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Can the super catchy song "Despacito" help increase tourism in Puerto Rico?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Aug 22, 2017
Is the song stuck in your head now, too?
Should companies turn away white supremacist users?
by
Ben Johnson
and Kristin Schwab
Aug 17, 2017
Racial justice leaders say PayPal has been helping fund racist groups for years.
Apple to invest $1 billion in original programming
by
Amy Scott
Aug 16, 2017
Three big words in tech news today: original video content. Apple is reportedly making a big push into the business with a $1 billion plan to stream its own shows on its Apple TV and Apple Music platforms. The tech giant joins an increasingly crowded field, competing with the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, […]
GoDaddy drops neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer
by
Ben Johnson
and Kristin Schwab
Aug 15, 2017
It signals a change in how businesses decide who should editorialize the internet.
Can Netflix afford more big gets like Shonda Rhimes?
Aug 14, 2017
Netflix, the big video on demand company, committed what amounts to a raid on the content stable of Disney. It has signed a multiyear production contract with Shonda Rhimes —creator of hit TV series such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal.” With more than 50 original shows under its belt just this year, Netflix is doubling […]
SoundCloud’s singing a new song after investors inject emergency cash
Aug 11, 2017
Online audio platform SoundCloud, a favorite of indie musicians, has been struggling to stay afloat financially. Last month, it laid off 40 percent of its staff, and the company has been urgently seeking a reported $170 million cash injection to keep going. Today it got that emergency investment approved by shareholders. As part of that […]
Cable companies don’t mind if customers watch more streamed TV
by
Annie Baxter
Aug 9, 2017
You may have heard about Disney’s announcement that it’s going to launch its own streaming service. The company is ending a deal with Netflix and says it wants more control over its destiny. And as for cable, that service that “cord cutters” and “cord nevers” spurn, is another streaming service a problem for them? Maybe […]
For public good, not for profit.
Netflix or cable? Why not both?
by
Scott Tong
Aug 8, 2017
The nation’s third-biggest cable company, Charter Communications, has a new feature for its subscribers: access to Netflix. More than half of the leading cable and subscription TV companies now offer Netflix. It wasn’t too long ago these forces were fierce rivals. So what’s behind the business of partnering instead? Click the audio player above to […]
Fighting terrorism online
Aug 4, 2017
Social media companies are struggling — trying to walk a fine line between cracking down on propaganda from terrorist organizations like ISIS, which are sophisticated at using social media, without trampling free speech.
Goodbye cable, hello YouTube: As kids move online, so do Mattel’s ad dollars
Aug 3, 2017
Toymaker Mattel wants to get kids’ attention, and it’s going online to do it. The company announced this week it will spend at least $10 million on advertising this year on Google’s YouTube Kids platform. It’s the company’s biggest ad buy online to date. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.