Content News Briefs

Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes Mega Content Deal With UK’s ITV For TLC & Quest Shows Like ‘Mock The Week’, ‘Dr. Pimple Popper’, ‘Salvage Hunters’. Now that the $110B mega-merger is complete, thoughts will soon turn to what happens to Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) various international outposts. For now, WBD international’s first move of this new era is to reveal a first-of-its-kind content partnership with UK net ITV. From today, 2,000 hours of content from WBD-owned TLC and […].

What therapists say about this new antidote for doomscrolling—and no, it’s not bricking your phone. With seemingly endless studies showing doomscrolling is bad for mental health , more people are rethinking their relationship with social media and digital content. Enter “bloomscrolling,” the latest trend on social media, which encourages people to intentionally and actively seek out uplifting and inspiring content online. According to experts, it reflects a broader shift away from passively consuming negative news content. Sreela Roy-Greene, a licensed therapist at online therapy platform BetterHelp, says the bloomscrolling trend isn’t about ignoring difficult realities or forcing yourself to feel.