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Fanatics, the Michael Rubin-led sports company, partners with OBB Media to launch Fanatics Studios, starting with a Tom Brady docuseries (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busi…

Sports Powerhouse Fanatics Pushes Into Entertainment With Launch of Fanatics Studios
The joint venture with OBB Media is launching with a Tom Brady docuseries, a deal to produce the ESPY Awards and deals with LA28, MLB and the WWE.

Is Our Computers Learning?
"The name on your account must exactly match the name on your reservations to ensure that you receive mileage credit and other benefits."
Global Entry number matches, passport number matches, date of birth matches, but no, if there's a difference in the name, including that usually optional middle initial and/or full middle name, I'm sorry, we were too busy training LLMs to handle basic fucking database 101.

El fin de semana, caminando por las calles de Santiago, nos topamos con una disquería y, en una extraña e inexplicable sucesión de acontecimientos esta joya del pop actual terminó en mis manos.
«Motomami»
#Rosalía #CD #Musica

Good new article from @… about online dating:
https://ghost.thenewoil.org/email/522da9aa-eef2-4b1d-b4de-25…

In a press release, the White House claims "CNN Is Lying to Undermine Operation Epic Fury's Crushing Success"; CNN's CEO says "We stand by our journalism" (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/cnn-iran-coverage-whit…

White House Escalates War Of Words With “Sh*tty” CNN Over Iran Coverage: “CNN Is Lying to Undermine Operation Epic Fury’s Crushing Success”
Like a mad dog with a bone, the Trump administration won’t let it go with CNN today over the channel’s coverage of the ongoing war with Iran

Source and memos: Politico is laying off 3% of staff, plans buyout offers for Politico Magazine and more, and plans a subscription service for investment pros (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/politico-lays-off-3-staff-222203404.html

Axios' Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen reflect upon their 20 years as media entrepreneurs together and how the media landscape changed since Politico's 2007 launch (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/13/politico-founders-axios-media-vandehei-allen

Behind the Curtain: 20 years of media revolution
We alone didn't start this fire. But we surely lit or fanned it — and then had front-row seats to witness the blaze.

Lionsgate has sold its South Asian and Southeast Asian streaming operation Lionsgate Play to Rohit Jain, the executive who built the service over eight years (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/lionsgate-play-streaming-…

Lionsgate Sells Asian Streaming Service Lionsgate Play to Rohit Jain
Lionsgate sells streaming service Lionsgate Play across South Asia and Southeast Asia to Rohit Jain, who led the platform for eight years.

Report: AI-generated music uploads account for <1% of total streams; AI-adoption is strongest in functional and low-stakes settings such as background music (Advanced Television)
https://www.advanced-television.com/2026/02/12/report…

Report: How the music Industry is battling AI music flood
The music industry has long been defined by an extreme winner-takes-all dynamic. A small number of tracks, artists, and platforms account for the majority of li

Digg announces a "hard reset" and shuts down operations two months after it was relaunched by Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, citing the scale of AI bot spam (Richard Lawler/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/894803/digg-beta-shutdown-layoffs-ai

Digg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam
The Digg Beta relaunch lasted two months but now it’s shutting down again and laying off employees.