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They Took My Prank Calls Way Too Seriously

What started as harmless prank calls quickly turned into real conversations. From confused employees to people offering genuine help, I didn’t expect anyone to take me seriously — but they did. And I ...
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Sombr’s prank call to Selena Gomez turns weird when Benny Blanco answers the phone

Don’t call her when you break up. Benny Blanco busted up Sombr’s onstage prank call to Selena Gomez during his Monday night concert, turning the singer’s “Call Your Ex” segment into an awkward moment.
Entertainment Weekly

Cameron Crowe details prank calls to Cary Grant and Lucille Ball: 'Don’t call me again, you a--hole!'

Cameron Crowe is looking back on the night he prank dialed Hollywood legends Cary Grant and Lucille Ball. In his new memoir The Uncool, which hits bookshelves today, the rock journalist and director ...
The New York Times

F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls

Brendan Carr, the F.C.C. chairman, cited security concerns in rolling back most of the lower costs he voted for last year. By Ben Blatt Most inmates in American prisons now have a personal tablet ...
The Hill

Inside Trump’s Gaza deal; Johnson takes C-SPAN calls

President Trump says Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the “first phase” of a peace plan that could end fighting in Gaza after two years of war. The president touted the deal during a Cabinet ...
NBC News

C-SPAN caller confronts House Speaker Mike Johnson about shutdown effects: 'My kids could die'

WASHINGTON — A C-SPAN caller made an emotional plea to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Thursday to end the government shutdown, saying that “my kids could die” if she can’t afford their ...
Washington Examiner

Mike Johnson first speaker to take C-SPAN calls in over 20 years

Republicans praised Johnson’s work on the short-term spending deal the House passed in September, while Democratic callers asked him why the GOP isn’t working with Democrats to negotiate and reopen ...
Variety

C-SPAN Chief Jumps to ‘Ceasefire’ After ‘Crossfire’ in Bid to Create News Programs That Unify, Not Divide

Earlier in his career, Sam Feist ran a news program called “Crossfire” that tried to capture viewership by having liberals and conservatives bicker with one another. Now he hopes to achieve similar ...
TV Technology

YouTube TV, Hulu to Carry C-SPAN

C-SPAN and YouTube this week announced an agreement in which YouTube will sponsor C-SPAN’s America 250 programming and expand access to C-SPAN’s political, public policy, and cultural programming ...
Cleveland.com

C-SPAN reaches deal with two major streaming services to expand access

C-SPAN announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement to bring its three public affairs channels to YouTube TV and Hulu’s live television service, resolving a long-running dispute that had squeezed ...
The Hill

C-SPAN inks deal with YouTube TV, Hulu

C-SPAN has reached agreements with YouTube TV and Hulu to bring the government access network to the pair of streamers starting this fall. The three C-SPAN channels will join YouTube TV’s base package ...