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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ is lethally dull
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and writer-director Dan Gilroy — who worked together on the creepy crime thriller “Nightcrawler” — have reunited for a new Netflix Original film, “Vel
Daily Crunch: Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmail
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Apple turns Ariana Grande and other musicians into Memoji for its latest ads
Just in time for the Grammy Awards, Apple has unveiled three new ads for Apple Music, featuring new singles from Ariana Grande, Khalid and Florida Georgia Line. In each video, the musicians have been
Gametime lets you buy tickets for games and concerts that have already started
Ticketing app Gametime is taking its last-minute approach about as far as it can go, with the launch of a new feature called LastCall. This allows users to purchase tickets through Gametime until 90 m
IAC-owned publishing company Dotdash grew revenue by 44 percent last year
Holding company IAC just released its fourth quarter earnings report, which includes positive numbers for Dotdash, the rebranded company formerly known as About.com — revenue increased 32 percent in
Daily Crunch: Instacart CEO apologizes
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Subscription startup Scroll acquires news aggregator Nuzzel
Tony Haile, who previously led analytics company Chartbeat, is trying to rethink the business model for news at his new startup, Scroll. Now he’s adding aggregation and curation to the mix with
Subscription platform Substack adds podcast support
Substack started out by providing individual writers and publishers with a set of tools enabling them to charge a subscription fee for their newsletters. Now it’s giving them the ability to do
Daily Crunch: Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor
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Daily Crunch: Facebook lets you unsend recent messages
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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” 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 Original
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
Daily Crunch: Facebook beats Wall Street estimates
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Hulu announces a new ad unit that appears when you pause
Just to get this out of the way: Yes, Hulu is introducing an ad unit that will show up when you pause a video. But no, the ad won’t be a video. Hulu says it has 25 million subscribers, the major
The Criterion Channel streaming service is coming on April 8
The Criterion Collection’s streaming service has a launch date: April 8. The company had previously made its library of classic art-house and international films available through streaming part
Meet the 20 startups in this year’s GCT Startup-in-Residence program
At the end of last year, Grand Central Tech announced plans to work with the Milstein real estate family to transform a midtown Manhattan high-rise into a tech hub called Company. And startups remain
Daily Crunch: Apple bans Facebook Research app
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