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The contraction continues in Verizon’s media operations. The telecom giant informed employees that it planned to cut about 800 jobs, or 7% of the workforce, in the media and advertising unit formerly branded Oath. The division, which houses such Web 1.0 names as AOL, Yahoo and HuffPost, once had grand ambitions of…

Verizon reported strong second-quarter results, with adjusted earnings per share of $1.20 rising 25% over the same quarter a year ago. The quarterly numbers came in well ahead of Wall Street estimates of $1.14 a share, sending Verizon stock up 3% in morning trading. It has since fallen back to fractional gains, at…

Verizon is pulling the plug on its Go90 mobile video app and shifting distribution of its shows to Oath’s well-established digital media brands, which include Yahoo and the Huffington Post. Oath CEO Tim Armstrong telegraphed that Go90’s days were numbered when he talked about transforming it from a standalone service…

Verizon's go90 has ordered eight episodes of We Are CVNT5, a mockumentary series set in the world of electronic dance music, from DJ and record producer Gareth Emery, for premiere June 28. Created by Emery and his sister Roxanne, and written by Emery, Alex Madden, who also co-stars, and Geraint Jones (Princess), We Are…

Verizon has ordered seasons 2 and 3 of hit teen horror-comedy Snatchers from Warner Bros. Digital Studios' Stage 13 brand for go90. The series, which premiered in June, will go into production for Season 2 in New Mexico and starts principal photography today. Created, written and executive produced by Stephen Cedars…

Hip-hop star N.O.R.E. is on the hunt for some good food. The rapper will go from spitting rhymes to traveling around the country as a food connoisseur in On the Run Eatin' with N.O.R.E., his new original series from Complex and Lionsgate. Starting February 28, all eight episodes of On the Run Eatin’ will be available…

Warner Bros Television Group's Blue Ribbon Content digital studio has sold two comedy series — Golden Revenge, from Conan O'Brien's Conaco, and Critters: A New Binge, based on the feature films — to Verizon’s go90 platform. It also landed an original digital feature Good Girls Get High, from Alloy Entertainment, which…

Complex Networks has set a January 8 premiere date and unveiled the trailer for scripted workplace comedy series Liberty Crossing, executive produced by Oscar-nominated Mason Novick (Juno, 500 Days of Summer), to debut on Verizon’s go90. Created by Daniel Radosh (The Daily Show) and Michael Harrison, Liberty Crossing…

The Now We’re Talking discussion will continue. The digital comedy series created, produced, written by and starring Tommy Dewey and Tug Coker has been renewed on go90. The eight-episode second season will be expanded to a 22-minute format. The sophomore season of Now We’re Talking sees rival frenemies and ex-pro…

AwesomenessTV has picked up a second season of its popular scripted series Zac and Mia, based on A.J. Betts' YA novel. Starring Kian Lawley and Anne Winters, Zac and Mia is described as a moving story about two ordinary teenagers who find hope, love and courage in exceptional circumstances. In the real world, these…

The 5th Quarter, the mock documentary series chronicling “the greatest untold and untrue stories in sports history” that attracted a slew of big names to its first season on Verizon Media’s go90, has been renewed for two more 10-episode seasons. Season 2 will bow November 30 with three episodes, with three more to…

Verizon’s go90 is partnering with the studio division of Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network on a programming deal that includes a new animated short series and an independent filmmaking event inspired by Rodriguez’s career. Animated short series Explosion Jones, starring Michael Madsen, Jaylen Barron, Carl Weathers…