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Posted Friday 1/08/21 at 6:12AM EST
Roku officially acquires Quibi's shows, will stream them for free on Roku Channel with ads
As part of the deal, the licenses to Quibi shows will transfer to The Roku Channel, Roku's app, in the...
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Posted Monday 11/02/20 at 5:44PM EST
Quibi considered pivoting to a "freemium" version and going with the name "Ijji"
The Wall Street Journal's Ben Mullin dives into what went wrong at the shortform streaming service, and learns that founder...
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Posted Saturday 10/24/20 at 3:45AM EDT
A "sincere Quibi fan" reacts to the shortform streaming service's demise
Houston-based IT consultant Christopher Byrd was a "Day One" subscriber to Quibi, which he watched as much as YouTube during...
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Posted Friday 10/23/20 at 5:47AM EDT
Quibi may have overvalued the star power of celebrities
Seemingly every big-name celebrity was attached to a Quibi show, from Dwayne Johnson to Steven Spielberg to Liam Hemsworth to...
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Posted Thursday 10/22/20 at 1:59PM EDT
Jeffrey Katzenberg: Blaming Quibi's woes entirely on the pandemic wasn't "fair"
In May, the Quibi founder told The New York Times “I attribute everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus.
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Posted Thursday 10/22/20 at 12:15AM EDT
Did 2020 kill Quibi? Or did Quibi kill Quibi?
Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, in confirming Quibi's demise after less than seven months, said "the world has changed dramatically since...
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Quibi is shutting itself down
The shortform streaming service that raised $1.
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Posted Wednesday 10/21/20 at 1:12PM EDT
Report: Quibi is expected to shut down less than seven months after launching
Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg has called a meeting with senior management for tonight, according to The Wrap.
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Posted Saturday 10/10/20 at 4:24AM EDT
Apple isn't interested in buying Quibi
According to The Information, Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg was rebuffed after pitching his shortform streaming service to Apple.
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Posted Monday 9/21/20 at 11:08AM EDT
Quibi is exploring a possible sale
The Wall Street Journal reports that the struggling shortform streaming service from Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman "is exploring several...
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Posted Thursday 9/03/20 at 2:22PM EDT
Quibi tried to land Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex opted to go with Netflix for a TV and movie deal, Quibi founder...
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How Quibi Became the Butt of So Many Jokes
The last year has seen a host of new streaming platforms enter the fray, with millions of dollars spent on...
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 11:05AM EDT
Inside Quibi's disastrous launch: Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg claimed to "know millennials better than millennials"
In an exhaustive profile of Quibi, Benjamin Wallace points out that founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman may have...
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Posted Friday 6/19/20 at 4:18AM EDT
Jeffrey Katzenberg is "quite optimistic" with Quibi's future, says he considers the first few months like a "beta" period
The “silver lining” of the sluggish start, says the Quibi founder, “is that it’s actually given us the opportunity to...
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Posted Monday 6/15/20 at 11:23AM EDT
Quibi expects to have spent $1 billion by the end of September
A Wall Street Journal report details the tension between Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman, with Whitman said...