BuzzFeed to become a publicly traded company

Eyebrows were raised this morning as for the first time the Television Academy recognized “Platforms” in tallying the official record of which studios, networks, and streamers can have bragging rights for the most Emmy nominations. It seems like an eternity ago when corporate tallies could be reserved simply for ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox. Now as an example of the seismic changes in ownership and mergers, the playing field has gotten particularly muddy and competitive and controversial.

While Disney+ is coming up on its second birthday and the streaming service already did very well at last year’s Emmys, earning dozens of nominations, it appears the domination of the Mouse House just needed a boost from Marvel Studios to really push it over the edge with this year’s awards season, as both “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” pick up a slew of Emmy noms today.

Pose star Mj Rodriguez has made history after being nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Drama Series at the 2021 Emmys.Rodriguez, who was critically acclaimed for her performance as Blanca Evangelista, is the first transgender woman to be nominated for a lead acting role.The landmark FX series followed New York City’s African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture scene between the ’80s and late ’90s.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe category is: making history.

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Marvel just opened up the multiverse in a massive way in the first trailer for the studio’s first animated series, “What If…”The anthology series imagines alternate timelines for MCU characters, including Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) taking the super-soldier serum and becoming Captain Britain, and T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) getting picked up by Yondu (Michael Rooker) instead of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and leading the Guardians of the Galaxy. It will debut on August 11.

Sonic Youth have teamed up with running wear company Satisfy for a new apparel collection – you can check out the preview images below.The new line – described as “an exploration in technology, performance and culture inspired by Sonic Youth” – includes vests, shorts, caps, socks and bandanas adorned with the New York band’s logo and graphics.

As Universal’s pay TV partnership with HBO expires at year’s end, the studio’s streaming service Peacock will officially take its place starting in 2022.

secret pandemic baby. The first-time mum shared on Thursday that she had welcomed a baby girl via surrogate on April 8, 2021, and announced the happy news to her Twitter and Instagram followers.

Just what she needed. Megan Fox got real about the “dark” times she experienced in Hollywood and why she needed to step away to raise her three kids.

Britney Spears’ estate alongside her father James has asked to withdraw from it.Bessemer Trust, which manages more than $100billion in assets across its portfolio, filed a new court document today (July 1) in which it requested to resign from the arrangement.The New York Times reports that the trust referred to the public outcry of the conservatorship as “changed circumstances” and stated that it was previously unaware of Britney’s objection to the conservatorship.

BuzzFeed announced Thursday plans to go public in a SPAC merger expected to close in the fourth quarter in a deal that values the company at $1.5 billion as the digital media space continues to transform.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorBuzzFeed is going public in a deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), which will give the digital media company an implied valuation of $1.5 billion once the pact closes, the company said.BuzzFeed will become a publicly listed company through a merger with 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, a SPAC that holds $288 million in cash in its trust account.

Roy Trakin Jim Bessman, a music journalist whose work appeared in Billboard for more than a quarter-century, as well as in Cashbox and Variety, died Tuesday morning at age 68 in New York City. The cause of death was an aneurysm.Beyond the byline, Bessman may be best known within the writing community for his 30-year friendship with Bob Merlis, former Warner Bros.

Patton Oswalt is toplining and starring alongside writer-director James Morosini in I Love My Dad, a dramatic comedy that just wrapped principal photography in Syracuse, NY. Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, Ricky Velez also star along with Lil Rel Howery and Amy Landecker.

Bar exam and bikinis! Kim Kardashian revealed that she has no plans to scale back her steamy, sexy and scantily-clad bathing suit photos when she’s a lawyer.