Kevin Mayer, CEO of social network TikTok, is resigning after only three months in office. A week ago, the National Federation of Hunters therefore published the first episode of a series of commercials aimed at rehabilitating their favorite pastime. This Wednesday, BFMTV devoted an investigation to this unexpected campaign, but the most interesting in this paper, it is the precautions taken to protect the actors who have performed in the pubs. Canal + will have to invest an additional 40 million euros to support the cinema industry. The actors of the series "At the White House", broadcast from 1999 to 2006 in the United States, will meet at the theater to replay one of the cult episodes. TF1 has announced the online posting on MyTF1 of all the episodes of the series "Hartley hearts alive".
The resignation of the boss of TikTok.
His name is Kevin Mayer, he has been CEO of the social network since May.
And he resigns already? How come ?
It will have lasted three months. At the same time, we can understand that he is not fully developed. Kevin Mayer is a former senior Disney executive who took on the job in the spring when TiKToK was breaking records.
For those who still do not know TiKToK, what is it?
It is this application very popular with young people, where they share short videos and challenge each other, often with music.
What has changed since May?
Donald Trump has gone to war against TiKToK, which belongs to a Chinese new technology giant. The president accuses the app of collecting data for the Chinese government, and he has gone so far as to sign a presidential decree to prohibit any transaction by an American company with TiKTok. The Chinese application has done everything to try to appease the president, including considering a takeover by an American company, without success. She has decided to counter-attack in court and the battle is bound to be tense. What to discourage Kevin Mayer, who spoke of "the current political climate" to justify his departure.
CEO of TiKToK, a job as risky as an advertising actor?
Can we make hunting cool? Defenders of this very controversial activity have taken it into their heads to change the image of hunting, as more and more French people are worried about animal welfare, and criticism is increasingly insistent.
A week ago, the National Federation of Hunters therefore published the first episode of a series of commercials aimed at rehabilitating their favorite pastime. In total, eight episodes have been uploaded and some have already exceeded 200,000 views! This Wednesday, BFMTV devoted an investigation to this unexpected campaign, but the most interesting in this paper, it is the precautions taken to protect the actors.
Protect the comedians who have played in pubs?
As hunting is a sensitive subject and the actors are not strictly speaking spokespersons for the hunt, the Federation has taken astonishing precautions. Everyone involved in this adventure has signed a confidentiality agreement. It prevents them from giving the identity of the actors and actresses, but also of the screenwriters who laid these sketches that we have not finished hearing about.
Good news for the cinema, less good for Canal +.
The group will have to invest an additional 40 million euros to support the sector, reveals Le Figaro this morning. Each year, Canal + must invest 12.5% of its turnover to finance French films, it is an obligation. But the CSA, Superior council of audio-visual, noticed that this investment had fallen more quickly than the turnover of the group these last five years. The audiovisual policeman believes that Canal + has changed its calculation system and therefore called him to account. Canal + retorted that some of its activities should not be taken into account in the calculation of its turnover, but the CSA did not want to hear anything. In the end, the two parties have reached an agreement which will therefore require Canal + to invest 40 million euros. Good news for the cinema sector, which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis.
A cult series back for a good cause!
Only two months before the US presidential election. To beat Donald Trump, media and entertainment personalities are mobilizing. It is in this context that the team of a flagship series of the 2000s decided to act. This credits is that of "At the White House", a series broadcast from 1999 to 2006 in the United States and which we could follow at home on France 2. As its name suggests, it was about 'a political series in which actor Martin Sheen played the President of the United States. The whole cast of actors decided to come together for a very original event, a theater performance of a landmark episode of the third season. It will obviously be captured for broadcast on the HBO Max streaming platform. The Warner Bros. studio, which produces the series, will donate to Michelle Obama's association to encourage Americans to vote.
Is it common for series returns?
It is becoming! The actors of "Friends" will meet for a highly anticipated special, where they will recall the best moments of the series. In full confinement, the cast of "Une nanny d'enfer" organized a reading of the very first episode of the series to distract Internet users and TF1 recently broadcast a mini-series in six episodes with all the heroes of "Beverly Hills" .
One cult series can hide another.
Drazic, Katarina or Nick, does that mean anything to you? It's "Hartley, heart to heart"! Cult series for teenagers who grew up in the 90s. It was on France 2, between 95 and 99, it is an Australian series which followed the adventures of high school students and which was far from the somewhat sanitized side of its rival of TF1, "Beverly Hills".
Are the actors also meeting for a special episode?
No, not this time! But for those who do not know the series and especially for the nostalgic, MYTF1 announced this Wednesday that the entire series will be put online and available for free from September 4. It's still 210 episodes.