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The US Copyright Office says using AI tools to assist in creative processes doesn't compromise copyright protections as long as the content has human authorship (variety.com)
2025-1-30 AI

Sony names CFO Hiroki Totoki to CEO, succeeding Kenichiro Yoshida, and PlayStation co-CEO Hideaki Nishino to CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, from April 1 (variety.com)
2025-1-29 Sony

Spotify says it paid out $10B to the music industry in 2024, up from a record $9B in 2023, taking its total to $60B paid out since its 2006 founding (variety.com)
2025-1-29 Spotify

Insomniac Games founder and CEO Ted Price plans to step down from the Sony-owned studio after 30+ years; a trio of Insomniac veterans will serve as co-heads (variety.com)
2025-1-23 Sony

Omdia: by the end of 2024, TikTok generated ~$8B in ad revenue in the US and $63.3B globally, and surpassed 1.9B MAUs globally, including 145M MAUs in the US (variety.com)
2025-1-22

IMDb says founder Col Needham will step down as CEO and become executive chair, and appoints COO Nikki Santoro as CEO; Needham launched IMDb in 1990 (variety.com)
2025-1-22

Drake withdraws petition accusing UMG and Spotify of inflating Kendrick Lamar's “Not Like Us” with bots and payola; the diss track accused Drake of pedophilia (variety.com)
2025-1-15 Spotify

TikTok denies a report that China is looking at potentially facilitating a sale of the app to Elon Musk, calling it “pure fiction” (variety.com)
2025-1-14 China Elon Musk

Disney and Fubo announce a deal as part of which Disney will combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo in a joint venture and Fubo will drop Venu Sports lawsuit (variety.com)
2025-1-7

Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law (variety.com)
2024-12-28 Ban

The Animation Guild ratifies a contract with big studios, without AI demands such as letting members opt out of using AI or having AI train on their work (variety.com)
2024-12-24 AI

CAA partners with YouTube to help CAA clients identify and remove AI-generated content that features their likeness, with a wider rollout planned in early 2025 (variety.com)
2024-12-18 AI YouTube

In a strategy change, Netflix plans to make its Squid Games battle royale game available for free to non-members for a limited time after its December 17 launch (variety.com)
2024-12-13 Netflix

Spotify says Joe Rogan was its top US podcast in 2024 for the fourth year running, followed by Call Her Daddy, and 33%+ of the top 50 podcasts were video (variety.com)
2024-12-5 Spotify

Walmart completes its $2.3B acquisition of TV maker Vizio, saying the purchase will let it offer new ways for advertisers to reach customers via Walmart Connect (variety.com)
2024-12-4 Walmart

Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its free, ad-supported streaming service launched in 2019 under the IMDb brand, and plans to move the content to Prime Video (variety.com)
2024-11-13 Amazon

Netflix says its ad tier has 70M users globally, up from 40M in May 2024 and 22M in January 2024, and 50%+ of sign-ups are for ad plans in supported countries (variety.com)
2024-11-13 Netflix

Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US (variety.com)
2024-11-5 Amazon AI

Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est. (variety.com)
2024-11-1 Apple 4Q

Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B estimated, amid the company's push to insert ads into Prime Video (variety.com)
2024-11-1 Amazon

YouTube Q3 ad revenue grew 12.2% YoY to $8.92B, vs. $8.89B est.; total ads and subscription revenues passed $50B over the past four quarters for the first time (variety.com)
2024-10-30 YouTube

Netflix adds a Moments feature on iOS, letting users save, rewatch, and share scenes across Instagram, Snapchat, and others, and plans an Android launch soon (variety.com)
2024-10-29 Android IOS Netflix Snapchat Instagram

Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI startup Perplexity for alleged copyright infringement and say it hasn't replied to a July 2024 letter about copyright issues (variety.com)
2024-10-22 Startup AI Dow Jones New York

Netflix forecasts 2025 revenue of $43B-$44B, which would be 11%-13% higher than its 2024 guidance, and targets a 2025 operating margin of 28% vs. 27% in 2024 (variety.com)
2024-10-18 Netflix

YouTube blocks songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, and others in the US, after its music licensing agreement with performing rights organization SESAC expired (variety.com)
2024-9-29 YouTube

Sources: Amazon Prime Video is in talks with veteran anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, its first entry into news-related programming (variety.com)
2024-9-29 Amazon programming

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