Author: Michael

MS NOW viewers already spend an average of nine hours a week watching the network. Now it wants its most loyal fans to spend a little more: $7.99 a month. The left-leaning cable news network launched its first direct-to-consumer membership this week, offering live television, exclusive programming and a curated news feed. But its bigger bet comes from a playbook that YouTubers, podcasters and other independent creators have spent years refining: Pay for greater access to the personalities you follow — and join the community around them. So what does that members-only access actually provide? At noon each day, subscribers…

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Jimmy Kimmel kept his Thursday night interview with James Talarico to YouTube, but that didn’t stop him from trolling the FCC on his ABC late night show with what he called an “exceptionally appropriate” round of ‘This Week in Unnecessary Censorship.’ “This is an unusual program for us because in a few minutes I’m going to interview James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas. But you’re not going to see it,” Kimmel recapped. “I mentioned last night, this interview will not be televised because of threats from the FCC led by Commissioner Brenda [sic] Carr, who says…

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Andrew Garfield, Owen Thiele, Nick Robinson and more celebs were forced to wait out an hours-long delay together, after their flight to New York had to make an emergency in Albuquerque. Owen shares the experience with a play-by-play on Instagram, in which he jokes, ‘If [the] plane went down, it would have said ‘Andrew Garfield and others.” More from Entertainment Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtXPiqI2cLorKaPrfpKc4g?sub_confirmation=1 Exclusives from #EntertainmentTonight : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv

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