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When Credibility Matters

Graham Flashner For more than two decades IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, has served as an encyclopedic repository for TV and film credits, plot summaries and trivia. Two years ago, the Amazon-owned site upped its game, debuting IMDb TV — a free, ad-based streaming service available through Amazons Fire TV and Prime Video and also the IMDb app. In addition to a library of premium films and series, IMDb TV offers original programming with scripted series like Alex Rider, the upcoming docum...

Letter: Albany mayor should have talked to protestors to the editor FacebookTwitterEmail FILE. Letter writer says, Now is the time to listen and talk. Callously sweeping the streets of those with grievances on 15 minutes notice will not sweep away the problems. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union Chris Churchills interview with Mayor Kathy Sheehan ("Mayor defends South Station crackdown," April 25) was disturbing on two counts: the reference to the masking of police ba...

Amazon courts brand dollars as ad-supported OTT offerings hit 120M monthly viewers As part of its NewFronts debut, the company talked up a streaming slate that includes IMDb TV, Twitch and live sports and has grown viewership nearly sixfold over the past year. Published May 4, 2021 Depositphotos_40325215_originalamazon Amazons slate of ad-supported streaming platforms, which includes IMDb TV, Twitch, live sports, and networ...

Author Bio Rhian Hunt grew up in a crowded Connecticut suburb before moving to Wisconsin, where he enjoys being an outdoorsman, relishing the struggle against mountainous snowfalls during the eternal-seeming winters and aerial armadas of mosquitoes over the summer. Rhian studied Business Economics and Microeconomics at the University of Wisconsin. A lifelong interest in writing led to first professional freelancing, then becoming a Motley Fool author. Amazons (NASDAQ:AMZ...