Politics
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s TikTok Ban in the U.S.
With President Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order banning social media video app TikTok in the United States set to go into effect today (Sept. 27), a federal court judge in Washington D.C. has reportedly approved a preliminary injunction blocking the order. TikTok owner, Chinese-based ByteDance, Sept. 23 filed for an expedited preliminary injunction against Trump’s … Continue reading “Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s TikTok Ban in the U.S.”
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Shout! Studios Sets Home Release Date for Linda Ronstadt Documentary
Shout! Studios and PCH Films have announced the Oct. 20 home release of Linda and the Mockingbirds, a documentary capturing Linda Ronstadt’s 2019 journey to Mexico with the young Mexican-American song and dance troupe Los Cenzontles. The documentary will be released digitally and is available for pre-order now. From award-winning director and producer James Keach … Continue reading “Shout! Studios Sets Home Release Date for Linda Ronstadt Documentary”
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s TikTok Ban in the U.S.
With President Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order banning social media video app TikTok in the United States set to go into effect today (Sept. 27), a federal court judge in Washington D.C. has reportedly approved a preliminary injunction blocking the order. TikTok owner, Chinese-based ByteDance, Sept. 23 filed for an expedited preliminary injunction against Trump’s … Continue reading “Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s TikTok Ban in the U.S.”
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‘#CancelNetflix’ Move Short-Lived Says Data Firm
Social media calls to boycott or cancel Netflix over allegations of a sexualized storyline for its French-language original movie about underage girls in a dance troupe was apparently short-lived. New statistics from 7Park Data claim the furor over the English-dubbed Cuties, about an 11-year-old girl from Senegal living in Paris with her single mom who … Continue reading “‘#CancelNetflix’ Move Short-Lived Says Data Firm”
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GOP Senators Question Netflix’s Planned Chinese-Based Sci-Fi Series
A group of Republican senators has sent a letter to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos questioning why the SVOD behemoth plans to adapt Chinese sci-fi trilogy, “A Three-Body Problem,” by author Cixin Liu into an original series. “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been tasked with creating the series for Netflix about … Continue reading “GOP Senators Question Netflix’s Planned Chinese-Based Sci-Fi Series”
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TikTok Owner Seeks Injunction Stopping App Ban in the U.S.
ByteDance, the Chinese owner of social video platform TikTok, has filed for a preliminary injunction against the Trump Administration’s executive order banning U.S. access to the app, effective on Sept. 27. About 100 million Americans use TikTok on a monthly basis. The request, filed Sept. 23 in the District Court for the District of Columbia, … Continue reading “TikTok Owner Seeks Injunction Stopping App Ban in the U.S.”
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WarnerMedia Launches Voter Engagement Platform
Seeking to make voting in the upcoming presidential election as easy as possible for employees and viewers, WarnerMedia Sept. 22 announced the launch of a nonpartisan voter engagement resource center, aimed at providing the tools necessary to take part in the Nov. 3 election. The center provides access to the company’s civic engagement efforts, including … Continue reading “WarnerMedia Launches Voter Engagement Platform”
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Fox Nation Acquires Streaming Rights to ‘The Lincoln-Douglas’ Debates
Heading into the presidential candidate debates between incumbent Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden, Fox Nation, the politically-themed subscription streaming video service, will debut feature film, Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, on Sept. 24 ahead of the first presidential debate of the 2020 elections. The movie is centered around one of the … Continue reading “Fox Nation Acquires Streaming Rights to ‘The Lincoln-Douglas’ Debates”
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Exhibitor Stocks Tumble Following Lackluster Box Office Weekend
Top domestic movie theaters closed down Sept. 21 at the end of Wall Street trading following a disappointing weekend box office. Shares of AMC Entertainment, Cineworld (which owns Regal Cinemas) and Cinemark fell 6%, 7.8% and 3.7%, respectively. Imax dipped 4.8%, while National CineMedia dropped 15.1%, and Marcus and Reading International each fell 5.1%. Studio … Continue reading “Exhibitor Stocks Tumble Following Lackluster Box Office Weekend”
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Trump Wants Oracle/TikTok Deal, Which Now Includes Walmart, to Include $5 Billion for Educational Programs
President Trump has big plans for TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media app and video platform currently in sale talks with Oracle — and Walmart. Speaking Sept. 19 at a rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Trump said the proposed executive order banning TikTok in the United States had been delayed a week so the reported $20 … Continue reading “Trump Wants Oracle/TikTok Deal, Which Now Includes Walmart, to Include $5 Billion for Educational Programs”
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Al Jazeera’s U.S. News Service ‘AJ+’ Ordered to Register as Foreign Agent by DOJ
Al Jazeera+, the English-language online news service of Qatar-based new organization Al Jazeera, has been ordered by the Justice Department to register as a foreign agent operating in the United States. In a Sept. 14 letter from the DOJ, the government says AJ+ should be subject to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), claiming the … Continue reading “Al Jazeera’s U.S. News Service ‘AJ+’ Ordered to Register as Foreign Agent by DOJ”
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NBCUniversal, Roku Set to Announce First-Ever Peacock Carriage Deal
Carriage disputes traditionally occurring between content holders and pay-TV distributors has gone over-the-top — and now with a happy ending Comcast’s NBCUniversal unit and streaming media pioneer Roku are set to announce in the next few days a carriage agreement that would include the media giant’s TV Everywhere channels and — for the first time … Continue reading “NBCUniversal, Roku Set to Announce First-Ever Peacock Carriage Deal”