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Last year Netflix grabbed the most Primetime Emmys with 10, but this year it was only third best behind Apple TV+ and HBO Max. The latter dominated last night's proceedings with 12 awards, including five for The White Lotus, four for Succession (including Outstanding Drama Series) and one each for Euphoria, Hacks and Last Week Tonight. Apple TV+, meanwhile took all four of its awards with Ted Lasso, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actor, Comedy (Jason Sudeikis), Support Actor, Comedy (Brett Goldstein) and Directing, Comedy (MJ Delany). Last year Lasso took seven primetime prizes.Netflix's most productive show was Korea's Squid Game, which took two Primetime Emmys while showing off the streamer's power as a global platform. It also took one award for Ozark, with Julia Garner taking the supporting actress prize. Meanwhile, Hulu took two awards with wins by Michael Keaton for Dopesick and Amanda Seyfried for The Dropout, while Prime Video nabbed a single award for Lizzo's W ...

“House Of The Dragon,” HBO‘s prequel to their biggest TV series, “Game Of Thrones,” is off to a stellar start. The series premiere brought in 10 million viewers across all platforms. Then episode two accomplished the rare feat of gaining more viewers instead of declining, with 10.2 million watching. And with the series already renewed for a second season, it’s bright days for “Game Of Thrones” fans again...

After Meta's revenue shrank for the first time in its history, the company has reportedly told publishers it will no longer pay for content to run in Facebook's News Tab, according to Axios. "Most people do not come to Facebook for news, and as a business it doesn't make sense to over-invest in areas that don't align with user preferences," a spokesperson said in a statement.Facebook spent around $105 million on such deals, paying $20 million to The New York Times, $10 million to The Wall Street Journal and $3 million to CNN, according to Axios. Facebook struck the deals back in 2019 as it boosted its investment in news and even hired journalists to direct traffic to the news tab. Facebook also promised to pay partner sites including The Guardian and The Economist for news in the UK when it launched the News Tab there late in 2020. Shortly after that, it signed a deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to pay for content in Australia, after the Australian Parliament...

Instagram is walking back some of the controversial changes it has recently made. In a new interview, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri explained that the company needs to “take a big step back and regroup” following the criticism recent changes have received.
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As we move ahead into the 2020s, an ever-increasing share of music consumption and discovery is going to be mediated by AI-driven recommendation systems. Back in 2020, as much as 62% of consumers rated across platforms like Spotify and YouTube among their top sources of music discovery — and be sure that a healthy chunk of that discovery is going to be mediated by recommender systems. On Spotify, for instance, over one third of all new artist discoveries happen through "Made for You" recommendation sessions according to the recently released Made to be Found report...

HONG KONG, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nowadays one cannot escape from the term 'NFT'. Even if its meaning isn't intuitive and easy to understand, it's definitely hard to miss. NFT (non-fungible token) trading is gaining traction at an unprecedented pace. As with many new and...

Wilhite, who famous said the word is pronounced ‘jif’, died last week after developing complications relating to Covid-19.
The post Internet pays tribute to Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the GIF appeared first on Silicon Republic...

Jon Slade, chief commercial officer at Financial Times, shares how they built up their subscription base by prioritizing readers and how it can "power" their ad business.
The post How the FT got to 1M digital subscribers: Q&A with commercial chief Jon Slade appeared first on Digiday...

Apple has announced its 2021 App Store Award recipients today, and this year’s list of winners all stand out for enhancing connection and interaction throughout the year. Included in the list of 15 apps and games are LumaFusion, Carrot Weather, Among Us!, and Bumble...