Tom Hanks launched a typewriting app last week, Hanx Writer, and it went up to the top spot in four days. It’s free and replicates the feeling of typing on a real typewriter. It topped such apps RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile, YouTube, and Netflix.
Cable channel Pivot will begin to air segments from Rainn Wilson’s Soul Pancake channel on YouTube. In an exclusive arrangement, the Mixtape by SoulPancake web series will be repackaged into six 15-minute clips for the TV show, airing every Monday at 8:30p ET. In each ep, Wilson takes guest stars into his 1970s van to […]
Facebook developed a physical “mentions box” for stars to use at the Emmys to connect with fans throughout tonight’s ceremony on NBC. With Access Hollywood, fans will submit questions for their favorite stars on the show’s FB page, and then the celebs will grab the box and answer questions in recorded videos, which will then […]
People are spending the majority of their time on apps while using mobile devices, according to comScore’s latest U.S. Mobile App Report. As of June, apps account for seven of every eight minutes a user spends on mobile media, a 52 percent growth over last year and a 24 percent increase in time spent on […]
Get ready iTunes, Spotify and Pandora: SoundCloud will now incorporate advertising and let artists and labels collect royalties. The New York Times reports the six-year start-up has more than 175 million people on its platform each month around the world – four times the Spotify user base. The company will allow some record labels to […]
Crackle series Sports Jeopardy! with Dan Patrick will premiere Sept. 24. Hosted by Emmy-winning sportscaster Dan Patrick, the weekly 30-minute program takes on the format of the iconic quiz show. More than 30,000 contestants registered to audition for the series over the summer.
Disappearing message and photo app SnapChat will start sending out movie and TV clips, ads and news articles this November. The Wall Street Journal reports advertisers and media companies are discussing providing content for a new service called SnapChat Discovery – users will be able to read clips or watch videos by holding a finger […]
Disney’s multi-channel network Maker Studios signed on YouTube musician Lindsay Stirling – a web celeb with 5.2 million subscribers on her main channel and 337,000 subs on her behind-the-scenes channel. Maker will manage her channels and advertising along with her social platforms. Previously, Stirling worked with MCN Fullscreen. Stirling released her first album in 2012, […]
YouTube darlings Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart’s summer trip web series, HeyUSA, will premiere on Conde Nast Entertainment’s The Scene. The producer of the show, Astronauts Wanted, released footage and bloopers from HeyUSA to drum up excitement, which did the trick – its social content reeled in more than six million views on YT and […]
The PGA Tour wants to put a younger face to the sport with help from a new web series pairing professional golfers with YouTube celebs. The show, Clubbed (wt), will be a similar format to Dancing With The Stars, and partner six pros with 12 web stars to mentor and compete in golf games. “PGA […]
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