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Dish Strikes AT&T Wireless Network Services Deal Worth at Least $5B

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network unveiled “a transformative, long-term strategic network services agreement with AT&T” on Monday, “making AT&T the primary...

Why Overtime is banking on third-party metrics to grow its roster...

Digiday reports: "Overtime, a digital sports brand was born on social media in 2016, and set its sights on growing online video to achieve...

Breakr raises $4.2M to connect influencers with emerging musicians

TechCrunch reports: "Music app Breakr this week announced a $4.2 million seed round, led by Slow Ventures. The latest raise follows $700,000 in funding...

Tencent is buying British game studio Sumo for $1.27 billion

The Verge reports: "Tencent has announced plans to buy British video game company Sumo Group for $1.27 billion. The Chinese tech giant already has...

AT&T Premium Video Subscriber Loss Narrows in Second Quarter

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Telecom giant and WarnerMedia parent AT&T, led by CEO John Stankey, disclosed Friday that it lost 473,000 premium video subscribers...

Automattic, owner of Tumblr and WordPress.com, buys podcast app Pocket Casts

The Verge reports: "Pocket Casts has a new owner. Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and recently purchased Tumblr, announced today that it’s acquired Pocket Casts,...

A Hacker’s Plan to Make Digital TV More Useful Hits Legal...

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "In a long-running legal battle over the constitutionality of an anti-piracy statute, a federal judge in the nation’s capital has...

Facebook Discontinues Research into a Brain Controlled Interface to Focus on...

Social Media Today reports: "Earlier this week, researchers from UCSF shared their latest breakthrough in enabling a patient who's unable to move or speak...

Streaming, Cable Grow Audience Share in June as Broadcast Shrinks

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Streaming platforms and cable networks increased their share of TV viewers’ time in June, while broadcast networks shrunk some. Netflix...

A New SPAC Has $325m to Spend – and It’s Got...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Special Purpose Acquisition Companies are everywhere and they’re spending huge sums, from long-time Geffen Records President Neil Jacobson’s $200m IPO...