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Spotify Signs New Deal With Joe Rogan Worth as Much as $250 Million, But Expands His Distribution to YouTube and More
Spotify is keeping hit podcaster Joe Rogan on its platform thanks to a new deal worth as much as $250 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Spotify announced the new deal on its site, but didn’t offer any financial details. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Joe Rogan Experience podcast will no longer…
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Amazon Spent Almost $19 Billion on Content in 2023
While other media companies cinched their purse strings, Amazon shelled out a lot of money on content in 2023. According to a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, Amazon spent a whopping $18.9 billion on video and music in 2023 — a 14% increase from the $16.6 billion it spent in 2022. The expenses also…
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YouTube Music and Premium Now Has More Than 100 Million Subscribers
More than 100 million people have signed up for YouTube Music and Premium, the video platform said on Thursday. The service is now available in more than 100 countries, said Adam Smith, vice president of product management for YouTube, in a blog post. The milestone underscores the momentum of YouTube, which is the largest streaming…
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Starlink Retires Its Standard Dish, Launches Fourth-Generation Model in The U.S.
SpaceX has retired its Standard Actuated dish as the newest model, the V4, is now available to all U.S. households. The company’s website shows the next generation V4 model as “immediately available” and priced at $599 for the hardware. It comes with a Gen 3 router with Wi-Fi 6 to boost wireless coverage. The dish…
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Charter CEO Says the 5G Home Internet Threat to Spectrum is ‘Temporary’ as He Throws Shade at Rivals
Spectrum lost 61,000 internet customers in the fourth quarter, even as the wireless carriers boast huge growth in 5G home internet service. But Christopher Winfrey, CEO of Spectrum parent Charter Communications, doesn’t seem too fazed. “We continue to believe the impact from fixed wireless is temporary,” Winfrey told analysts during a Friday call to discuss…
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TikTok Loses a Ton of Music as Licensing Talks With Universal Music Group Fall Through
TikTok creators have lost access to a massive chunk of music after Universal Music Group pulled its songs from the platform after the companies failed to reach a new licensing deal for artist compensation and the applications for artificial intelligence. Universal Music Group and TikTok have been in active negotiations for some time. Still, they…
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You Only Have Five Days Left to Sign Up For the FCC’s Discount Internet Program
If you want to sign up for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), you only have a few days left. The Federal Communications Commission will stop accepting new applications for its discount internet program on February 8. The ACP provides a $30 monthly discount — $75 a month for households of qualifying tribal lands — towards…
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Comcast is Laying Off 1,000 Employees at Sky As Cord Cutting Grows
Sky, Comcast’s cable TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom, plans to cut 1,000 jobs as more viewers move from satellite TV to streaming services. Cord cutting has hit the cable industry hard and resulted in layoffs and closures for many companies. In 2023, at least five cable TV companies announced they would shut down or…
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Deal Alert! Save on UFC 298 & ESPN+ for a Limited Time
Some say that the early bird gets the worm, and for a limited time, MMA fans can take advantage of this knockout deal from ESPN+ on the heels of UFC 298. From now through Monday, February 12, fans who purchase UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria will save $10 on the PPV price. Also, if you’re…
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The New Fire TV Stick 4K Max Is On Sale For Just $39.99 & You Get 6 Months of MGM+ Free
Need a new Fire TV? Good news both the new Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Fire TV Cube are on sale. The new Fire TV Stick 4K Max has 16GB of storage, WiFi 6E, and a quad-core 2GHz processor. The biggest improvement any will notice is the remote, which is the same one…