Interviews with more than 24 people involved in the AT&T/Time Warner merger, including Jeff Bewkes and Randall Stephenson, detail how it went disastrously awry
At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.” At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules. Tweets: @jamesstewartnyt , @nytimes , @dandrezner , @nickconfe...
Sources: AT&T is in discussions to sell Xandr to Indian ad tech company InMobi; the mismanaged ad unit has annual revenue of ~$300-$380M and losses of $50-$90M
AT&T is in discussions to sell its ad unit to Indian ad tech giant InMobi, sources tell Axios. Tweets: @sarafischer , @aripap , @loupas , @awolk , @loudmouthjulia , @reckless , and @karlbode Tweets: S...
A look at Peacock as it enters its second year, considers expansion abroad, and tries to grow paid subscriptions; sources: 20% of Peacock's 14M MAUs pay for it
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg : Tweets: @emmagf , @gerryfsmith , @joshsternberg , @business , @royprice , @loudmouthjulia , @wickdchiq , @felixsalmon , and @lucas_shaw See also Mediagazer Tweets: Emma G. F...
Interview with Microsoft's VP of gaming ecosystem Sarah Bond, a former T-Mobile executive, on lowering entry barriers by selling Xbox as a subscription
Gene Park / Washington Post : Tweets: @launcherwp , @genepark , @genepark , and @htsuka Tweets: Launcher / @launcherwp : What does T-Mobile's turnaround have to do with Xbox's strategy? Glad you aske...
Interview with Microsoft's VP of gaming ecosystem Sarah Bond, a former T-Mobile executive, on lowering entry barriers by selling Xbox as a subscription
The launch of the new series of Xbox consoles is actually unlike any other console launch in the industry's history … Tweets: @launcherwp , @genepark , @genepark , and @htsuka Tweets: Launcher / @laun...
Slack, introduced to newsrooms to boost efficiency, is now serving another purpose: letting journalists organize and criticize, forcing management to respond
On the evening of June 6, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet entered the chat. — Times employees were in open revolt following … Tweets: @jkeefe , @loudmouthjulia , @dcbigjohn , @lpolgreen ...
A Verge writer and former Techmeme editor describes the process for his successful submission of “yawning face” and waffle emojis to the Unicode Consortium
Jay Peters / The Verge : Tweets: @cattsmall , @jaypeters , @jaypeters , @loudmouthjulia , and @mslopatto Tweets: Catt Small / @cattsmall : I didn't realize how simple the emoji proposal process was. ...
A Verge writer and former Techmeme editor describes the process for his successful submission of “yawning face” and waffle emojis to the Unicode Consortium
You can make emoji, too — This week, I learned that Lil Nas X tweeted about something I helped make. No, it wasn't an article on The Verge. Tweets: @jaypeters , @jaypeters , @loudmouthjulia , and @...
Reflecting on VidCon, it's clear that influencers' command of social media foreshadows future power in politics and elsewhere
As social media expands its cultural dominance, the people who can steer the online conversation will have an upper hand. — ANAHEIM, Calif. … Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @joshspero , @nytimesbusiness...
How YouTube trampled dozens of companies as it grew over the years, from ad brokers like AppNexus to content networks like Vevo and Machinima
monetization. No one can compete with AdSense. No one ever has. How do we know? Remember the promise of Vine at VidCon in 2015? I do. https://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : TikTok was everyw...