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Facebook plans to test a full-screen "immersive video" player when users open the app, replacing the newsfeed, in select international markets this year (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Facebook Is Testing If People Want to Swap Their Feed For “Immersive Video”
The social platform says it will test a video-first look for users when they open the app in select countries, potentially bringing it to the U.S. next year.

Facebook plans to test a full-screen "immersive video" player when users open the app, replacing the newsfeed, in select international markets this year (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Facebook Is Testing if People Want to Swap Their Feed for “Immersive Video”
The social platform says it will test a video-first look for users when they open the app in select countries, potentially bringing it to the U.S. next year.

Email to Puck staff: RedBird has completed its deal to become the lead investor in Puck, which is valued at $250M; TPG and Standard Investments will exit (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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RedBird Clinches Deal to Become Lead Investor in Puck
“It does not change our editorial independence,” Puck founder Jon Kelly told staff Thursday.

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Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video via a new Games tab, starting with games like Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC for Fire TV (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Amazon Adds Video Games Into Prime Video in Expansion Push
The Amazon Luna gaming platform, which had been included in the larger Prime offering, will now be baked into Prime Video too.

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How the Trump administration is creating its own entire media ecosystem, including Trump TV and an entire slate of shows featuring cabinet secretaries as stars (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Like, Subscribe and Govern: The White House Is Creating Its Own Media Ecosystem
Even as it kicks out legacy media companies, the White House is leaning into 'Trump TV,' influencer visits to agencies, and even a slate of shows starring cabinet secetaries.

Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video via a new Games tab, starting with games like Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC for Fire TV (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Amazon Adds Video Games Into Prime Video in Expansion Push
The Amazon Luna gaming platform, which had been included in the larger Prime offering, will now be baked into Prime Video too.

Cuts at ESPN are part of larger Disney layoffs; sources: some corporate functions, film studios, and Disney Entertainment Television are expected to be impacted (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Disney Cutting Hundreds More Jobs in New Round of Corporate Streamlining
Pixar and Nat Geo are said to be hit particularly hard in the latest round of cuts, with some high-profile talent also being let go at ESPN.