Media & Entertainment

Media & Entertainment

Unchained Melodies? Recording Giants Finetune Deals for Sharing Music Libraries With AI

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Universal and Warner are said to be pushing AI startups to develop an attribution system that can track when an artists’ music is used.

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EA’s $55 Billion Buyout Sets New ‘Going Private’ High Score

The gaming industry boomed during the pandemic, but its rapid growth didn’t continue once consumers could go outside and touch grass.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney’s Kimmel Problem is Far From Over

Lame duck Disney CEO Bob Iger will likely have his hands full with pressure from regulators and investors in his remaining days on the job.

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What’s Going On With the PGA-LIV Merger?

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Big Tech

Is Google’s Ad Tech Biz Ripe for the Breaking?

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Tying its various advertising tech services together has allowed Google to snare roughly 20% of each dollar that moves through its platforms.

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Media & Entertainment

What’s Next for the Murdoch Empire?

Lachlan Murdoch’s moves so far are clearly those of someone who came of age during an era of rapidly advancing digitization.

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Living Room Legend Netflix Makes a Break for Hollywood

Whether it pursues the box office or not, Netflix is clearly interested in catering to the extroverts among us.

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Can the Worldwide Leader in Sports Survive a Brave New World?

ESPN’s standalone streaming service is finally here, but it’s core audience may have already found a preferred way to watch sports.

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Media & Entertainment

Advertising Confronts AI-xistential Crisis

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Advertising companies are scrambling to make changes as their businesses get hammered by advances in artificial intelligence.

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Media & Entertainment

Gaming Platform Roblox Adds Age-Verification to Safeguard Kids

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The new guardrails may help the platform stay one step ahead of a growing crop of age verification laws cropping up across the country.

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