• Glitchy 'Game Of Thrones' Preview Is Viral Hit
    A not-state-the-art Facebook Live video featured one thing everybody wanted to see-- a preview of the Season 7 "Game of Thrones" premiere.
  • Influencer Shonduras McBride Is Now A Viacom Property
    Shaun (Shonduras) McBride is a top Snapchat influencers and now he's working for Viacom Velocity, as creative strategy consultant working with channels like MTV and Spike.
  • Modern Crises: Survive SXSW Without Uber, Lyft
    The two major car services don't operate in Austin anymore, but there plenty local companies have filled the void. Here's who they are and how to use them.  'Round, 'round, get around. You'll get around, yeah.
  • CNNgo Adds Original Programming To Mix
    CNNgo is adding original programming starting with the six-part "Mostly Human," that will have a AI theme. CNN already does original programming on its Great Big Story app.
  • Boomerang Streamer To Launch, $5 A Month
    Created via a partnership between Turner and Warner Bros. the new Boomerang will offer more than 5,000 animated titles from Hanna-Barbera, Looney Tunes and MGM to U.S. subscribers. It will cost $5 a month or $40 a year. The Boomerang cable channel launched in 2000. 
  • Online Video Publishing Matures
    Digital has created enormous challenges for the media industry, it has also created great opportunities – like video. Subsequently, media companies now compete fiercely for eyeballs. Video traffic accounts for more than 70% of all Internet traffic and will surpass 80% by 2020, according to research by Cisco. However, user expectations about the quality of video have grown and audiences are rebelling against bad ad experiences.
  • A Year Later Facebook Live Is A Violent Mess
    A year later, Facebook Live has shown at least 50 violent acts including murder and suicides. A source tells the Wall Street Journal that Facebook didn't grasp the dark side of Facebook Live. 
  • The Schlock of You: Sheeran Shares Entire Album Online
    The English singer-songwriter shared all songs from his new album to his official channel, and as of a couple days ago, the 14 new uploads have received more than 20 million views in just 14 hours. Two of the songs, including the embarrassing "Shape of You."  
  • Trump's New FCC Chief Starts Reshaping Media Rules
    The new FCC is starting to hack net neutrality rules. It's also delayed enactment of new privacy rules that required Internet providers to get consumer consent before selling info about them to third parties, and took action to limit expansion of a plan that would give poorer consumers a subsidy so they could receive the Internet. 
  • Advertisers Wonder About Snap's Measurement
    Snap's popular mobile video ads start at $10,000 per month, while ads on the Discover feature, reserved for big publishers and brands, start at $50,000 per day, says Reuters. But like some other social sites Snap's ad measurement isn't audited by a third party and that makes some advertisers wary.
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