As Facebook deals with an ad boycott organized by civil rights groups, the social network has reportedly lost a significant amount of business from one of its biggest advertisers: Disney. The entertainment giant has seriously cut back its ad spending on Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing unnamed sources. The cuts include a …
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I’ll just say it: Hamilton is the single best thing to happen in 2020, and it’ll cost you only $7 to see it. That’s the price of a one-month Disney Plus subscription. Alas, the service no longer offers a free trial — but here’s a way you can get that month for free. In fact, you’ll actually make a dollar …
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If you’re tired of the parade of new streaming services launching every couple months, you’re not alone. But the last one rolling in — Peacock, from Comcast-owned NBCUniversal — wants to snap you out of your stupor with something the others won’t match: a free option. Peacock launched Wednesday, and yet again, it’s another splashy new service from a media or technology giant. Just like …
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Disney Plus will release a Hamilton special Friday that interviews the musical’s cast and director, as well as a Harvard professor to discuss the show’s historical context, coming a week after Disney’s filmed version of the Broadway hit stoked a surge of interest in Disney Plus. The special, Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes on You, features Good Morning America host Robin Roberts conducting remote …
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Amazon Prime’s streaming service now has the option of creating up to six profiles on each account. Much like what was already available on Netflix, Hulu and Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video now lets you personalize profiles for multiple users on the same account. It’ll be available worldwide, with the rollout starting Tuesday. Like on other streaming services, individual profiles …
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Peacock, a new streaming service from Comcast’s NBCUniversal, launches in the US next week, but if you’re hoping it will bring you some surprise new movies to stream during your coronavirus lockdown, don’t hold your breath. Peacock won’t likely deliver any Hamilton-style launches along the lines of Disney Plus — at least, not soon. “Certainly nothing near term,” Matt Strauss, the …
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Good morning, fellow cheapskates! (Or, as I like to call you, “cheeps.”) Hope you all had a safe and relaxing holiday. The highlight of mine: Watching Hamilton on Disney Plus. Folks, I am not a musical guy. I like Singing in the Rain and Chicago and that’s it. But Hamilton is utterly amazing, a work of art packed with earworm …
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Disney Plus mobile-app downloads jumped 72% in the US last weekend as the streaming service dropped Hamilton, the highly anticipated film version of the award-winning musical that Disney originally planned to release in theaters more than a year from now. Mobile app downloads surged 72.4% in the US on Friday through Sunday, compared with the average number of downloads during the four preceding …
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It’s finally summer, and while coronavirus lockdowns are lifting in many states, many of your usual means of entertainment are probably still off the menu. At some point, even the most introverted of us are going to go stir crazy now that it’s so nice outside — especially if you’ve got kids cooped up inside. The good news is, the internet …
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Disney Plus is no longer offering free trials to new subscribers, ending a promotion that let people test out the streaming video service for a week before paying up. A Disney spokeswoman characterized the elimination of the free trial as part of continuing tests of different offers, promotions and other marketing to widen Disney Plus. “The service was set at an attractive …
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