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Netflix has released its Q1 earnings with the company stating it hit 98.75 million memberships at the end of 2016, amounting to a one-year gain of 17.25 million subscribers. The earnings report predicts Netflix memberships will reach 101.95 million by the end of Q2. The streaming giant expects to break the 100 million membership barrier by this weekend.
theScore is among the first media outlets to launch group chat functionality with the new Facebook Messenger platform feature Chat Extensions. theScore bot allows fans to pull sports news and multimedia right into conversations.
VICE.com will livestream a national conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Apr. 24 discussing how the shift in the federal government’s drug policy on marijuana could bring about a fundamental shift in Canadian society. Hosted by VICE Canada’s Manisha Krishnan, the event will bring together stakeholders from both the legal and grey market cannabis industry, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET.