will drop its antitrust lawsuit seeking to derail Venu Sports, the sports-focused streaming package from Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. The Hulu subscription video-on-demand service is not

The NAACP is launching original podcast series “Our Culture, Our Stories,” promising intimate and “unfiltered” conversations with an array of media and entertainment luminaries about navigating adversity, celebrating excellence and fostering community strength. Guests appearing in the 12-episode series include: actors Sterling K. Brown, Ryan Michelle Bathé, Hill Harper and Aja Naomi King; comedian Roy

Canela Media has hired media and entertainment veteran exec Philippe Guelton as global president, where he’ll be tasked with leading the Hispanic digital media company’s growth and profitability in the U.S. and international markets. Guelton joins New York-based Canela after his previous employer, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, shut down after filing for bankruptcy

Kylie Kelce‘s “Not Gonna Lie” podcast made a huge impression when its debut episode hit No. 1 on the Spotify charts, dethroning “The Joe Rogan Experience.” The two podcasts continue to trade between first and second place on Spotify, while Kelce remains in the top spot on the Apple podcasts charts. On her Jan. 2.

Meghan Markle is celebrating the new year by returning to Instagram after a five-year hiatus. The Duchess of Sussex, who along with her husband Prince Harry stepped down from royal duties in January 2020, posted a video on the new account @meghan on Wednesday. The caption-less clip shows Markle, clad in all-white, frolicking on the

Apple is hoping those who don’t subscribe to Apple TV+ will ring in 2025 by binge-watching some of its original TV shows and movies — free for anyone with an Apple ID for three days. The full Apple TV+ catalog will be free to stream to users worldwide the first weekend of the year (from

The Palestinian Authority has shut down the operations of Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera in the West Bank, according to local reports. In a statement, Al Jazeera condemned Fatah, the Palestinian Authority ruling party in the West Bank, for what it described as an “incitement campaign” against the news organization and its reporters. The ban

Netflix‘s rookie start as an NFL media partner — so far — hasn’t drawn any flags. The streamer’s first Christmas Day game, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, commenced at 1 p.m. ET, following two hours of pregame coverage. Next up is Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans (starting at 4:30 p.m. ET), with superstar Beyoncé taking the

Liz Plank, who co-hosts “The Man Enough” podcast with Justin Baldoni, announced her resignation on Monday after Blake Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and launching a smear campaign against her. “I’m writing to you today to let you know that I have had my representatives inform Wayfarer that I will no longer be co-hosting

The second season of “Squid Game” launches Thursday and Netflix is doing everything in its power to get viewers to start watching as soon as the episodes drop — including offering free in-game rewards for the TV series’ new companion mobile game, “Squid Game: Unleashed,” for each episode you binge. Released Dec. 17, “Squid Game:

Ring in the new year with a fresh slate of releases on Disney+, including “Goosebumps: The Vanishing,” the next season of Disney’s “Goosebumps” anthology series starring David Schwimmer. For nature lovers, National Geographic’s “A Real Bug’s Life” returns for Season 2, while true crime devotees can sink their teeth into “Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup.”

“CoComelon” producer Moonbug Entertainment has struck a deal with early learning company Lingokids to launch games featuring characters from Moonbug’s popular live-action preschool brand “Blippi.” The “Blippi” franchise — which includes multiple shows across platforms — follows the titular character as he serves as preschool-aged kid’s “best friend” and “inspire them to learn through play

Universal Music Group and Amazon Music have announced an expanded global relationship that will “enable further innovation, exclusive content with UMG artists, and advancement of artist-centric principles including increased fraud protection,” according to the announcement. While full details were not disclosed, the deal is intended to advance UMG’s “Streaming 2.0” strategy, which focuses less on

Ahead of the Season 2 premiere of global hit “Squid Game,” Google is getting in on the deadly fun and games. Netflix partnered with Google Search on the Easter egg activation. To play the game, search “Squid Game” on Google and tap the brown envelope that appears at the bottom of the screen. The Google

It starts in the gift shop. “Squid Game: The Experience,” an immersive entertainment installation that opened in October in a shuttered shopping mall near Madison Square Garden, brings its participants slowly into the dark, dystopian world of the South Korean drama series that exploded into a massive hit for Netflix in 2021. Players begin the

Two Epic Games board directors have resigned from their positions amid an antitrust inquiry by the Justice Department. The board members had been appointed to the privately held company’s board by minority investor Tencent, which is the China-based owner of Epic competitor Riot Games. Epic Games, which also counts Disney among its investors, is the

Over the last several years, the entertainment industry has been rocked by a succession of body blows. It came out of a global pandemic only to be hit with dual strikes (WGA and SAG-AFTRA) that caused historically long labor stoppages, which were followed by a work slowdown brought on by a deflation of the streaming

The Game Awards hit record viewership with its 2024 show on Dec. 12, which drew an estimated 154 million global livestreams. That’s up 31% over the 2023 show at 118 million livestreams. Per the Game Awards, which marked its 10-year anniversary with the 2024 show, the 2024 viewership high was reached with streams across YouTube,

The Supreme Court agreed to hear TikTok‘s appeal for an emergency injunction blocking a federal law that would ban the popular video app unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake. The high court’s decision in the matter is a test of where the justices come down in weighing American’s constitutionally protected right to free speech

“Yellowjackets” and “Scream” star Jasmin Savoy Brown has a new podcast, titled “Today in Gay.” Described as a “short, joyful daily news podcast by and for the queer community,” Brown came up with the show three years ago when she realized there’s no queer equivalent to NPR’s “Up First” or the NY Times’ “The Headlines.”

YouTube filed a lawsuit against Ganjingworld, which operates the Gan Jing World video-sharing site, alleging that it has been “automatically vacuuming up YouTube user channels and associated content from YouTube.” Ganjingworld’s service “clones most of YouTube’s functionalities and its overall appearance,” YouTube says in the suit, filed Wednesday in California state court. “But GJW’s imitation

In what’s being touted as the first partnership of its kind, CAA is collaborating with YouTube on a program promising to let actors, athletes and other talent fight back against AI-generated fakes uploaded to the video platform. YouTube’s message to Hollywood is that it’s trying to be a good partner to creative industries by taking

James Wan‘s Atomic Monster production company has acquired the rights to develop Game Award-nominated indie title “Pacific Drive” into a TV series. Created by Cassandra Dracott from Ironwood Studios, “Pacific Drive” is a retropunk-style driving and survival game set to an experimental electronic music soundtrack that challenges players to escape a surreal and abandoned exclusion

The launch trailer for new “Alien” VR game “Alien: Rogue Incursion” has arrived. From Survios and 20th Century Games, the title is set in the “Alien” cinematic universe and play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a mission to the planet Purdan (LV-354) in search of a former squadmate. After a sudden attack, Zula

A “clean” image and video generation model, trained exclusively on “ethically sourced” data, is being positioned for enterprise-grade productions in Hollywood next year as an alternative to offerings from tech giants accused of data scraping. The new model, dubbed “Marey,” after early cinema pioneer Étienne-Jules Marey, will be available in January or February 2025. As

Kristin Cavallari is taking “Let’s Be Honest” live. The relationship and lifestyle podcast, presented by Dear Media, will have a four-city tour in 2025, with stops in Atlanta, Chicago, Boston and New York. “Kristin Cavallari’s Headline Tour” kicks off March 7. “I am so excited to take ‘Let’s Be Honest’ on the road in 2025.

TikTok filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking an emergency injunction to block a U.S. law from going into effect that would impose a nationwide ban on the popular app unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake in TikTok. In a statement Monday, TikTok said, “The Supreme Court has an established record of upholding

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos deactivated his account on X, formerly Twitter, where he had more than 2.3 million followers. Stephanopoulos’ account on Elon Musk-owned X (@GStephanopoulos) is no longer available, displaying a message that says, “This account doesn’t exist.” Stephanopoulos’ Instagram account remains active. Stephanopoulos’ X account went dark at some point over the

The NFL already has women fans. According to the league, this year’s Super Bowl LVIII game had a record-breaking increase in female viewership, with women representing almost half of the total audience. But the NFL is continually looking to find new ways to grow its fanbase, particularly among younger consumers. To that end, the NFL

Now burning up on Netflix: a new spin on the classic TV yule-log. With less than two weeks to go before Christmas, Netflix has launched three themed virtual yule logs, each 60 minutes in length, based on Shonda Rhimes’ “Bridgerton” series, South Korean hit “Squid Game” (with Season 2 set to premiere Dec. 26) and