Merve Lapus’s 13-year-old daughter told her dad she was horrified: This month, whenever her teacher stepped out of the room, kids in the class used their devices to play a new online game called Five ...

Randy Brooks will never forget the day he had to break the news — live on the air — to a woman that her husband had perished in a tornado.

Betwixt and between is a strange place for any major writer to be more than a decade and a half after their death, and...

The cultural phenomenon might not have been possible without the country’s taxpayers.

Walt Disney Co. is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back for at least one more year.

Ms. Rachel has enchanted millions of kids with lo-fi, educational videos. Now she’s in her “advocacy era.”

As podcasting becomes video-oriented, Amazon is shuffling Wondery into Audible and a new “creator services” team while cutting approximately 110 staff members

Merit Street Media, the startup founded by celebrity psychologist Phil McGraw, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, according to a court filing.

For the first time in years, there's a three-way brawl for the title of Hollywood’s ‘It’ indie outfit.

The latest game in BioWare’s fantasy role-playing series went through ten years of development turmoil

Warner Bros. Discovery’s pullback from kids programming leaves opportunities for Netflix and Disney.

Customers love them, but streamers are getting choosier in what they say yes to.

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The irreverent animation factory once cranked out hits, talent and profits. But with David Zaslav’s retreat from streaming kids programming, the future of the network is in question.

The irreverent animation factory once cranked out hits, talent and profits. But with David Zaslav’s retreat from streaming kids programming, the future of the network is in question.

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The sexually explicit videos, which Spotify doesn’t allow, have shown up alongside some of the most popular podcasts on the service

How a whale fall — a feast on a dying mammal descending to the ocean floor — explains the Chips Act.

The latest Trump targets feel like a metaphor for the capital’s travails.

After launching 10 years ago, NYT Cooking has succeeded in a crowded field with its blend of sleek videos, massive recipe catalog and an active community of home chefs.

Bill Simmons is sticking around at Spotify.

Beast Industries is looking to raise a couple hundred million dollars to expand into new areas, including video games, beverages and wellness

After years of expanding overseas, video-game billionaire William Ding is hitting the brakes at NetEase Inc., the pioneering Chinese company behind hits like Eggy Party and its newest blockbuster Marv...

Merit TV has entered a crowded field of news networks. Can it find its audience?

A new biography of Saturday Night Live founder Lorne Michaels chronicles the comedy impresario’s decades of relevance.

Yahoo has signed up nearly 100 YouTube, TikTok and Instagram creators to draw traffic to its website, recognition that millions of people rely on social media influencers to stay informed.

Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

Venture capitalists and startups convened at the Conrad Beijing hotel in mid-December, looking to exploit the newest phenomenon in Chinese media: the mini soap opera.

These days even routine NFL decisions can send fans down a rabbit hole. What’s going on?

Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery took $300 million in losses on gaming. The near future is rife with additional challenges.

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” considered his masterwork. He brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”

Nintendo Co. said it will reveal the next-generation Switch 2 on April 2, setting in motion the retirement of the nearly eight-year-old flagship model.

Diego Mariscal, a camera dolly operator who’s worked on films such as The Avengers and The Equalizer, founded a Facebook group called Crew Stories that provides online support for people struggling in...

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