Amazon Earnings Go Into Orbit As Streaming Hours Rise 70% Year Over Year

Chris Rock had some useful advice for John Mulaney after he announced his divorce.

Billboard reports, Amazon responded by dropping the cost of its existing high-fidelity audio service Amazon Music HD to $9.99 USD from $14.99 USD, effective immediately.Apple’s new feature will be usable in tiers, starting at CD quality (16 bit at 44.1 kilohertz) and topping out at 24 bit at 48 kHz. “Hi-Resolution Lossless” at 24 bit at 192 kHz will also be available, though you’ll need external equipment to access it.Apple is also rolling out spatial audio with support for Dolby Atmos.

Royal welcome! Bridgerton’s Regé-Jean Page won big at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards, taking home the golden popcorn trophy for Breakthrough Performance on Sunday, May 16.

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Friends fans from across the globe had been eagerly waiting to find out when the Friends Reunion will be airing, especially after the fact that the cast had already filmed for the special back in March.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJeff Blackburn, a former high-level Amazon exec who just recently left after more than two decades, is coming back — in a newly created role, giving him oversight over a consolidated media group.The new appointment was announced internally Thursday by Andy Jassy, currently CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), who is set to succeed Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in the third quarter.Blackburn “has decided to return to Amazon as SVP of a new Global Media & Entertainment

A long-time top Jeff Bezos lieutenant, Jeff Blackburn, is returning to Amazon in a new position, SVP of Global Media & Entertainment. He will oversee all entertainment business including Prime Video and Amazon Studios, Music, Podcasts/Wondery, Audible, Games, and Twitch.

Tina Turner, JAY-Z and Carole King are among its 2021 class.Other inductees in the performer category, which honors bands and solo artists who have created music whose originality, impact and influence has changed the course of rock & roll, include The Go-Go's, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren.This marks Turner's second spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as she was inducted in 1991 as part of Ike & Tina Turner.

Amazon founder and one of the richest people in the world, Jeff Bezos recently splurged on a big purchase! According to resorts via Bloomberg, the Amazon CEO has purchased a new luxury yacht for a whopping 500 million USD.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA picture paints a thousand words, the old cliché goes, but it’s truly amazing how much publicity photos of musicians can say about a certain year: The clothes, the shoes, the hats, the belt buckles, the scarves — and most of all, the hairstyles (and lack of styles). G.

Nicola Sturgeon has thanked the people of Scotland for their sacrifices over the last year of the coronavirus pandemic. The SNP leader wrote an open letter which has been published in a number of Sunday papers including the Sunday Mail.

Amazon is finally shedding some light on how many of the company's users watch Amazon Prime Video programming.

In a Donald Trump presidential administration filled with one shocking travesty after another, former First Lady Melania Trump‘s stark and color-free “redesign” of the famed White House Rose Garden was one that so many people were heartbroken over. Now a petition on Chang.org is begging First Lady Dr.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon knocked the cover off the ball again in the first quarter of 2021 — and released a new data point: More than 175 million Prime members have streamed TV shows and movies in the past year.Founder Jeff Bezos revealed the new figure in announcing the Q1 results, adding that Prime Video streaming hours are up more than 70% year over year.

Imax’s first-quarter results showed signs of the movie industry’s rebound from the depths of Covid-19 a year ago, and the numbers met Wall Street analysts’ expectations.