TF1-owned Newen Studios makes concerted move into digital first
Newen Studios, the content division of leading French media company TF1, has launched a new digital first division called Newen Digital. Underlining the TV industry’s growing interest in non-traditional media opportunities, the nascent business will serve as “an...
BBC Studios launches investigative podcast series Vishal
BBC Studios is poised to launch Vishal, an investigative podcast series exploring the long unsolved case of Vishal Mehrotra. The nine-part series drops on April 17th. The podcast investigates the disappearance of eight-year-old Mehrotra, who was taken from the streets...
Musk gives impromptu BBC interview, says Twitter “roughly breaking even”
Always unpredictable, Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk went from enraging UK public broadcaster the BBC to giving the corporation a warts and all interview within a matter of days. Speaking to the BBC via Twitter Spaces, he said that his colourful six-month...
TikTok owner ByteDance sees rapid uptake of new social media app Lemon8
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind mobile first phenomenon TikTok, is making waves again – thanks to the rapid growth of its new social media app Lemon8. Described as artsy and aspirational, the new content-sharing platform has racked up around 17 million...