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Epic Games Raises $1.8 Billion to Expand Live Services, Game Engine Development
“Fornite” creator is now valued at $17.3 billion
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Kevin Durant Launches The Boardroom Podcast Network With Thirty Five Ventures
The Boardroom Podcast Network will debut with two podcasts including ‘The Etc With Kevin Durant’
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Roku Adds 43 Million New Accounts in Second Quarter
Roku’s Q2 revenue increases 42% annually to $356 million
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News
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Zynga Surpasses Earnings Estimates, Acquires Mobile Game Developer Rollic
Developer saw its highest mobile daily active users in April and early May as players sheltered-in-place
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Culture
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Ashley Flowers to Debut New Podcast ‘Very Presidential’ Aug. 11
“Very Presidential” will delve into the best-kept secrets of historical U.S. presidents, Flowers says
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One Third of Quibi Subscribers Say They Plan to Drop Streaming Service in Next 3 Months
“Quibi has been hit hard by stay-at-home orders,” analytics firm Kantar reports
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Amazon Prime Video Tops Streaming Services in New Subscribers for Q2, Disney+ and ESPN+ Fall Back
HBO Max has strong debut, with 1 in 10 new subscribers signing up for WarnerMedia service
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Ubisoft Executive Tommy Francois Exits After Sexual Misconduct Accusations
Francois is the sixth Ubisoft executive to leave the company after misconduct allegations in recent months
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House Rejects Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Proposal to Ban Military Recruitment on Twitch
Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed amendment was defeated in the House by 292 votes to 126.
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How ‘Lizzie Bennett Diaries’ Producer Plans to Gamify Live TV
“It’s the collective audience working together or against each other to interact with the content,” Bernie Su tells TheWrap
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TV
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Bruce ‘Cousin Brucie’ Morrow Departs SiriusXM Radio Show ’60s on 6
Myerowitz leaves the channel after 15 years on air
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Imagine TV’s Samie Kim Falvey on Women Breaking Into Hollywood: ‘You Have to Swim Outside Your Lane’ (Video)
BE Conference 2020: “You have to acknowledge and commit to the fact that it’s harder and takes longer to build that inclusivity in,” Falvey says
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‘Ghost of Tsushima’ Sells 2.4 Million Copies Worldwide in First 3 Days
Sony released “Ghost of Tsushima” July 17
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Barack Obama Joins Michelle Obama’s Spotify Podcast as Inaugural Guest
“The Michelle Obama Podcast” debuts July 29
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Twitch Viewership Grows 56%, Tops 1.5 Billion Hours Watched in Q2
Twitch expanded its international audience in second quarter 2020, StreamElements reports
