‘Sex and the City’ creator Candace Bushnell says Netflix won’t pay...
Netflix will stream all six seasons of "Sex and the City," but its creator, Candace Bushnell, won't get a dime.Bushnell shared her thoughts in an interview with The Times of London published Saturday. Her interview comes nearly two weeks after Variety and other outlets reported that "Sex and the City" would be available on Netflix…
He was America’s flashiest watch dealer. Then the feds caught up...
Just after dark, the most wanted man on Reddit slipped into his secret lair: a storage locker behind a Gold's Gym in Venice, California. "I've got another storage unit full of merch," Anthony Farrer told me as I followed him inside. "I still have a ton of followers."Farrer is better known as the Timepiece Gentleman,…
He called himself the Timepiece Gentlemen. Now he’s facing hard time.
Just after dark, the most wanted man on Reddit slipped into his secret lair: a storage locker behind a Gold's Gym in Venice, California. "I've got another storage unit full of merch," Anthony Farrer told me as I followed him inside. "I still have a ton of followers."Farrer is better known as the Timepiece Gentleman,…
Spotify needed Joe Rogan. And Joe Rogan needed Spotify. So they’re...
Spotify spent a ton of money getting into podcasting, and then it started cutting back. But it's still going to be a major force in podcasting for years to come — because it's hanging on to Joe Rogan.Spotify says Rogan, the most popular person in podcasting, will be sticking around the platform via a "multiyear"…
Tim Cook has finally been photographed wearing Apple’s new face computer
Tim Cook has finally been photographed wearing Apple's new face computer, the Vision Pro, as part of a Vanity Fair cover story.It's a notable moment given that Cook and other Apple executives were noticeably not photographed wearing the headset when it was announced in June, nor in the time since.Apple's mixed-reality headset blends a virtual…
Wait. This guy wants to spend $14 billion on … Paramount?
Allen Media Group says it wants to buy Paramount — the media conglomerate that owns CBS, cable channels like MTV and Comedy Central, and the legendary movie studio behind hits like Top Gun — for $14.3 billion.But Wall Street doesn't think that's going to happen.On Wednesday, the day after news of the bid broke, Paramount…
We learned why TikTok recommends such bizarre search terms on videos
TikTok wants people to use its app as a search engine. That's why the company adds suggested search terms above and below TikTok videos to encourage users to find and click on related posts they might enjoy.As the feature has rolled out, some influencers and their followers have observed that TikTok's search suggestions can stray…
It already felt impossible to watch my favorite NFL team. The...
Anyone with cable or a live TV streaming service shouldn't have any trouble watching the Super Bowl on February 11.The game's widespread availability is among the reasons over half of Americans tuned in for last year's matchup and why this year's contest will likely be the most-watched television event of 2024.But for many NFL fans,…
You’ll start seeing ads on Amazon Prime Video today — unless...
If you use Amazon Prime Video, expect to start seeing some ads today unless you're willing to shell out a few more bucks a month.The streaming service began to roll out ads on Monday unless subscribers pay an additional $2.99 per month to avoid them.Prime Video is included with an Amazon Prime membership, which costs…
Did Netflix’s movie boss leave because he didn’t want to make...
Now we have the answer. Or, more accurately, one version of the answer: Stuber, who Netflix brought in to ramp up its movie business in 2017, was sick of making so many movies. He wanted to make fewer, better movies.He also wanted to get those movies into movie theaters, with wide distribution, before they came…
