YouTube Q4 Ad Sales Jump To $8.6B; Google Search Hits $43B, Says Parent Alphabet; Stock Pops

Star Trek” and “Sonic” fans excited with the news from its investor day on Tuesday, but Wall Street was not impressed as the company’s stock took a big hit on Wednesday, taking AMC Networks down with it. At opening, ViacomCBS — which is soon to rebrand itself as Paramount — saw its stock drop nearly 18% to $29.58 per share, while AMC Networks fell 15% at around $37.95 per share.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotter, a two-year-old startup that acquires rights to the video catalogs of YouTubers, announced $200 million in new funding led by Japan’s SoftBank. Spotter said that gives it a valuation of $1.7 billion — and will let the company invest $1 billion with YouTube creators.The Series D in financing from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 follows the $555 million in funding Spotter raised across three previously undisclosed rounds of financing.

Stacey Solomon suffered an internet nightmare after she searched for an adult swing online. The 32 year old was responding to a fan on Instagram when she innocently stumbled across some adult content online. Stacey posted on her stories of how she wished the swing for her son Rex, two, also came in bigger sizes for her to use.

Stacey Solomon is worried she is 'boring' after an innocent Google search became not so innocent.

EXCLUSIVE: Bernd Schlotterer’s German outfit Palatin Media is launching world sales on Richard Armitage thriller The Man From Rome. Moonstone Entertainment’s Etchie Stroh is serving as a sales consultant.

Pep Guardiola says Gabriel Jesus is “the best in the world” at defending from the front.

Lady GaGa famously said, “there could be 100 people in a room and 99 of them don’t believe in you but all it takes is one and it just changes your whole life.” Well, there’s a similar adage to be said about snakes: 50,000 of them might not do a thing when you pick them up, but all it takes is one to send you straight to the hospital!

Loose Women panellist Stacey Solomon is overwhelmed as she takes to her Instagram story to thank fans as she hits 5 million followers. The reality star, 32, shared the video on her Instagram story to thank fans for her reaching 5 million followers on the social media platform. She shared a video and said: “I just wanted to come on here and say thank you for 5 million.The mum of four was clearly touched as she went on: “What the hell?” The presenter looked casual in a collared white top with big buttons and had her signature long red hair half up with some of her hair in waves sweeping over her face.

A sequel to the latest reboot of “Scream” has officially been greenlit by Paramount and Spyglass. The directors of the fifth “Scream” film, the team Radio Silence, or Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, will be back to direct, as will writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick to write the script. Thus far their film has grossed over $100 million at the box office on a budget of around $20 million.

Following the box-office success of the latest installment, Spyglass Entertainment and Paramount Pictures have given the greenlight to move forward with the next installment of Scream. Returning for the next film are directors Radio Silence with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett at the helm and James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick co-writing the screenplay. Project X Entertainment’s Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and William Sherak are serving as producers. Creator Kevin Williamson and the third member of Radio Silence, Chad Villella, are executive producing alongside Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Peter Oillataguerre.