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60 Minutes' 59th season will debut September 13 with an in-depth look at the LA Rams, the first edition of the remade show under Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton (Stephen Battaglio/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

'60 Minutes' opens its new season under Bari Weiss with the L.A. Rams
Jon Wertheim's Rams profile leads the Sept. 13 season premiere of "60 Minutes" — the first since Bari Weiss' purge of the CBS News newsmagazine.

Rockstar says it will show an "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/976073/gta-6-trailer-3-…

GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August
Rockstar is airing an “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto 6, which will air on both YouTube and Netflix.

Genau mein Humor:
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/duckduckgo-mocks-ai-smart-glasses-by-selling-normal-fing-sunglasses-3395157/

Sources: Jimmy Kimmel Live! is set to end in May 2027 as Kimmel's contract is not getting extended; the move is not related to his fight with Trump (Carlos Greer/Page Six)
https://pagesix.com/2026/09/08/entertainment…

Exclusive | Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show set to end in 2027 after 24 years on air
A source told Page Six ABC didn’t renew the late-night host’s year-to-year contract, which ends in May 2027.

This article is fascinating and proves yet again that historical films are entertainment first, #history second.
"The uprising was a revolt of all classes below the level of the aristocracy. That is why it was so dangerous."
@…

ABC pushes back on Page Six's report that Jimmy Kimmel's show will end in 2027: "any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative" (KiMi Robinson/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainme

ABC responds to report 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will end in 2027
ABC issued a swift response to a report that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will end after 24 years on the air, calling the claim "speculative."

As the time lag between satire and reality collapses to zero, we enter… the #Dongularity
(article from April) https://theonion.com/doj-to-bring-back-firing-squa…

AI anxiety comes to Telluride, with Bill Gates sounding the alarm
The Telluride Film Festival devoted two Saturday events to the rise of artificial intelligence,
an unusually explicit engagement with an issue festival director Julie Huntsinger called a “threat.”
Bill Gates said AI had advanced faster than he expected,
warned the next five years would be critical
and said he would likely support a credible plan to slow development or hold it in stasis.
Tri…

Bill Gates warns of AI risks at Telluride Film Festival
At a festival built around the human touch, two events confronted the promise and perils of artificial intelligence, as Bill Gates warned “the aliens are here.”

Tfw you wanna buy physical / DRM-free digital media, but your entertainment budget is empty, yet again 🫠

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Alice Cooper, Michelle Williams highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/alice-cooper-michelle-williams-gameday-entertainment-halftime-raiders-vs-chiefs-week-4-100426

Cool that “The Legend of Kitchen Soldier” won best drama in Blue Dragon awards 👏 https://www.soompi.com/article/1859105wpp/winners-of-the-5th-blue-dragon-series-awards
Always wondered if it'll be serialized into an anime, but somehow this…

All 4 Members Of BLACKPINK Confirmed To Be Attending 10th-Anniversary Event
It’s official: all four members of BLACKPINK will be participating in their upcoming 10th-anniversary event! On August 7 KST, YG Entertainment officially

Common Sense Media calls ChatGPT for Teens an "unacceptable risk", saying its guardrails fall short of OpenAI's promises and it continues to do kids' homework (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

ChatGPT for Teens is an ‘unacceptable risk,’ says Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that offers reviews of apps, services, and entertainment with a focus on youth safety, today said that OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens is an “unacceptable risk.” 

Happy Birthday Susan Sarandon!
Schauspielerin und Aktivistin Susan Sarandon wird 80!
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/celebrities/2026/10/04/susan-sarandon-photos/91988689007/

Susan Sarandon turns 80 – See her life and career in photos
From her activism to her filmography, revisit Susan Sarandon's life and career in photos as she celebrates her 80th birthday.

„Corsair Cove“ angespielt: Piratenabenteuer für Aufbaustrategen
Im Aufbaustrategiespiel „Corsair Cove“ von Limbic Entertainment müssen Spieler ein Piratenimperium aufbauen. Wir haben das Spiel angespielt.
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„Corsair Cove“ angespielt: Piratenabenteuer für Aufbaustrategen
Im Aufbaustrategiespiel „Corsair Cove“ von Limbic Entertainment müssen Spieler ein Piratenimperium aufbauen. Wir haben das Spiel angespielt.

Rockstar says it will show an "extended look" at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET (Andrew Webster/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/976073/gta-6-trailer-3-…

GTA VI is getting an ‘extended look’ at the end of August
Rockstar is airing an “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto 6, which will air on both YouTube and Netflix.

David Ellison Should Never Own a Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, because of course he shouldn't.
No one person, family or company should own so much news, media and entertainment.
But that didn't stop David Ellison from trying to convince us he should (and oddly making it clear he should not).

David Ellison Convinced Me He Should Never Own nor Control a Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison wrote an editorial in the New York Times (gift link) in which (I think) he tries to make the case for why he should be allowed to have his Paramount acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. He accomplished the opposite. He should not own them. I read his writing with

Study: the share of spending at US locations by major US studios fell from 94% to 64% for TV episodes and from 74% to 42% for films between 1999 and 2024 (Cerys Davies/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

U.S. share of studio TV spending fell from 94% to 64%, unions say
A study commissioned by Hollywood unions finds the U.S. share of major-studio TV spending fell from 94% to 64% as Congress weighs a film tax credit.

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Alice Cooper, Michelle Williams highlight Sunday’s gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/alice-cooper-michelle-williams-gameday-entertainment-halftime-raiders-vs-chiefs-week-4-100426

Sources: Google approached Disney, Universal, and other studios to license characters and films for its AI tools, but legal and union concerns stalled deals (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

How Google is courting Hollywood to use its AI tools
Tech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to major studios as it tries to find ways to get Hollywood to use its AI technology.

Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show set to end in 2027 after 24 years on air (Carlos Greer/Page Six)
https://pagesix.com/2026/09/08/entertainment/jimmy-kimmels-late-night-show-set-to-end-after-next-season-after-24-years/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260908/p141#a260908p141

Just announced! Colts 2026 gameday giveaways, entertainment and promotions https://www.colts.com/news/2026-nfl-colts-schedule-tickets-themes-uniform-giveaw…

Man, I still remember, "Save the cheerleader. Save the World" very vividly. This is so sad.
☑️ Hayden Panettiere dead: Star of 'Heroes,' 'Nashville' was 36 - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

Hayden Panettiere dead: Star of 'Heroes,' 'Nashville' was 36
Actor Hayden Panettiere, who starred in TV dramas and movies, died Sunday, her representative said. She was 36.

The Teneo Network serves as ‘a pipeline’ that seeks to place conservatives in ‘positions of influence in key industries in America,’ including entertainment, politics, and finance.”
https://skywriter.blue/@jennycohn.bsky.social/3ljteuo76ik2o

Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money:
TiVo Will Start Charging Fees For Its Automatic Commercial Break-Skipping Feature 'SkipMode' - Slashdot
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/09/06/0347252/tivo-will-start-charging-fees-for-its-automatic-commercial-break-skipping-feature-skipmode

Disney reports Q3 entertainment revenue up 6% YoY to $11.3B, streaming subscription revenue up 15% to $4.7B, and streaming ad revenue up 3% to $851M (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/disney-earnings-q3-2026/

Disney+, Hulu Combined Profit Hits $712 Million in Q3
The entertainment giant will unveil new details about its vision to transform Disney+ into a "digital centerpiece" in Spring 2027

Can You Give Me A Flick?
Bryce and Nic both are both involved in the entertainment industry and they both love movies! While Bryce scoffs at Nic's artistic and glossy recommendations, Nic turns his nose at Bryce's gritty and often macho taste...
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Music producers are calling out tracks suspected of using AI tools like Suno, as the internet becomes increasingly filled with AI-generated music (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/985866/h4rris-nihil-young-edm-suno-ai…

Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters
The spread of AI-generated EDM music is creating a culture of callouts and mistrust among artists.

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"A month after San Francisco’s Fourth of July crowds overwhelmed streets and transit near the Presidio, Outside Lands presented another test: moving 75,000 people a day through the city. This one went considerably better"
Maybe it helps that Outside Lands happens every year as opposed to Daniel Lurie decreeing his dumb idea of doing fireworks by the GGB just a month before the event

As Mattel tries to evolve from a toy maker into an entertainment company, its movie releases see only mixed success and its entertainment push pressures profits (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busin…

Launching Saturday, Aug. 1,
which would have been Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia's 84th birthday,
"Dead After Death" will delve into the Dead's music and the culture built around it
through mediums such as podcasts, photography and digital articles.
The series will be hosted by NPR journalists Felix Contreras and Isabella Gomez Sarmiento.
The two longtime Deadheads plan to feature interviews with high-profile Deadheads such as Bravo TV hos…

"Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game"
#Orcas #Animals
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Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game
Scientists believe sunfish-smashing behaviour could be form of entertainment or to help younger whales feed

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A bootleg of Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day remained on X for over seven hours, reaching 5.9M accounts and receiving 143K Likes before being removed (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/974199/spider-ma…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day leak racks up millions of views
A leak that racked up millions of views hasn’t slowed down Spider-Man: Brand New Day as it breaks box office records.

Disney plans to shift much of its consumer products business from its experiences segment to its entertainment segment, under studios, beginning in October (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/08/disney-consumer-products-moves-studios-1237018017/

Big Bucks Generating Disney Consumer Products Shifts To Studio Umbrella As Josh D’Amaro-Run Mouse House Drops Earnings Report Tomorrow
Disney is moving its powerhouse Consumer Products division from the Experiences division to Disney Entertainment, specifically under the company's Studios umbrella.

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New York-based Ande, whose AI agents help businesses arrange corporate events for employees or customers, emerges from stealth with $52M in seed and Series A (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/en

Entertainment-Booking Startup Ande Raises $52 Million From Lightspeed, Redpoint
Personal AI agents like Instinct and Muse have promised to take away the hassle of booking hard-to-get restaurant reservations, Broadway tickets and sporting events. Now, a startup is coming out of stealth to do the same for corporate entertainment—events, group dining, catering, sporting events ...

As he convenes the Lumière Summit in France, President Macron calls for a "new multilateralism" across creative industries amid social media's "cognitive war" (Emmanuel Macron/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/opinion/f

French President Emmanuel Macron Pens Op-Ed on Future of Creative Industries
French President Emmanuel Macron pens an op-ed on the the eve of the Lumière Summit, which will bring together global entertainment leaders.

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The Justice Department’s updated position stunned industry stakeholders.
The Department of Justice spent years favoring copyright owners.
That changed Wednesday.
With the Trump administration filing in support of OpenAI amid its legal fight with The New York Times,
the administration departed from the status quo position of Washington politicians
— one that had long cast its lot closer to the entertainment industry in matters of copyright legalities
— to …

‘Darn Unusual’ DOJ Filing Has the Trump Administration on Different Path
The administration's support for OpenAI in its legal fight against The New York Times departed from historic norms and could save AI companies billions of dollars.

Neon plans to release an SCP Foundation film in 2027 under the required CC BY-SA license; A24 announced an SCP project without consulting with the SCP Wiki team (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1002958/neon-…

Neon sticks it to A24 by announcing a Creative Commons SCP Foundation movie
The studio says the movie will be in theaters next year.

New Orleans Saints welcome fans back to the Caesars Superdome with the return of $6 Dome Foam and halftime performance by DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’Neal) https://www.neworleanssaints.com/news/raiders-at-saints-entertainment-su…

Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative, a public benefit company, is rallying Letterboxd users to fund a bid for a majority stake in the platform (Jeremy Fuster/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/culture-lifestyle/culture/letterboxd-user…

Letterboxd Users, Investors Launch Campaign to Buy Site, Run as Community-Owned
As the popular movie review website Letterboxd is mounting a sale, a public benefit company is launching a campaign to encourage the site's users to pool their money and make a bid of their own

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Amazon appears to have leaked Jason Statham's new film Mutiny, streaming it in full on Prime Video in the US, two days before it was supposed to hit theaters (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/981943/amazon-prime-video-mu…

Amazon seemingly leaked Jason Statham’s entire Mutiny movie
The film isn’t supposed to hit theaters for two days, but it’s available to stream on Prime Video now.

Sources: Google approached Disney, Universal, and other studios to license characters and films for its AI tools, but legal and union concerns stalled deals (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

How Google is courting Hollywood to use its AI tools
Tech giant Google has been quietly making overtures to major studios as it tries to find ways to get Hollywood to use its AI technology.

An editorial board will oversee CNN and CBS News.
What does that mean?
Paramount’s $111-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will create a five-member editorial oversight board for CNN and CBS News,
intended to protect journalists’ independence from owners and shareholders.
Critics question the board’s authority because Paramount’s directors will appoint and remove its members.
The arrangement comes amid upheaval at CBS News,
concern inside CNN

An editorial board will oversee CNN and CBS News. What does that mean?
Paramount's settlement to clear the path for its Warner Bros. Discovery merger adds a new wrinkle for news divisions.

Survey: 27% of Americans say they turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for personal, emotional, or social queries, rising to nearly 40% among adults under 50 (Washington Post)

27% of U.S. adults turn to AI for personal, emotional, social queries
More than a quarter of U.S. adults turn to chatbots for personal or emotional discussions, including for entertainment or social advice, a new survey found.

Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION, Alexia Jayy, Junior Raiderettes highlight Thursday's gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/aaron-bruno-of-awolnation-alexia-jayy-highlight-gameday-entertainm…

India's JioHotstar launches internationally without live sports, replacing Hotstar in the UK, Canada, and Singapore; the company says it has 500M MAUs in India (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/reliances-jiohotstar-ta…

Reliance's JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports | TechCrunch
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.

Coyote vs. Acme, sold by WBD to Ketchup Entertainment for $50M in 2025, tops $100M globally since its August release amid WBD's dismal 2026 box office run (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/coyote-vs-a…

'Coyote vs. Acme' Earns $100 Million, Proves David Zaslav Wrong
Three years after Warner Bros. shelved "Coyote vs. Acme," the Looney Tunes adaptation is a box office hit.

Pro Shop, the media company founded in 2023 to expand golf's presence in entertainment, raised a $24M Series B, following a $20M Series A (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Golf Media Company Pro Shop Raises $24 Million In Expansion Push (Exclusive)
Arthur Blank's family office, Causeway Partners and Ares Capital are among the new investors in the company, founded by Chad Mumm and Joe Purzycki.

Google partners with talent agency Range Media to launch 100 Zeros, a rotating fund designed to shape positive onscreen depictions of tech and test AI tools (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/…

Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology
100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.

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Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION, Alexia Jayy, Junior Raiderettes highlight Thursday's gameday entertainment https://www.raiders.com/news/aaron-bruno-of-awolnation-alexia-jayy-highlight-gameday-entertainm…

A group of House lawmakers launches the Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus amid an industry push for a federal film and TV tax incentive (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/09/house-entertainment-caucus-sydney-kamlager-dove-…

House Lawmakers Launch Movies, Music, Entertainment & Sports Caucus
The caucus will focus on the economic impact of the creator economy, as well as sports, music and other forms of entertainment.

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Spotify plans to roll out AI Persona labeling in mid-September for profiles that do "not represent a real person"; the system uses human review and AI tools (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/977815/spotify-ai-persona…

Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’
Spotify will label artists as “AI Personas” if their identities appear to be AI-generated. The music streaming platform will also remove music from AI Personas from personalized recommendations.

SoundCloud launches a beta feature letting artists sell music directly from their profiles, instead of diverting fans to purchase from services like Bandcamp (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/984926/soundcloud-direct-mu…

You can now buy music on SoundCloud
A new beta feature lets artists sell tracks directly on their profile, and SoundCloud won’t take a cut.

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AMC's stock jumps 14% after reporting Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.6B, driven by a box office rebound and its highest quarterly revenue in its 106-year history (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/amc-entertainment-ea…

AMC Entertainment Stock Surges 14% as Q2 Revenue Climbs on Box Office Rebound
The theater chain's second-quarter revenue grew 14% to $1.59 billion, though it posted a widened net loss of $11.4 million

Goodbye, Montecito.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly moving to U.K.
Harry and Markle will maintain their Montecito chateau as well as their Portugal getaway pad
but will reside at a private, non-royal home in the U.K.
The couple wed in 2018 and stepped away from their senior-royal duties in 2020 to head west in an unprecedented move.
Although many were clutching their pearls over what the U.K. tabloids dubbed Megxit

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leaving SoCal to go back to the U.K.
Six years after leaving the U.K. amid a family feud, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly relocating back to Britain ahead of the school year.

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Free Blockbuster boxes are recently multiplying all over America.
You can set up your own Free Blockbuster dispenser
or find one near you in the US:
the details are online at https://freeblockbuster.org.

FreeBlockbuster.org
FreeBlockbuster.org is combatting the dangerous myth of scarcity by providing free entertainment to as many people as possible. TAKE a movie, LEAVE a movie. Be Kind, Rewind!

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Paramount says states' lawsuit "reflects a fundamentally flawed application of the antitrust laws" and the delay "will only harm entertainment workers" (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/paramount-wbd…

Paramount Says States’ Lawsuit Seeking To Block WBD Deal “Will Only Harm Entertainment Workers”
Paramount hit back at an antitrust lawsuit filed Monday by attorneys general of 12 states seeking to block the company's pending $110 billion merger.

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Stability AI, which has deals with UMG, WMG, and EA to build AI models from their IP, raised a $76M Series B from them, Sony Music, and others (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/stability-ai-raises-76-million-funding-round-123…

Stability AI Raises $76 Million from UMG, WMG, Sony Music, More
The James Cameron-backed Stability AI has raised $76 million from some of the entertainment industry’s top record labels and gaming companies.

Amazon appears to have leaked Jason Statham's new film Mutiny, streaming it in full on Prime Video in the US, two days before it was supposed to hit theaters (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/981943/amazon-prime-video-mu…

Amazon seemingly leaked Jason Statham’s entire Mutiny movie
The film isn’t supposed to hit theaters for two days, but it’s available to stream on Prime Video now.

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Disney licenses a large group of titles to Netflix, including all five Ice Age movies, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Felicity, Elio, and more (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/disne

Disney Licenses Titles to Netflix Including 'Ice Age' Movies, 'Will Trent,' 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians,' 'Felicity'
Disney Entertainment licensed multiple titles to Netflix including all five 'Ice Age' movies and series like 'Will Trent,' 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians,' 'Felicity' and more.

India's JioHotstar launches internationally without live sports, replacing Hotstar in the UK, Canada, and Singapore; the company says it has 500M MAUs in India (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/01/reliances-jiohotstar-ta…

Reliance's JioHotstar takes its streaming empire global — without sports | TechCrunch
JioHotstar will only have entertainment content when it launches in the UK, Canada, and Singapore.

Google partners with talent agency Range Media to launch 100 Zeros, a rotating fund designed to shape positive onscreen depictions of tech and test AI tools (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/busines

Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology
100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.

Sony Pictures reports Q1 operating income up 21% YoY to $156M, revenue down 13% to $1.978B, with Motion Pictures group revenue down 13% to $645M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sony-pictures-earnings-june-2026…

Sony Pictures Revenue Drops 13% in June Quarter, Music Sales Jump 21%
Sony Pictures Entertainment posted a sales decline for the June quarter, slightly offset by growth at Crunchyroll, while Sony's music segment saw revenue increase 21%.

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Sources: Paramount's board approved David Ellison's plan to possibly leave California, selling its 65-acre lot in Hollywood and the Warner Bros. Burbank campus (Meg James/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

Inside David Ellison's desperate fight for Warner Bros.
Paramount's board has approved David Ellison's plan to move headquarters from Hollywood to save money.

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Spotify says it will roll out an "AI Persona" badge in September for profiles that do "not represent a real person" and exclude their music from recommendations (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/977815/spot…

Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’
Spotify will label artists as “AI Personas” if their identities appear to be AI-generated. The music streaming platform will also remove music from AI Personas from personalized recommendations.

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Roku adds Fairground AI Creator TV, a 24/7 FAST channel with AI-generated content from Fairground's partnered creators, billed as the first AI-only FAST channel (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/976939/roku-fairground-a…

Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough
Roku is platforming AI startup Fairground’s library of slop content.

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Disney Entertainment promotes Adam Smith, formerly of YouTube, to chairman of D2C; Joe Earley moves to president of TV franchises and content strategy (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Disney Names New Streaming Boss In Major Shake Up of Direct-to-Consumer Division
Adam Smith has been promoted while Joe Earley, who had been president of direct-to-consumer, will shift to a new role as president of Disney Entertainment Television franchise and content strategy.

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CoComelon parent Moonbug is experimenting with AI; its "Studio AI Bible" notes "we can only own (copyright) what a human has created" so human input is needed (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/cocomelons-studio-t…

Cocomelon's Studio Tells Its Artists to Start Experimenting With AI
Moonbug Entertainment, which makes Cocomelon, Blippi, and other popular content for children, says it will begin using AI but will always have a 'human in the loop.

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This is a joke, not a threat: let's not make entertainment lead to internment.
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Jimmy Kimmel's interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico crosses 8M views on YouTube, with interview clips going viral on Instagram and Facebook (Sarah Rumpf/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/media/entert…

Talarico’s Interview With Kimmel That ABC Wouldn’t Air Goes Viral Online, Racking Up Millions ...
Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) should consider writing a thank you note to ABC after a decision by network brass to exile a political interview to YouTube once again brought the candidate viral traffic.

Memo: Disney offers longtime US-based executives across Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and corporate divisions early retirement packages amid cost-cutting efforts (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/disney-offers-execs-voluntar…

Disney Offers Execs Voluntary Early Retirement Packages
Disney is offering longtime executives early retirement packages amid larger cost-cutting efforts and ongoing layoffs.

Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to restore the Cinerama Dome and adjacent 14-screen theater in Los Angeles, reopening in 2028 and operated by Alamo Drafthouse (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/business/media/ciner…

Sony Revives Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles as Box Office Sales Rebound
The iconic Cinerama Dome and adjacent 14-screen theater complex will reopen in 2028 after a renovation. The venue closed in 2020 because of the pandemic.

Filing: Netflix's UK revenue rose 11.3% YoY to £2.06B in 2025, topping ITV's media and entertainment unit for the first time; net profit rose 11.5% to £53.3M (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/08/netflix-uk-revenues-overtake-itv-1237048522/

Netflix Posts $2.8B Revenues In UK To Overtake ITV For First Time
Netflix UK has posted revenues for full-year 2025 that put it ahead of the country's leading commercial broadcaster, ITV.

Stability AI, which has deals with UMG, WMG, and EA to build AI models from their IP, raised a $76M Series B from them, Sony Music, and others (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/stability-ai-raises-76-million-funding-round-123…

Stability AI Raises $76 Million from UMG, WMG, Sony Music, More
The James Cameron-backed Stability AI has raised $76 million from some of the entertainment industry’s top record labels and gaming companies.

Australia's biggest media company Nine Entertainment cuts ~30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, blaming AI's "extreme state of disruption" (Amanda Meade/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/…

Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption
Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’

Australia's Nine Entertainment announces job cuts in its publishing division, impacting 30 editorial roles, as part of a shift to a "digital-first future" (Cameron Micallef/news.com.au)
https://www.news.com…

Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $11.06B, vs. $10.8B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $81.63B, up from $71.34B in Q2 2025 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/youtube-q2-…

YouTube Ad Sales Increase 13% in Q2 2026: Alphabet Earnings Results
YouTube, one of the world's biggest entertainment businesses, continues to turn in double-digit increases in ad revenue.

Cuts at ESPN are part of larger Disney layoffs; sources: some corporate functions, film studios, and Disney Entertainment Television are expected to be impacted (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Disney Cutting Hundreds More Jobs in New Round of Corporate Streamlining
Pixar and Nat Geo are said to be hit particularly hard in the latest round of cuts, with some high-profile talent also being let go at ESPN.

Mark Ruffalo says Paramount's framing of his criticism of the WBD deal as "antisemitic" is "appalling and fundamentally dishonest" and deal scrutiny is needed (Zachary Leeman/mediaite.com)
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