Facebook Starts Its Own Online Journalism Function ‘Facebook News’
In the world of social media “fake news” and shared posts, it can be difficult to believe or understand half of the posts shared on social media. Facebook has decided to step into the ring of journalism by providing its own platform service, Facebook News, for “underserved communities with a small amount of local news providers.”
New Report Shows Facebook Usage Dropped 26 Percent
Maybe it’s the security issues that Facebook has experienced in the past several years or people are just getting tired of arguing online, but the Media Outlook 2020 study by Activate Consulting states Facebook usage is declining.
BET Launches Streaming Service
Partnered with Tyler Perry Studios, BET announced its streaming service June 24 and that it would be available this fall. More than 1,000 hours of premium content are available on BET+. The new app, available for Apple and Android devices, allows viewers to watch content from their mobile devices on the go.
Apple Launches Gaming Subscription
Users can get unlimited access to hundreds of games that are playable across multiple Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and Apple TV. Additionally, Apple users can get a one-month free trial to try out the subscription service. The Arcade games can be played offline and six family members can use one subscription. Apple states that more than 100 games will fill the catalog in the next few weeks and will be available Sept. 30 for iPadOS 13 and tvOS 13 and in October on macOS Catalina.
‘Hustlers’: Dancers who worked at NYC strip club were not paid while club was...
The film casts a diverse set of actors including Cardi B, Lizzo, Julia Stiles and Constance Wu and focuses on former strip club workers reclaiming their power to “turn the tables on their Wall Street clients” as IMBD states.
There will likely be a Pilot Episode for the new Game of Thrones Prequel
Game of Thrones may have finished airing in May, but this is far from the last we’ve seen of it. In fact, a pilot episode of a prequel series based on Fire & Blood is well on its way. To clarify, this is not the same prequel that has been dubbed Bloodmoon, starring Naomi Watts. This prequel series is based on the supplementary Fire & Blood novel from Martin, and takes place 300 years prior to the events of the main Game of Thrones series.
