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Jeffrey Katzenberg • Meg Whitman

Quibi is shutting down just months after launching Quibi, the short-form video streaming service from Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, announced Wednesday that it will be shutting down. The abrupt end to the expensive project comes just six months after its debut. Quibi was reported to be returning  $350 million  of the $1.75 billion it raised from investors. (NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News, is a minority investor in Quibi, and NBC News produced a daily show on the platform. NBCUniversal and NBC News declined to comment.) The company struggled to win over subscribers and meet its growth targets. Since it launched in April, Quibi has faced tepid reviews and internal strife, and it has failed to win over consumers in the numbers it needed to thrive. Katzenberg was already exploring options last month, including  selling the company , as he struggled to sign up subscribers. The service, which was highly anticipated given the involvement of Katzenberg, the former chairman

Antonio Brown

Sources: Seattle Seahawks one of teams looking at Antonio Brown With   Antonio Brown 's suspension eligible to end after Week 8, the   Seattle Seahawks   are now positioned to make a push to sign him, though they're not alone, league sources told ESPN. Both of Seattle's quarterbacks,  Russell Wilson  and  Geno Smith , are friends with Brown, worked out with him during the offseason and have remained in touch with him about the idea of bringing him to Seattle, sources said. The organization is intrigued by the idea of matching Brown with an MVP candidate like Wilson in an offense that already is as potent as any in the league. However, other teams also have expressed interest, and Seattle and Brown have not started official contract talks, making a Seattle match not a lock. There has been more and more activity around Brown in recent days, and teams are positioning themselves to make a move so that the wide receiver is ready to play as soon as he's reinstated. Seahawks c

acha Baron Cohen • Bizarre reporter • Rudy Giuliani • Borat Sagdiyev • Donald Trump

Giuliani Reportedly Caught With His Hand In His Pants In New ‘Borat’ Film Topline Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest mockumentary,  Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ,   may spell trouble for the Trump Administration, as media outlets are describing a scene in which President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani appears to have reached into his pants suggestively in the presence of an actress posing as a journalist, though some viewers say the scene isn’t as nefarious as it has been characterized. ... [+] Getty Images Key Facts According to  The Guardian , Giuliani was captured on film by hidden cameras reaching into his pants and apparently fondling himself after being invited into a hotel room with an actress pretending to be a reporter for a conservative television show in Kazakhstan after an interview.  In the film, Giulani “can be seen lying back on the bed, fiddling with his untucked shirt and reaching into his trousers,” according to the report, at which point Cohen’s character bar

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