What's Next: The New Netflix Narrative: What happens when a breakout company starts to lose momentum while others catch up? Reed Hastings may soon find out: Netflix added 5.2 million subscribers last quarter, missing its own forecasts by more than a million. The slowdown comes amid increased competitive pressure from Apple, Amazon and Google, as well as AT&T, Comcast and Disney.
Dozens of news organizations spanning the media spectrum are expressing support and solidarity with the Los Angeles Times over a federal judge's order for the newspaper to alter a published story.
"Dark Money" is ostensibly about the corrosive effects of big-money anonymous political donors, but it's equally sobering as a look at local news, and what happens when journalistic watchdogs experience the death of a thousand cutbacks. For those who have spent any time contemplating the Washington Post's slogan "Democracy dies in darkness," director Kimberly Reed's documentary is essentially a methodical exploration of that expression.
Late night hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert went after President Donald Trump for his comments made during Monday's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland.