“When I wore this suit, I made a whole lotta enemies.”
“…the fury and the momentum of the proudly ill-informed is problematic.”
After 9/11, Marc Maron’s Friends Started Choosing Sides – in which Maron connects the rise of so-called anti-woke comedy to the political polarization that emerged in the stand-up comedy scene in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks
It really becomes “T…
Apple Music is using Shazam to solve the streaming industry’s problem with DJ mixes
Apple Music announced today that it’s created a process to properly identify and compensate all of the individual creators involved in making a DJ mix. Using technology from the audio-recognition app Shazam, which Apple acquired in 2018 for $400 million, Apple Music is working with major and independent labels to devise a fair way to […]
Review: Candyman turns singular slasher into a timeless avatar for Black trauma
“Candyman ain’t a he. Candyman is the whole damn hive.”
The Wheel of Time teaser is here, and it looks and feels exactly right
“Whatever happens now, there’s no turning back.”
Apollo completes its $5B acquisition of Verizon Media, now known as Yahoo
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management this morning announced that it has completed its acquisition of Yahoo (formerly known as Verizon Media Group, itself formerly known as Oath) from Verizon. The deal is worth $5 billion, with $4.25 billion in cash, plus preferred interests of $750 million. Verizon will be retaining 10% of the newly […]
MGM releases last trailer for No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s final 007 film
“Every mission, every sacrifice has led to this.”
Apple buys classical music service, Primephonic
In a bid to expand its classical music offering, Apple today announced that it has Primephonic. The Amsterdam-based service, which launched in 2014, will bring a laser focus on a music genre that’s been sorely lacking in Apple Music’s generalized approach to streaming. The service will effectively be discontinued as a standalone offering, as it’s […]
Netflix Takes First Stab at Mobile Gaming in its Android App, But Only in Poland
Netflix is testing out its first stab at mobile gaming within its own app at no extra cost, bringing two pre-existing Stranger Things games to its Android app — but only in Poland. From a report: The two games available in Poland — Stranger Things: 1…
YouTube to roll out Picture-in-Picture viewing for all U.S. iOS users, starting with Premium subscribers
Though YouTube has supported picture-in-picture viewing on Android devices since 2018, YouTube told TechCrunch today that it plans to launch the feature to all iOS users in the U.S. on both iPhone and iPad. For now, YouTube is inviting Premium subscribers to test this feature, which lets users watch picture-in-picture videos in a mini player […]