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A look at Warner Bros. Discovery's push to expand its gaming division with live services and mobile games, by leveraging its franchises like Game of Thrones (variety.com)
2024-1-29 Mobile

X blocks some search terms for ‘Taylor Swift' as a ‘temporary action to prioritize safety' after distribution of explicit AI fakes (variety.com)
2024-1-28 AI

George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist's Work' (variety.com)
2024-1-26 U.S. AI

Netflix Packs on More Than 13 Million Subscribers in Q4, Well Above Expectations (variety.com)
2024-1-24 Netflix 4Q

Netflix removes an Indian film depicting a Hindu character eating meat after backlash from Hindu groups; producer Zee apologizes and plans to edit the film (variety.com)
2024-1-12 India Netflix

AI-Generated George Carlin Drops Comedy Special That Daughter Speaks Out Against: ‘No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius' (variety.com)
2024-1-11 AI

Netflix says its ad tier has 23M+ MAUs globally, up from 15M+ in November 2023, and 85% of customers on the ad tier are streaming for over 2 hours per day (variety.com)
2024-1-11 Netflix

SAG-AFTRA Signs Deal With Voiceover Studio for AI Use in Video Games (variety.com)
2024-1-10 AI

“I have the best advice for Millennials in business,” Kim Kardashian says. “Get your f--king ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.” (variety.com)
2024-1-10

GroupM forms a consortium with Disney, Roku, NBCU, YouTube, and others to push for standardized measurements and ad formats that can be used across streamers (variety.com)
2024-1-5 YouTube

The New York Times Sues OpenAI, Microsoft for Copyright Infringement Claiming ‘Billions of Dollars' in Damages (variety.com)
2023-12-28 Microsoft New York

Joe Rogan Mistakenly Blasts Biden's Mental Fitness Over Something Trump Actually Said (variety.com)
2023-12-24 Trump

Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global in Merger Talks (variety.com)
2023-12-21

Marvel Studios Drops Jonathan Majors Following Guilty Verdict for Harassment and Assault (variety.com)
2023-12-19

Apple redesigns Apple TV in iOS 17.2 and tvOS 17.2 with a sidebar that unifies content; iTunes now redirects users searching for shows and movies to Apple TV (variety.com)
2023-12-12 IOS Apple

Senators Introduce ‘Fans First' Bill Intended to Reform Live-Event Ticketing System (variety.com)
2023-12-9

Spotify says CFO Paul Vogel plans to leave on March 31, 2024, and launches a search for a successor; Daniel Ek wants a CFO “with a different mix of experiences” (variety.com)
2023-12-9 Spotify

Ted Sarandos says Netflix didn't see significant “interruption” due to Hollywood strikes and is still targeting a $17B content budget for 2024 (variety.com)
2023-12-5 Netflix Budget

Netflix plans to add Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy for its users at no extra charge on December 14 in its mobile app or on the App Store and Google Play (variety.com)
2023-11-30 Google Mobile Netflix

Spotify details the most-streamed albums, songs, and podcasts in 2023: Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, Flowers by Miley Cyrus, The Joe Rogan Experience, and more (variety.com)
2023-11-30 Spotify

Robert De Niro criticizes Apple and the Gotham Awards, after sources say Apple cut part of his speech that was critical of Donald Trump, which he read anyway (variety.com)
2023-11-29 Trump Apple

Spotify unveils new royalty policies from 2024: tracks must hit 1,000 streams in the previous year and noise recordings must be over two minutes (variety.com)
2023-11-22 Spotify

X's Unique Un-Sales Strategy: CEO Linda Yaccarino Woos Advertisers; Owner Elon Musk Drives Them Away (variety.com)
2023-11-20 Elon Musk

IBM Immediately Suspends Advertising From X/Twitter After Discovering Its Ads Appeared Next to Pro-Nazi Content (variety.com)
2023-11-17 IBM Twitter

Embracer reports Q2 net sales up 13% YoY to ~$1B, layoffs impacted 900 employees, or 5% of its workforce, and 36 fewer games are in development than Q2 2022 (variety.com)
2023-11-16 Layoffs

Disney+, Hulu Merged App to Launch Next Month, Bob Iger Says (variety.com)
2023-11-9

CBS Launches Fact-Checking News Unit to Examine AI, Deepfakes (variety.com)
2023-11-7 AI

Apple's Q4 revenue for its Services segment, which includes Apple TV+ and Apple Music, rose 16% YoY to a record $22.31B vs. $21.35B expected (variety.com)
2023-11-3 Apple 4Q

Roku reports Q3 revenue up 20% YoY to $912M vs. $853.2M est., a net loss of $330M, more than double a year ago, and issues “uncertain” guidance; ROKU rises 12%+ (variety.com)
2023-11-2

Shareholder letter: Netflix says its ad tier now has 15M MAUs globally, accounting for 30% of new sign-ups where its available, and plans new ad formats in 2024 (variety.com)
2023-11-2 Netflix

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