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Barry Diller’s InterActive Corp. is selling CHMedia, parent of CollegeHumor and a portfolio of related brands, to CH chief creative officer Sam Reich. The transaction will result in more than 100 layoffs. All but a handful of employees at the once-pioneering satire and online video purveyor were told Wednesday they…

Facebook faced renewed questions about its handling of noted conspiracy site InfoWars, and its decision to place Fox News alongside other news organizations at a time when the social media site has launched an initiative to combat misinformation. The company attempted to focus its inaugural TCA presentation on its…

Facebook used its executive session at the TCA Summer Press tour to announce it has renewed the teen drama Skam Austin for a second season on Facebook Watch. The show, a remake of the beloved Norwegian series Skam, offers an unfiltered look at the lives of American teenagers. The series follows four "loser" girls who…

During an opening-day keynote at NATPE, Facebook's head of global creative strategy Ricky Van Veen said the social media giant's algorithm can filter out spoilers from users' news feeds to ensure a more seamless viewing experience. "If you haven't seen Episode 5 yet, you won't see your friend's comment on Episode 5,"…

Back in December, Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment said it was making an English-language version of hit Scandi teen drama Shame (Skam). Today at Mipcom, Facebook’s Head of Global Creative Strategy, Ricky Van Veen, said the company is teaming with Fuller to bring the series to its newly-launched Facebook Watch. The…

CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen has friended Facebook — he’s heading there in the newly created role of Head of Global Creative Strategy. The move marks the second major departure from Barry Diller’s IAC in as many days, following Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor’s announced departure Monday. Van Veen announced his new…