Integral Ad Science raised $27 million in its latest round of funding led by Sapphire Ventures. Cross Creek Advisors, as well as existing Integral investors August Capital, Pelion Venture Partners and Atlas Venture, also contributed to the round. Additionally, Integral received a debt facility of $40 million from Silicon Valley Bank. “In today’s digital age, […]
The former hosts of BBC’s Top Gear will get back behind the wheel for Amazon Prime. Richard Hammond, James May and controversial former host Jeremy Clarkson join Top Gear showrunner Andy Willman for a car-themed series expected to hit the service in 2016. “@AmazonVideoUK now saying I can’t be their chief drone pilot,” tweeted Clarkson. […]
Director Cary Fukunaga drama Beasts of No Nation will hit theatres and Netflix on Oct. 16. The film opens in Landmark Theatres as part of the new distribution deal Netflix announced yesterday with Landmark and Andrew Karpen’s Bleeker Street. Drama starring Idris Elba follows a guerilla army commander in a West African country who takes […]
Facebook reported $4.04 billion in revenue during its Q2 revenue call yesterday, beating Wall Street expectations of $3.99 billion. The social network counted 968 million daily active users, a 17 percent year-over-year increase but slightly off from the 970.5 million estimated. Mobile DAUs were 844 million, with 76 percent of advertising revenue from mobile, up […]
Next for comedian and star of a new Netflix doc and HBO special, Tig Notaro: an Amazon pilot order. Notaro penned the unscripted comedy with Oscar winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. The two will exec produce with Louis C.K., Blair Breard (Louie) and 3 Arts’ Dave Becky. The show started life as a script deal at […]
Netflix rolled out season renewals, premiere dates and even cancellations at the start of the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour yesterday. The streaming service picked up Will Arnett’s BoJack Horseman for a third season, set the premiere for A+E’s Longmire for Sept. 10 and comedian Aziz Ansari’s first original, Master of None, for Nov. […]
Twitter not only beat Wall Street’s predictions yesterday, but delivered its 2Q earnings call via Periscope. The social network announced $502 million in revenue, a 64 percent increase from last year, to handily beat expectations of $481.1 million. Still, co-founder Jack Dorsey, interim CEO since the departure earlier this summer of Dick Costolo, sees room […]
Instagram will top $600 million in ad sales this year, headed for $2.81 billion in earnings by 2017, according to a report from eMarketer. “We expect to see rapid growth in Instagram’s ad revenues this year and throughout the forecast period…[to] expand beyond branding and include direct response, the ability to buy ads via an […]
As Snapchat added BuzzFeed and iHeartRadio to its Discover portal, the instant messaging company deleted launch partners Yahoo and Warner Music Group. But it doesn’t sound like a bitter breakup. “Since launching Discover with Yahoo and Warner Music six months ago, the teams have been continuously experimenting and learning what type of content works best,” […]
Angelina Jolie will direct an original drama for Netflix, available for subscribers in fall 2016. The movie will be an adaptation of Loung Ung’s memoir First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. “It is a dream to be able to adapt this book for the screen, and I’m honored to work alongside […]
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