Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said during an earnings call that the studio is “aiming” to release its upcoming Harry Potter TV show on Max in 2026. The company first announced the show last year, saying it will be a “decade-long series produced with the same epic craft, love and care this global franchise is known for.”
During Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings call on Friday, CEO David Zaslav said bundling streaming services “just makes an awful lot of sense.” He also hinted at Max becoming a distributor of streaming channels, like Roku or Amazon:
These channel stores morphed into places that just provide a simpler and easier and less anxious experience for people to find the content that they want... I‘ve always advocated that we should do it ourselves, and so we’re looking to do that domestically, we’re looking to do it outside the US.
Zaslav adds that WBD’s upcoming sports venture with ESPN and Fox “is trying to meet that very need.”
The film gives us a look at the life of Willy Wonka (played by Timothée Chalamet) before he opened his famed chocolate factory. If you didn’t get a chance to see Wonka in theaters, you can stream it on Max starting March 8th.
You might’ve seen an image floating around on X that appears to show an email from Google about it “sunsetting” Gmail in August 2024. The email is a fake, and Gmail isn’t going away — unless you count the basic HTML view, which Google is actually getting rid of this year.
Tim Burke faces 14 federal charges in connection to an alleged hack on Fox News, which leaked unreleased portions of a Tucker Carlson interview where West went on an antisemitic rant. The indictment claims Burke and a co-conspirator used “compromised credentials” to “access and save protected commercial broadcast video streams,” according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Following an FBI raid on Burke’s home last year, his lawyers argued he accessed the video feed with no username or password required. “It’s not hacking, it’s just good investigative journalism,” Michael Maddux, Burke’s lawyer, told the Tampa Bay Times on Thursday.
[Tampa Bay Times]
After issuing recalls in Canada, Spain, the UK, and other countries last month, Ikea has recalled its Åskstorm 40W USB charger in the US. The charger’s cable is prone to breaking over time, which can pose burn and electric shock risks. You can return the charger to Ikea for a full refund, whether you have the receipt or not.
