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Anna Camp, left, Erin Darke and Genevieve Angelson appear in a scene from Amazon Studios’ “Good Girls Revolt.” (Amazon Studios) In March 1970, 46 women staffers at Newsweek—shunted away from reporting, writing and editing positions and paid less than their male colleagues—filed a lawsuit charging the magazine with sex discrimination. It was timed, brilliantly, to…
storytext This week the NBA tipped off its new season with the biggest athlete in the world getting his third championship ring. On the same night, Major League Baseball had game 1 of the World Series between two teams that haven’t won a title in a combined 174 years. And the NFL’s big game of…
storytext 5 stunning stats about Netflix Netflix is once again a Wall Street darling after reporting strong earnings and solid international subscriber growth. But could that make the red hot company a takeover target in the rapidly changing media world? Source: Why Disney should buy Netflix instead of Twitter
Just a month before Star Trek: Discovery is set to embark on its maiden voyage and begin filming, its captain is stepping down from his spot at the show’s helm. Variety reports that executive producer Bryan Fuller has given up his role as the new series’ showrunner, handing the reins to existing producers Gretchen Berg…
The Apple TV has a new app, called simply TV, that promises to help make sense of the 1600 video content providers that have apps on the platform. It looks useful and great, but it’s missing two key pieces toward becoming a truly useful streaming sifter: Netflix and Amazon. Amazon’s absence is no surprise, given…
Apple Inc. executives had every reason for optimism when they approached Walt Disney Co. in early 2015 to join the streaming television service Apple planned to launch. Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger is an Apple director and had said he was keen to strike a deal. Disney, which owns channels such as ESPN and ABC,…
After six months of waiting after an excruciating cliffhanger, The Walking Dead finally revealed who was on the end of Negan’s beloved barbed wire-covered baseball bat, Lucille, in the show’s season seven premiere Sunday night. But was it worth the wait? (Editor’s note: Spoilers for The Walking Dead season seven premiere ahead.) The show took…
Marvel TV will have soon introduced four “street-level” superheroes (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist) to the Marvel Cinematic Universe through its Netflix series. The plan from the get-go was to eventually unite them with a Netflix crossover mini-series, titled The Defenders. And now, that is exactly what is happening. The Defenders is slated to…
storytext AT&T has never owned a news division before. Now, assuming its $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner passes regulatory muster, it will take control of CNN, one of the world’s biggest news organizations. Journalists at the network, myself included, immediately had questions about how AT&T will approach its role as a steward of…
Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. 1. During a CNN interview leading up to the final presidential debate, Rudy Giuliani defended Donald Trump against recent accusations of sexual assault. View this image › John Minchillo / AP “I know men who are touchy-feely,” Giuliani…