Wednesday headlines saw heavy pushback and reaction to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s decision to make fantasy sports operations illegal under state law, mandating that companies shut down operations in the state as they were considered illegal gambling. Industry heavyweights DraftKings and FanDuel responded aggressively. DraftKings noted that “We strongly disagree with the reasoning […]
Get ready for a battle of a different kind at Super Bowl 50. TechCrunch and the NFL are partnering to hold a startup competition in Silicon Valley on Super Bowl weekend, dubbed 1st and Future. The event takes place on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and feature three separate categories […]
Fox is starting the new year with some big sked changes. Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life premieres Sunday, January 3 at 8:30, replacing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which returns to Tuesdays. Animated Bordertown debuts Sunday at 9:30p, slipping into Last Man on Earth’s slot. The exit of limited series Scream Queens makes room for New Girl, […]
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Good Wife) landed a major role on AMC’s The Walking Dead, as villain Negan. Production on the zombie drama’s season six finale begins this week in Atlanta.
T-Mobile is launching Binge On, a new feature that gives T-Mobile users access to Netflix, HBO Go, DirecTV, and Verizon’s Go90, and 20 other services. (Full list here. The pay services are still restricted to subscribers.) Best news of all: under Binge On, the streaming video services won’t eat into customers’ data plans. Meanwhile, […]
As Instagram ramps up its advertising operation, it can’t hurt to make sure those ads are, well, good. The Facebook-owned company has launched the Instagram Partner Program, an initiative designed to match advertisers with expert partners who can help improve the quality of their ads – anything from helping to hone the creative to fine-tuning […]
Longtime Yahoo pillar Ken Fuchs is moving to Stats LLC to serve as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Gary Walrath. Since Vista acquired Stats in mid-2014, it has made five strategic acquisitions including BSports, The Sports Network, TVTI, Automated Insights and Prozone. As a global Vice President at Yahoo, Fuchs served in various […]
As the world prepares for Ronda Rousey’s next fight this weekend, UFC announced a partnership with MetroPCS to spotlight the MM champion. The company will use Periscope to offer fans an opportunity to “watch what it feels like as Ronda leaves to walk into the Octagon” with users receiving a live, over-the-shoulder view as she […]
Twilight author Stephanie Meyer has teamed up with Lionsgate to develop a new TV series, which will air on both Hulu and an unnamed U.K. broadcaster. Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer revealed the news Tuesday during an earnings call. The series, titled The Rook, can travel forwards and sideways but not diagonally. (Sorry, chess joke.)
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