Dutch news organization The Correspondent surprised some of its supporters earlier this week, when co-founder and CEO Ernst Pfauth posted an update on Medium saying that the company would not be opening a newsroom in New York City. Which was odd, since the organization raised $2.6 million in a crowdfunding campaign last fall with the express purpose […]
View More Turns out The Correspondent isn’t opening a U.S. newsroom after allCategory: Media
BBC wants to add 3rd parties to its Sounds app to balance Apple and Spotify dominance in podcasts and music
Earlier this week, the BBC pulled its podcasts from Google’s Podcast app and Assistant platform after determining that it wasn’t getting enough out of the relationship, specifically noting that Google wasn’t providing it with enough audience data and search links to its own sites and services. Today, we get some more context and development on that decision. […]
View More BBC wants to add 3rd parties to its Sounds app to balance Apple and Spotify dominance in podcasts and musicDigging into Apple’s media transformation
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief, Matthew Panzarino, offered his analysis on the major announcements that came out of Apple’s keynote event this past Monday. Behind a series of new subscription and media products, Apple […]
View More Digging into Apple’s media transformationTwitch launches a four-person ‘Squad Stream’ feature to help creators get discovered
Twitch today announced the launch of a new feature called “Squad Stream,” which offers a way for up to four creators to go live and stream together within one window. The feature will allow creators to grow their communities by teaming up with others, as it gives streamers increased exposure by playing to a wider […]
View More Twitch launches a four-person ‘Squad Stream’ feature to help creators get discoveredAmazon is developing a show based on Octavia Butler’s ‘Wild Seed’
Amazon Prime Video is developing a series based on “Wild Seed,” the novel by acclaimed science fiction writer Octavia Butler. Deadline reports that the project comes from Juvee Productions (the production company of Viola Davis and Julius Tennon) and will be written by author Nnedi Okorafor and filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, with Kahiu directing. Hollywood seems […]
View More Amazon is developing a show based on Octavia Butler’s ‘Wild Seed’The danger of “I already pay for Apple News+”
Apple doesn’t care about news, it cares about recurring revenue. That’s why publishers are crazy to jump into bed with Apple News+. They’re rendering their own subscription options unnecessary in exchange for a sliver of what Apple pays out from the mere $10 per month it charges for unlimited reading. The unfathomable platform risk here […]
View More The danger of “I already pay for Apple News+”Original Content podcast: ‘Triple Frontier’ sends famous faces on a grim hike over the Andes
Even by the standards of the often, ah, “wide-ranging” conversations on the Original Content podcast, this latest episode covers a lot of ground. The initial focus is “Triple Frontier,” a film directed by J.C. Chandor and starring Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Pedro Pascal, Charlie Hunnam and Garrett Hedlund as friends who served in the special […]
View More Original Content podcast: ‘Triple Frontier’ sends famous faces on a grim hike over the AndesGame streaming’s multi-industry melee is about to begin
Almost exactly 10 years ago, I was at GDC participating in a demo of a service I didn’t think could exist: OnLive. The company had promised high-definition, low-latency streaming of games at a time when real broadband was uncommon, mobile gaming was still defined by Bejeweled (though Angry Birds was about to change that), and […]
View More Game streaming’s multi-industry melee is about to beginSpotify expands personalization to its programmed playlists
Spotify this morning announced a major change to how its playlists will operate, with the news that some of its previously human-curated playlists will now be personalized based on listeners’ tastes. Before, Spotify offered personalized playlists like Discover Weekly, Release Radar, and Daily Mixes, among others, to offer users a way to enjoy the music […]
View More Spotify expands personalization to its programmed playlistsThe updated Apple News app kept crashing for some users this morning
Update: The issue appears to have been fixed. While you’ll have to wait for a not-yet-announced date to pay a not-yet-announced price for several of the subscription services that Apple announced yesterday, Apple News+ actually launched pretty quickly … and then started crashing. At least, that was my experience this morning after I updated my […]
View More The updated Apple News app kept crashing for some users this morningApple TV+ makes Facebook Watch look like a joke
Apple flexed its wallet today in a way Facebook has scared to do. Tech giants make money by the billions, not the millions, which should give them an easy way to break into premium video distribution: buy some must-see content. That’s the strategy I’ve been advocating for Facebook but that Apple actually took to heart. […]
View More Apple TV+ makes Facebook Watch look like a jokeYouTube denies that it is canning scripted series, plans to launch ad-supported slate in coming weeks
On the heels of Apple announcing paid, monthly subscription services for video, games, and news, YouTube says it is also doubling down original video content. Parent company Google has denied a report in Bloomberg that YouTube has stopped accepting pitches for scripted shows. But it also confirmed another aspect of the same report: it plans a […]
View More YouTube denies that it is canning scripted series, plans to launch ad-supported slate in coming weeks