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Spotify Technology (NYSE: SPOT) shares are trading higher Thursday afternoon following the news that former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have signed a deal to produce exclusive podcasts, according to Variety. The Obama's production company, Higher Ground, will create...

After holding its viewership data cards close to its chest, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) revealed some interesting numbers regarding some of its content. Romantic comedies were at the top of the Netflix best list for 2018, the company said in a December press release. The most-watched and...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is making a bid to expand its live sports coverage through an acquisition of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s 22 regional sports networks. What Happened Disney is fielding offers to sell 22 regional sports networks it acquired as part of its recent transaction with...

E-sports combine athletics with gaming skills to create a new, highly-involved gaming experience, and members of this industry hope to break down the barriers of gaming. What Happened A late July forum hosted by the International Olympic Committee and Global Association of International...

Helios and Matheson Analytsics Inc (NASDAQ: HMNY) is down more than 70 percent this week, falling under $1 per share, on increased concerns about the MoviePass business model. Here’s a recap of what's going on with Helios. 'A Joke' Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter bashed...

The battle to own the video streaming market has evolved into a hardware war.  On Wednesday, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) confirmed its impending launch of a new cubed Fire TV complete with an Echo smart speaker. The same day, Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) users inferred from a privacy policy...

WikiLeaks got a taste of its own medicine Thursday when a group of hackers known as OurMine briefly took over the notorious site run by Julian Assange. OurMine, based in Saudi Arabia, hacked DNS servers used by WikiLeaks so that anybody clicking on the site was redirected to a page created by...

The early reviews of “Spider-Man: Homecoming” are in, and they’re pretty good. Marvel Studios wants “Spider-Man” to snare some of the profitable prestige monopolized the past month by Warner Bros’ “Wonder Woman,” the biggest creative and commercial...

It took a “Wonder Woman” not only to jump-start the summer box office, but end Time Warner Incs (NYSE: TWX)'s critically maligned skid as it tries to approximate the success of the rival Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise run by Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). “Wonder Woman”...

Following a running trend of decades-old movies and television properties finding new life on today’s screens, "Twin Peaks," the long-dormant ABC property from idiosyncratic director David Lynch and novelist Mark Frost, is making its anticipated return to television on May 21 as a...

Shares of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV), the parent company of Ticketmaster, were trading in positive territory on Thursday despite a report that the company allegedly hacked its competitors. According to Variety, Ticketmaster faced intense competitive pressure from several startups,...

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced nearly a full year ago its plans to expand to more than 100 countries across the world. Now it is Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s turn to play catch-up. Amazon Prime is only available in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Japan....

Shares of TiVo Corp (NASDAQ: TIVO) had quite a volatile trading session Tuesday. After the company announced expanded partnership with Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) late Monday, TiVo shares rallied about 6 percent by the open on Tuesday. Although TiVo's stock closed up only 0.2 percent Tuesday...

There are more than half of one billion users across the world who log on to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s fully-owned Instagram app. Variety spoke with Instagram's management team, including Liz Perle, the company's manager for emerging trends and youth culture. Instagram's management team told...

By the end of the year, 27 million people in the U.S. will be paying more for their Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) membership than they have in the past. According to Variety, Netflix's planned price increase to $9.99 per month will result in approximately 480,000 customers saying goodbye to...