MediaShift Podcast #188: AT&T Streams DirecTV; Spotlight; Blendle's Alexander Klopping

Published: March 4, 2016, 3:22 a.m.

In this week’s show, we'll discuss AT&T’s plans to launch a streaming-only version of DirecTV. Also, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes sells The New Republic to Old Money, and Snapchat makes a deal with Nielsen for third-party ad metrics. Mark rave's about the Spotlight win at the Academy Awards, and what it means for the future of newspapers (not much). And we speak with Alexander Klopping, the co-founder of the Dutch micropayment service that’s coming to America.