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Daily Crunch: Google launches Live Transcribe
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Original Content podcast: ‘You’ gives us obnoxious millennials and their creepy stalkers
The confusingly-titled “You” first premiered on Lifetime last fall, but it’s moving to Netflix for its second season, making the show a Netflix Original — and fair game for the Ori
Watch the tech-centric Super Bowl ads from Amazon, Microsoft and others
Another year, another batch of Super Bowl commercials from tech giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft. In fact, Amazon will have different ads focusing on different areas of the business: one highl
Daily Crunch: Facebook fallout continues
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Vice Media will lay off 10 percent of its staff
Vice Media plans to cut 250 jobs — about 10 percent of its total workforce. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news. When contacted by TechCrunch, a Vice spokesperson confirmed the story but declined
Facebook says it will invest $300M in local news
Facebook plans to make a significant investment in local news over the next three years, with $300 million going to a variety of initiatives and organizations. The company has had a rocky relationship
Here are the 12 startups in Techstars NYC’s Winter 2018 class
The latest startups to participate in Techstars NYC have spent the past week pitching investors, journalists and the broader New York community. I swung by the accelerator’s new office a few d
Watch the new trailer for the 15-year Rooster Teeth documentary
Being an online video star might seem cool or even glamorous these days, but Burnie Burns, co-founder and chief creative officer at Rooster Teeth, can remember when that wasn’t the case. Rooster
ESPN launches its streaming service ESPN+
ESPN’s subscription streaming service ESPN+ arrives today. In addition to being the sports media giant’s first big push into digital subscriptions, ESPN+ is also parent company Disney̵
Zaius raises $30M to help marketers unify their customer data
Zaius, a customer data company working with consumer brands like Tea Forte and Burt’s Bees Baby, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. CEO Mark Gally said that while business-to-business m
Bloglovin’ becomes Activate and names Kamiu Lee as its new CEO
Bloglovin’ has a new name, new funding and a new CEO: Kamiu Lee, who previously served as the company’s vice president of strategy and business development. It sounds the rebrand and Lee&#
Apple is making a show based on Isaac Asimov’s ‘Foundation’ books
Okay, Apple, now you’ve got my attention. Not content with landing an Amazing Stories reboot from Steven Spielberg, multiple series from Reese Witherspoon, a space opera from Ron Moore and much
Lucidity uses the blockchain to bring more transparency to online ads
Sam Kim, co-founder and CEO of Lucidity, said blockchain technology offers a solution to cut down on fraud and bring more transparency to digital advertising. Kim was previously chief operating office
Instapage raises $15M to make landing pages smarter
Landing pages might not sound like the most exciting problem for a startup to tackle, but Tyson Quick, founder and CEO of Instapage, said that they’re a real issue for marketers. Quick was previ
Scribd will get Veronica Roth’s ‘Fates Divide’ on launch day
Scribd is setting its sights on bigger, newer titles. E-book and audiobook versions of The Fates Divide, the second volume in Veronica Roth’s Carve the Mark series, will go live on Scribd tomorr
Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’ revival feels surprisingly heartfelt
Netflix’s revival of Queer Eye transports five gay men around Georgia, where they remake the lives of individuals in sore need of their assistance. Each member of the “Fab Five” has
MoviePass’ parent company acquires Moviefone
Helios and Matheson Analytics, which already owns movie ticket subscription service MoviePass, has acquired Moviefone. Despite the old-school name, Moviefone is now a digital media business with trail
IMAX and Conversive launch an AR app with chatty pandas
While IMAX has become synonymous with enormous theatrical screens, Chief Marketing Officer JL Pomeroy told me the company has “been an innovator at the forefront of technology breakthroughs for
News startup Knowhere aims to break through partisan echo chambers
It’s become a common complaint that social media allows everyone to limit their news consumption to stories that reinforce what they already believe. But the team at Knowhere says it’s fo
Fullscreen acquires influencer marketing startup Reelio
Digital media company Fullscreen announced this morning that it has acquired Reelio . The startup has described itself as “the Match.com of brands and creators on YouTube,” collecting data