Conde Nast Entertainment unveiled its new documentary-heavy fall slate called The Scene Inside. Based on the success of the docs Casualties of the Gridiron and Screw You Cancer, CNE will premiere five new shows: another health football series called The Grind (available now), a series based on Duke undergrad and porn star called Belle Knox […]
Youtube’s billionaire club just got bigger: beauty guru Michelle Phan welcomed her billionth viewer just seven years after uploading her first video. Since her YT debut, Phan has released her own line of cosmetics (em cosmetics), launched the online subscription service Ipsy and will release a book in October.
The return of the NFL regular season blew up ratings as NBC saw 26.9 million viewers tune in for NFL Kickoff on Thursday. Viewership was up 7% from last year’s open game and marked the third-most watched NFL Kickoff game in the 13-year history of the event, according to fast national data from Nielsen. The […]
The Big East Conference is launching a digital network in partnership with FOX Sports. The Big East Digital Network will serve as a conference-specific, year-round HD digital channel offering free live streaming of 80-100 sporting events annually, in addition to the authenticated live streaming of conference events on FOX Sports networks. The platform launches on […]
Joan Rivers passed away September 4. The pioneering 81-year-old comedian and Fashion Police host had been hospitalized for eight days, after going into cardiac arrest during an August 28 medical procedure. “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh,” said her daughter and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? co-star, Melissa Rivers. […]
The View has completed its refresh, with outspoken actress Rosie Perez and George W. Bush’s former communications chief Nicholle Wallace joining Rosie O’Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg on the daytime chatfest. Goldberg was the last woman standing after Barbara Walters retired in May and Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd exited over the summer. Season 18 launches […]
With a $250 million investment from A+E Networks just last month, Vice continued its streak and added another $250 million to its coffers from VC firm Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). The New York Times reports Vice intends to use the $500 million to advance its technology and content production across 36 countries. Another major media […]
YouTube and video is the key to moving consumers toward purchase, according to the latest AOL social media advertising study conducted with Convertro measurement tech. The research showed that YouTube was the strongest of the social networks at introducing new products (18 percent) and driving conversations (14 percent), while Facebook came in second: 11 percent […]
Big news on the big data front as STATS announced that it had acquired Bloomberg Sports and its system of data analysis, predictive modeling and integrated data systems. The deal positions STATS as a sports analytics giant, offering a complete suite of sports data products and services to multi-media, team, league, gaming and technology customers. […]
NBC Sports is working with TODAY this NFL season for weekly “Together We Make Football” segments, designed to tell “the most compelling stories of football fans, players, teams and families across the country.” The segments will run on the morning show on Fridays during the season and feature a profile vignette produced by NFL Films […]