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Letterboxd Gets New Suitor in Gigi Pritzker-Led Investor Group | Exclusive
The list of potential suitors for Letterboxd continues to grow with another media player expressing interest in the social media platform for cinephiles, which could fetch more than $300 million. Gigi...
View ArticleSemafor Names Reed Albergotti San Francisco Bureau Chief With New AI Podcast
Semafor is expanding its video slate and Silicon Valley presence with “Future Proof,” a new AI-focused show hosted by veteran technology journalist Reed Albergotti, who is also becoming the outlet’s...
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Over 30 Movies, a $30 Billion Content Spend and So Much Debt: What We Learned...
Meet the new Hollywood giant. It’s nothing like the giants of old. “With all the respect in the world to everybody that has existed at these companies prior, how we got here to a place where Paramount...
View ArticleSkydance CEOs Tease ‘Aggressive’ Content Investment, ‘Difficult Decisions’ to...
Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz hosted the company’s first employee town hall on Tuesday following the closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. In his opening remarks,...
View ArticleParamount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s $110 Billion Merger Closes
After months of twists and turns that included a bidding war with Netflix and a legal fight with 12 state attorneys general and the Writers’ Guild of America, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery...
View ArticleSam Altman Says Elon Musk Is a ‘Bully,’ but Would ‘Of Course’ Still Work With...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called co-founder Elon Musk a “bully” in a new interview, but said he would “of course” still work with the SpaceXAI CEO. During a wide-ranging conversation with Vanity Fair,...
View ArticleHow Versant Is Letting Its ‘Entrepreneurial’ Spirit Take the Lead Post-Comcast
Did you know Fandango offered a free streaming video service? While interviewing Will McIntosh, president of digital platforms and ventures for Versant, which owns Fandango, at TheGrill 2026, TheWrap...
View ArticleVersant Completes 2026 Distribution Renewal Cycle With Verizon Deal
Versant has completed its 2026 distribution renewal cycle, striking a multi-year agreement with Verizon that keeps its portfolio of cable networks available to Fios customers. The deal closes out...
View ArticleRedBird Founder Says Majority of Paramount-WBD Merger Cost Savings Won’t Come...
While Hollywood is bracing for a bloodbath when Paramount closes its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the company’s biggest backer said those fears are overblown. “The notion that $6 billion of...
View ArticlePenske Media Lawsuit Against Google for AI Search Summaries of Articles...
A lawsuit filed by Penske Media Corporation against Google over the company’s practice of using AI to generate summaries of its news articles in its search engine was dismissed Wednesday by U.S....
View ArticleYouTube Head Warns Creators to ‘Not Sleep on Live,’ Noting That it...
Creators who experiment with live streaming are seeing returns. Kim Larson, the managing director and head of the Creator and Gaming Team at YouTube, revealed as much during TheGrill 2026, TheWrap’s...
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Tapping AI to Make Sense of Gen Z’s Pop Culture Obsessions
Identifying what’s in the zeitgeist is easy, but quantifying it is difficult. That’s what AI researcher Yves Bergquist is trying to achieve with his startup CortoAI and its agent, Geist. Bergquist,...
View ArticleAI Filmmakers Say Humans Need to Be Involved in Productions: ‘We Should...
The rise of AI in Hollywood has led to many questions, chief among them how much the technology can — or should — be integrated into productions. According to writer/director and AI creator Eliza...
View ArticleParamount’s Makan Delrahim, California AG Rob Bonta Get Candid on Warner...
The seemingly endless twists and turns in the Paramount-Warner Bros. saga finally came to an end on Wednesday when a federal judge signed off on its settlement with a dozen state attorneys general,...
View ArticleBen Affleck Walks Back Matt Damon’s ‘Claim’ Netflix Demanded Plot Repetition...
In January, Matt Damon caused a stir when he appeared with Ben Affleck on Joe Rogan’s podcast and said Netflix urged the duo to restate the plot of the film “three or four times” for the sake of...
View ArticleParamount’s Makan Delrahim Says Threat to Move Out of California ‘Was Not a...
As Paramount Skydance sought to quash an antitrust lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general, CEO David Ellison made a major threat: If the two sides couldn’t reach a settlement clearing the path for...
View ArticleJudge Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín has signed off on Paramount’s legal settlement with 12 state attorneys general, clearing the final hurdle for its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. “The...
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On the Scene at TheWrap x What’s Trending’s First-Ever AI Creator Day
On Tuesday, dozens of top creators, executives and AI experts convened at TheWrap and What’s Trending’s first ever AI Creator Day in Los Angeles. The one-day conference brought together professionals...
View ArticleRob Bonta: We’re Looking Very Closely at OpenAI and Anthropic
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office is looking “very closely” at OpenAI and Anthropic’s businesss in the wake of the safety warnings issued by the AI companies themselves. “It’s a...
View ArticleRob Bonta ‘Vehemently and Respectfully Disagrees’ That He ‘Caved’ on Warner...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta defended himself over claims that he and 11 other state AGs caved on their settlement resolving antitrust litigation against the $110 billion Paramount-Warner...
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