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Lachlan Murdoch Sees Pay Package Rise, Fox Details “Enhanced” Retirement Benefits for Rupert Murdoch
Lachlan Murdoch saw his compensation rise in Fox’s fiscal 2024, while Rupert Murdoch is in line to receive some “enhanced” retirement benefits in connection to his decision to step away from the company last year. Fox revealed the pay packages in its annual proxy filing Thursday afternoon. Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch secured a pay […]
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Hoda Kotb to Exit NBC’s ‘Today’ Show
Hoda Kotb is planning to exit NBC’s Today show. The NBC anchor announced the news on the program Thursday morning, adding that she will remain as co-anchor of the program into early 2025, before shifting to a new role at NBC News. “I just turned 60, and it was such a monumental moment for me […]
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Meta Adds Celebrity Voices to AI Chat, Including John Cena, Awkwafina and Keegan-Michael Key
Some familiar voices will be coming to Meta’s AI chatbots on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. At a Meta Connect event on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the voice updates to the company’s suite of AI products alongside other offerings like AI dubbing and tools to use AI to edit photos. Zuckerberg said that the […]
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Disney Officially Launches Password-Sharing Crackdown With Paid Sharing Program
Disney has officially launched its password and account-sharing crackdown, rolling out what it is calling its “paid sharing program” to users in the U.S. and in many regions around the world this week. The company had teased the changes in earnings calls earlier this year, but with the launch, it now has an official policy […]
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Telemundo Taps Joaquin Duro to Lead Sports Division
Telemundo is shaking up the leadership at its sports division, Telemundo Deportes. The Spanish-language media company, owned by NBCUniversal, says that Joaquin Duro will become executive VP of the division, reporting to Telemundo Enterprises chairman Luis Fernandez. Duro succeeds Eli Velazquez, who will depart the company at the end of the month. In his new […]
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Agree to Participate in Dueling TelevisaUnivision Town Halls
There may or may not be another debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, but both candidates have agreed to appear in another high-profile TV setting: Town halls to be hosted by the Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision. The media company says that both the Trump and Harris campaigns have agreed to […]
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The New York Times to Launch Podcast Subscriptions on Spotify and Apple (Exclusive)
The New York Times is making a significant change to how its podcast business works on two of the largest third-party podcast platforms: Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The Times will launch podcast subscriptions on the audio platforms, requiring users to pay if they want to access archived episodes of programs like The Daily and The […]
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James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm
In a major coup for the artificial intelligence company, Stability AI says that Avatar, Terminator and Titanic director James Cameron will join its board of directors. Stability AI is the firm that developed the Stable Diffusion text-to-image generative AI model, an image- and video-focused model that is among those being closely watched by many in […]
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Paramount Begins “Phase Two” of Company-Wide Layoffs
Paramount is implementing another round of major company-wide layoffs on Tuesday. In a memo to staff Tuesday morning, co-CEOs George Cheeks, Brian Robbins and Chris McCarthy said that the company will undergo “phase two” of its workforce reductions today, but that by the end of the day “90 percent of these reductions will be complete.” […]
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Vince McMahon Slams ‘Mr. McMahon’ Netflix Docuseries Ahead of Release
Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon says that he has seen Netflix’s upcoming docuseries about his life, and he is not happy with it. In a statement posted to his social media accounts Monday, the wrestling promoter said that he recently screened an “early partial cut” and that based on what he has seen so far, […]
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Barry Diller Says He Ended Paramount Bid Because “I Decided That I Didn’t Really Desire It”
How close was Barry Diller to securing control of Paramount Global? Closer than some reports may have made it seem, if Diller’s recollection of his pursuit is accurate. Speaking at a Financial Times summit Friday, Diller said that he was genuinely, seriously interested in acquiring the studio, “more for symmetry of my life” than any […]
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Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters Says the Streamer Wants “Netflix-ify” the NFL, “Never Say Never” to Other Sports Rights
The NFL may be the biggest event programming on TV, but Netflix thinks that it can also bring something to that table. At a Financial Times conference Friday, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters touched on a number of topics close to the streamer, including how he sees the use of artificial intelligence in the entertainment business, […]
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