Americans Now Spend $69 per Month on Video Streaming -- and Nearly Half Think It's Too Much Per Deloitte's 2025 Digital Media Trends report, US consumers spend $69/month on average for video streaming -- and 47% said they pay too much. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-tv .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 14 days 14d Share
TikTok Hires Former Warner Bros. Discovery Exec Nathaniel Brown as Corporate Communications Chief TikTok has hired Nathaniel Brown to serve as global corporate communications chief. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 14 days 14d Share
Trump's Defense Secretary Accidentally Texted War Plans to The Atlantic: 'I Didn't Think It Could Be Real,' Editor Says Pete Hegseth, President Trump's secretary of defense, inadvertently included the top editor of The Atlantic in a Signal text chat group revealing the U.S.'s attack plans on Houti rebels in Yemen. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 14 days 14d Share
Netflix's Reed Hastings Donates $50 Million to Establish AI Research Center for the Humanities at Bowdoin College Reed Hastings is giving $50 million to his alma mater, liberal arts school Bowdoin College in Maine, to fund AI research in the humanities. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 14 days 14d Share
StubHub Files for IPO, Ticket Resale Platform's Sales Climbed 19% to $1.8 Billion in 2024 but Swung to a Loss StubHub, a secondary ticketing marketplace for live events, filed a registration statement Friday with the SEC to go public. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com-music .. variety-com .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 17 days 17d Share
Yahoo Sells TechCrunch to Investment Firm Regent TechCrunch has a new owner: Yahoo sold the tech-news site to investment company Regent for an undisclosed amount. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 17 days 17d Share
Media Startup Good Good Golf Raises $45 Million From Investors Including Peyton Manning Good Good Golf, a media and lifestyle company that started out on YouTube, raised $45 million in funding from investors including Peyton Manning. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 17 days 17d Share
'Split Fiction' Movie in the Works: Bidding War Begins for Rights to Adapt Hit Video Game (EXCLUSIVE) A film adaptation of "Split Fiction," the hot new co-op game from "It Takes Two" developer Hazelight Studios, is in the works, Variety has learned. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-film .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 18 days 18d Share
Apple Is Losing Over $1 Billion per Year on Streaming Service, Has 45 Million Apple TV+ Subscribers (Report) Apple TV+ is reportedly losing more than $1 billion per year as the company is spending $4.5 billion on content annually. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-tv .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 18 days 18d Share
Deepfake Detection Firm Loti AI Expands Access For All Users: "These Threats Are No Longer Limited to Celebrities" (EXCLUSIVE) The deepfake protection firm Loti AI has announced it will offer its services with a free option for all users. variety.com variety.com / feeds variety-com .. variety-com-digital / / #entertainment / / 18 days 18d Share