Cynopsis: Digital

08/24/15: Amazon Fire TV devices take a bite out of Apple TV sales; YouTube expands creators’ music library; Shareablee lands partnership with Bloomberg

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.24.15 Good morning. It’s Monday August 24, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for August 24-30: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include Snowboarder Amy Purdy, Actress Soleil Moon Frye, Charlotte McKinney (Joe Dirt), YouTube celeb Frankie […]

08/21/15: Twitter getting more into video; YouTube stars upset with Facebook; Amazon finally ditching Google TV

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.21.15 Good morning. It’s Friday August 21, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Twitter has made its mobile ad network available to a wider group of marketers and is introducing new ad formats including video, the Wall Street Journal reports. A select group were granted […]

08/20/15: YouTube making a move in Mumbai; Netflix raising prices in Europe; Trump pushing into digital

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.20.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday August 20, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Google is opening a YouTube Space to help creators in Mumbai produce higher-quality videos, showing just how important India is to the technology giant. This is the seventh such space – the […]

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08/19/15: NBCU going after youth; Huffington Post hooks up with YouNow; Scripps and Disney go traveling

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.19.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday August 19, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Comcast’s NBCU is putting $200 million into BuzzFeed as the pair explore strategic partnerships across both organizations in the coming months. “Buzzfeed has built an exceptional global company that harmonizes technology, data and […]

08/18/15: Fox and MLB working on streaming deal; Endemol Shine gobbles up Simon’s Cat; digital advertising will soon rule the roost

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.18.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday August 18, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Major League Baseball is working on a deal with Fox, which holds the local media rights to 15 MLB teams, to allow authenticated local streaming of live games, reports Sports Business Journal. Streaming […]

08/17/15: Apple pushing back its Internet TV service, Comcast going up against YouTube, and Dish avoids a Sinclair blackout

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.17.15 Good morning. It’s Monday August 17, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for August 17-21: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include Today’s Al Roker, actor Tyrese Gibson, Frankie Grande (WORST.POST.EVER: With Frankie Grace), country singer […]

08/14/15: NBC invests $200 million in Vox Media; Machinima debuts digital download for its viral original; Zealot Networks acquires AllScreen

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.14.15 Good morning. It’s Friday August 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   NBCUniversal is making a $200 million equity investment in Vox Media. The digital media company has “a great portfolio of premium digital brands that deeply engage broad audiences,” said NBCU CEO Steve Burke, […]

08/13/15: 40 years’ worth of video are watched daily on Periscope, founders say; Tubular Labs: Disney Descendants soar on YouTube; ‘Heroes’ prequel lands on Hulu

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.13.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday August 13, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Twitter’s Periscope has surpassed 10 million users just four months after launch, according to a blog from co-founders Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein, who say they’re seeing over 40 years’ worth of […]

08/12/15: Tropher Grace joins Brad Pitt’s Netflix original; Google restructures with new parent company Alphabet; Facebook ramps up mobile advertising

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.12.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday August 12, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Topher Grace (American Ultra) joined Brad Pitt’s Netflix original War Machine, for which the streaming service dished out a cool $60 million in June. Animal Kingdom’s David Michod wrote the screenplay and will […]

08/11/15: ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ heads to YouTube Space LA; Hulu’s Fall originals to forgo the binge treatment; IFC to extent ‘Documentary Now!’ premiere to VICE

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.11.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday August 11, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAYS TOP NEWS   In a late night first, The Late Late Show with James Corden will film an entire episode inside YouTube Space LA. During the Aug. 21 show, Corden will interview YouTube stars including Jenna […]

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