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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…

Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck's AI Filmmaker Tools Start-Up InterPositive
In a rare acquisition, Netflix has bought InterPositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

Tua Tagovailoa says fresh start from Dolphins following midseason benching would be 'dope' https://www.nfl.com/news/tua-tagovailoa-dolphins-fresh-start-benching

Filing: Trump added between $600K and $1.25M in Netflix bonds to his portfolio in January; he also bought between $600K and $1.25M of SiriusXM bonds (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Trump Bought Netflix Debt Amid Paramount’s Fight for Warner Bros.
New financial disclosures released Wednesday show that the President acquired Netflix bonds as Paramount was trying to pry WBD away from the streaming giant.

CPB board votes to dissolve the 58-year-old organization following the rescission of all federal funding by Congress at the behest of President Trump (Cameron Coats/Radio Ink)
https://radioink.com/2026/01/05/corporation-for-public-broadcasting…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Officially Votes to Disband - Radio Ink
After 58 years of service to the American public, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors has formally voted to dissolve the organization.

An interview with Reach CEO Piers North about traffic from Google Discover falling ~50% in H2 2025, potential deals with AI companies, and more (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/reach-ceo-piers…

Reach CEO Piers North says AI approach 'mixture of courtship and courts'
Reach was not overly reliant on Google Discover but took "advantages of opportunities as they come", CEO Piers North said as referrals fell.

Thomson Reuters' CEO says AI cannot easily replace the company's legal-research expertise, after its stock fell following the release of Claude legal work tools (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)
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An interview with NBC Executive Producer Molly Solomon on the network's Olympics coverage, reimagining the viewing experience, falling ratings, and more (Andrew Marchand/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7018585/2026/02/04/mol…

The mastermind behind NBC’s Olympic transformation: ‘She is a visionary’
NBC's Molly Solomon flipped the longtime Olympics TV script in Paris, and she's back to lead the effort in Italy.

BFI: 2025 spending on UK film production hit a £2.8B record high, of which 91% came from non-domestic films; UK cinema admissions fell 30% compared to 2019 (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/british-movie-spend-hit-record-h…

British Movie Spend Hit Record High Of $3.8B In 2025
Spend on movies in the UK hit a record high in 2025 including on 'Wuthering Heights', 'Supergirl' and 'The Beatles' film.

Maoyan: China's box office reached $7.41B in 2025, up 20% YoY after a 23% drop in 2024, driven by animated films and IP franchises like Ne Zha 2 and Zootopia 2 (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-offic…

'Ne Zha 2,' 'Zootopia 2' Lead 2025 China Box Office Past $7.4 Billion
China's theatrical market staged a robust recovery in 2025, with total box office reaching $7.41 billion and admissions climbing to 1.24 billion.

Crunchyroll says it is developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner in partnership "with Japanese publishers and global developers" (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/crunchyroll-orig…

Crunchyroll to Launch Original Video Games Following Price Hike
Anime media giant Crunchyroll is now developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner.