OpenAI’s board rejects bid from Elon Musk-led group
The feud between Elon Musk and rival Sam Altman took a new turn on Friday when OpenAI’s board rejected a $97.4-billion offer by an investment consortium led by the Tesla ...
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Marvel’s new ‘Captain America’ is a risky superhero handoff. Is it the reset Disney needs?
Minutes into the first fight scene of the new “Captain America: Brave New World,” a foe quips that the Captain America he dreamed of killing was bigger than current mantle-holder ...
Paramount and YouTube TV extend deadline for a new carriage deal
Paramount Global and Google’s YouTube TV agreed to a short-term contract extension late Thursday, keeping CBS and other networks available as the two media companies worked to negotiate a new ...
CBS and other Paramount channels could go dark on YouTube TV
Paramount Global television networks, including CBS, could go dark on Google’s YouTube TV on Thursday night in the latest contract showdown between a major programmer and a distributor. Paramount began ...
L.A.’s classical KUSC will merge programming with San Francisco sister station
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news: Los Angeles will soon be sharing its venerable classical music radio station KUSC with San Francisco. Starting this summer, KUSC and the ...
Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue
When the Writers Guild of America approved a contract with major studios in 2023, ending a 148-day strike, the union became the first bargaining group to gain significant guardrails around ...
FCC launches effort to ‘root out’ DEI programs, beginning with Comcast
The Federal Communications Commission has opened an inquiry into Comcast Corp.’s employee programs, stepping up efforts to “root out” diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that it said may violate equal ...
Disney softens DEI efforts with Trump back in office
Walt Disney Co. is changing some of its internal diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the latest move in the company’s slow pullback from such efforts. The Burbank media and entertainment ...
Will Trump have a chilling effect on Hollywood? Insiders say it’s already happening
Eight years ago, Hollywood proudly donned the mantle of anti-Trump resistance. This time around, the industry’s reaction can best be summed up by the tale of two Trump films. Just ...
Super Bowl LIX scores 126 million viewers despite blowout
The Super Bowl may have developed immunity against a terrible game. Early Nielsen data and a projection from Fox and the NFL showed 126 million viewers watched Sunday‘s telecast of ...
