HBO Go Shuttered, HBO Now Renamed in ‘Significant’ Brand Overhaul in Wake of HBO Max Launch

RELATED STORIES In an effort to address brand confusion triggered by the arrival of HBO Max, WarnerMedia is shuttering HBO Go and rebranding HBO Now (as simply HBO). In a statement, WarnerMedia says, “Now that HBO Max has launched and is widely distributed, we… will be sunsetting our HBO GO service in the U.S. We […]

Kotaku’s scum-and-villainy story of why EA shuttered a Star Wars game

Enlarge / Schreier even got his hands on leaked concept art for Visceral’s canceled Star Wars game, which was code-named Ragtag. It would have starred a Han Solo-like character named Dodger. (credit: Kotaku/EA) Here at Ars Technica, we’re contemplating our own Rogue One-style heist adventure in the near future. In our case, instead of sending rebel […]

BrideClick buys shuttered Mode Media to relaunch as Glam

It’s been a hell of a roller coaster ride for digital media company Mode Media these past few years. From an IPO that never happened to the company abruptly shutting down last September, Mode keeps popping up on our radar. Today, New York-based bridal advertising network BrideClick announced that it has acquired Mode Media’s U.S. […]

Twitter says it shuttered 377,000 terrorism accounts in six months

In the ongoing battle to purge Twitter of content promoting terrorism, the social media company has closed hundreds of thousands of accounts in recent months. In its latest transparency report covering the period from July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, Twitter said it shuttered a total of 376,890 accounts “for violations related to promotion of terrorism,” bringing the total […]