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The Main Street Philharmonic marching band performs in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Disney Co. announced Tuesday they are laying off 28,000 employees in the U.S. due to the downturn in visitors to their parks and resorts caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Why Disney is betting on spooky short films — sponsored by brands

October 12, 2020 at 2:35 p.m.

A young woman sits on her living room floor in front of a bowl of steaming water and holding a lighted candle. Around her is a plate of M&M cookies...

Khloe Kardashian, from left, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner arrive at Cosmopolitan magazine's 50th birthday celebration on Oct. 12, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. After more than a decade, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" is ending its run.

What the end ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ says about the changing TV industry

September 10, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.

Since "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" premiered in 2007, the reality show has been a ratings-generating, attention-grabbing stalwart for NBCUniversal's E! network. That all ends next year when the show...

Lele Pons arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Spotify ramps up podcast deals with influencers

August 27, 2020 at 2:57 p.m.

Los Angeles-based influencers Rickey Thompson and Denzel Dion are pros at posting funny videos to their millions of followers on social media platforms. But they've never had their own podcast...

TikTok funds top creators to fend off rivals as Trump administration threatens ban

August 11, 2020 at 6:59 a.m.

TikTok on Monday pushed back against rivals eager to poach its U.S. video creators (and to lure their audiences), by financing a handful of influencers with large followings on its...

TikTok’s pain is Triller’s gain. But will the U.S.-based video app’s surge last?

August 9, 2020 at 10:08 a.m.

It was the moment this Hollywood startup had long been waiting for. When the future of TikTok was imperiled by President Trump's executive order on Thursday, a previously obscure Los...

The United States government is "looking at" banning Chinese social media apps such as TikTok.

Popular TikTok stars to leave platform for rival app over data privacy concerns

July 28, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

When Josh Richards first began posting lip-syncing videos as a high school freshman four years ago, he never imagined he would one day become a huge TikTok star. Since then,...

Richard Hull, chief strategy officer for VIX, a Miami-based Spanish language streaming service that has seen significant growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Netflix changed media forever. Can this streamer bring the revolution to Latino audiences?

July 15, 2020 at 8:50 a.m.

The Edward James Olmos movie "Windows on the World," about a Mexican family's ordeal during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was scheduled to open on 100 theater screens nationwide this...

Musical artist Kanye West looks on in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting with President Donald Trump on October 11, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Kanye West’s Yeezy, Jim Henson Co. got federal PPP loans

July 7, 2020 at 8:42 a.m.

Judd Apatow's production business, Jim Henson Co. and an apparel firm linked to music artist Kanye West were among the companies approved for a government loan program aimed at reducing...

Crisis del coronavirus impulsa el negocio de podcasts de Spotify

April 28, 2020 at 1:56 p.m.

Durante meses, el músico y actor de Los Ángeles Finneas O'Connell y su novia habían hablado de hacer un podcast acerca de sus vidas, pero nunca encontraban el momento adecuado...

Jeffrey Katzenberg poses for a portrait to promote "Quibi" at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Quibi was already a gamble. Will the coronavirus crisis help or hurt the streaming service?

April 2, 2020 at 2:06 p.m.

As the coronavirus outbreak spread last month, producers Jonah Bekhor and Jonas Bell Pasht worried their Quibi show, "The Nod with Brittany & Eric," was doomed. The duo had taken...

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