• Quibi rival demands asset freeze in patent-infringement claim

    Quibi rival demands asset freeze in patent-infringement claim

    Eko -- a tech startup that has accused Jeffrey Katzenberg's ill-fated video-streaming app Quibi of infringing on its patented technology -- is asking the court to freeze Quibi's assets.
  • Quibi tried to sign Prince Harry and Meghan Markle before Netflix deal

    Quibi tried to sign Prince Harry and Meghan Markle before Netflix deal

    Before the dramatic news broke on Wednesday that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are becoming Hollywood producers by signing a multiyear deal with Netflix, sources told Page Six that other entertainment startups were angling to be in business with the ex-royals. Insiders told us that power players Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg made a visit …
  • Media, tech honchos are fueling Joe Biden’s fundraising blitz

    Media, tech honchos are fueling Joe Biden’s fundraising blitz

    Media moguls and tech executives powered a spring fundraising blitz for one of Joe Biden’s campaign committees. The Biden Victory Fund — which supports the former vice president’s presidential bid along with the Democratic National Committee and 26 state parties — raked in $86.4 million from April through June thanks largely to giant gifts from …
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg resorting to unusual tactics to avoid Quibi suit

    Jeffrey Katzenberg resorting to unusual tactics to avoid Quibi suit

    Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is resorting to unusual tactics to fend off a lawsuit against his struggling video startup Quibi, The Post has learned. Despite publicly blasting patent infringement claims by video company Eko as meritless, Quibi has quietly hired private investigators to dig up dirt on the rival — including its founder Yoni Bloch …
  • Quibi asks top execs to take 10 percent pay cut as layoffs loom

    Quibi asks top execs to take 10 percent pay cut as layoffs loom

    Quibi, the new start-up from Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, is in cutting mode already. Just a month after it launched on April 6, the mobile streaming service is asking senior executives to take a 10-percent pay cut as coronavirus lockdowns have squelched demand for its short-form videos, which are aimed at people on the go. …
  • Quibi staffers seethe at Reese Witherspoon’s $6M payday amid layoffs

    Quibi staffers seethe at Reese Witherspoon’s $6M payday amid layoffs

    Quibi staff are seething on the savanna after Reese Witherspoon was paid $6 million to narrate a nature show on the troubled platform where her husband works. Witherspoon voices the show “Fierce Queens,” which gives a feminist slant to nature docs by exploring heroic female animals including cheetahs, hyenas and ant queens, telling viewers: “Imagine …
  • Quibi advertisers already wary of streaming service amid struggles

    Quibi advertisers already wary of streaming service amid struggles

    The star power of Sophie Turner didn’t offer enough immunity to protect Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg from the pain of the pandemic. Large advertisers are seeking to defer payments to Katzenberg’s new video streaming service Quibi — just one month after launch, according to a new report. Advertisers including PepsiCo, Yum Brands, Taco Bell, Anheuser-Busch …
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg blames coronavirus for Quibi’s poor start

    Jeffrey Katzenberg blames coronavirus for Quibi’s poor start

    Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is blaming the coronavirus for Quibi’s bumpy start. The short-form mobile video app, whose name is short for “quick bites,” gained 1.7 million views in its first week after an April 6 launch. But it quickly fell off the Apple Store’s 50 most downloaded free iPhone apps after and is currently …
  • Boxer Claressa Shields loses shot at world title over coronavirus

    Boxer Claressa Shields loses shot at world title over coronavirus

    Sports: Claressa Shields, first American to win twin boxing Olympic golds in a row. Subject of next year’s movie “Flint Strong” starring Ice Cube. Quickest male or female fighter to win three world titles, twice Individual Sportswoman of the Year, first woman to headline boxing on Showtime, Women’s Boxing Athlete of the Decade. Billie Jean …
  • Hedge Fund Elliot Management funds lawsuit against Quibi

    Hedge Fund Elliot Management funds lawsuit against Quibi

    Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is under attack from billionaire Paul Singer, whose activist hedge fund has accused his mobile-streaming startup Quibi of patent infringement and theft of trade secrets. Singer’s fund Elliott Management, which manages more than $40 billion in assets, has made a “substantial” investment in rival interactive-video company Eko to fund its litigation …