Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals
the same firm that suggested pharmacists get REBATES for opioid deaths—charged CNN millions to tell it what someone wanted to hear. Every $ wasted could have gone to paying journalists. https://twitte...
News Corp has shut down its news aggregation service Knewz after just 18 months of operation, citing lack of profits
the Quibi of news aggregation https://twitter.com/... Maya Kosoff / @mekosoff : oh kno https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Chris Mohney / @chrismohney : literally and actually had not even...
Twitter buys Scroll, the $5/month service that removes ads from partner news sites; Scroll's Nuzzel email service will shut down on May 6
Manage your Stratechery subscription. Scroll Blog : Scroll is joining Twitter! Casey Newton / Platformer : Twitter subscribes to Scroll Dave Winer / Scripting News : Having written so much about paywa...
UK-based MelodyVR, which creates immersive live music for VR headsets and phones, acquires Rhapsody International, owner of Napster, from RealNetworks for $70M
The saga of Napster has taken an interesting turn … Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide : Napster sold to MelodyVR in $70m deal, including $44m owed to record labels and other partners James Booth /...
Premium email app Newton Mail says it has been bought by new owners and will still charge $50 per year
this time, by two fans who straight up just bought the service so they could keep using it. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dan Seifert / @dcseifert : truly the email app with 9 l...