Broadcasting company Sinclair recently sold off its free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service STIRR to Thinking Media, a startup that provides cloud-based streaming solutions for FAST and over-the-top (OTT) services. The new owners have ambitious plans for the streamer, including an international expansion, tripling its on-demand content library and becoming an AI-native streamer with advanced […]
Super Bowl media day 2024 schedule, TV channel, live streams to watch NFL Opening Night with 49ers, Chiefs
Come one, come all! The NFL’s annual circus is here! Super Bowl media day, now known as Opening Night, has arrived. The 49ers and Chiefs have landed in Las Vegas, and they will hit the stage on Monday for the media day festivities before battling in Super Bowl 58. Of course, you don’t have to be […]
Senate hearing with five social media CEOs was a missed opportunity
Five social media CEOs were sworn in on Wednesday for what could have been the most eventful children’s online safety hearing yet. But even with some of tech’s most powerful figures under oath, the four-hour hearing was anti-climactic. The Senate subpoenaed recently appointed X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Discord’s Jason Citron and Snap’s Evan Spiegel to […]
Media startup The Messenger disintegrates, leaving staff nothing
They say don’t shoot the messenger, but what if The Messenger shoots itself? Media startup The Messenger burst on the scene last May with $ 50 million dollars in hand, aggressively hiring journalists to build an “unbiased” digital newsroom. Instead, its staff found out through a New York Times article today that the publication is […]
Twitterrific’s team is back with Tapestry, an app for tracking social media, news, RSS and more
The Iconfactory, the maker of a popular third-party Twitter client, Twitterrific, that was among those killed off by Twitter under Elon Musk’s management, is hoping to recover from its losses with a new app that combines your social media, news feeds and alerts into one experience. The app, dubbed “Project Tapestry” as it launches on […]