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Warner Bros. Shareholders Greenlight $110 Billion Paramount Takeover, Slam Door on Zaslav’s $887 Million Payout
  Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders delivered a clear verdict Thursday. Nearly 99% backed the $110 billion merger with Paramount Skydance. Just 17% supported CE...
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Peacock’s Original Lineup: Ted’s Billion-View Smash Fuels Bold Bets on Sci-Fi Oddities and Reality Empires
Peacock's originals have hit a stride. Business Insider catalogs standouts like...
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YouTube’s Post-Ad Skip Glitch Robs Viewers of Precious Video Seconds—And Tests Their Patience
YouTube viewers endure yet another ad-related headache. Finish a pre-roll ad—skip it or watch it through—and the video doesn't resume at the start. It jumps ahead. Tens of secon...
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Disney’s New CEO Axes 1,000 Jobs: Marvel Gutted, Home Video Erased in Cost-Cutting Blitz
Josh D'Amaro didn't waste time. Barely settled into Disney's CEO chair after succeeding Bob Iger in February, he greenlit cuts that sliced 1,000 positions across the entertai...
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Hidden Unboxing Video Signals Valve’s Steam Controller Nears Store Shelves Amid Supply Hurdles
  A hidden unboxing video for Valve's long-awaited Steam Controller has surfaced in Steam's backend, fueling talk of an imminent launch. Spotted first by...
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Dune’s Stake Market: Fans Bet on Artists to Bypass Streaming’s Penny Payouts
Paul Knowles spots the math right away. Streaming pays artists fractions of a cent per play. Only 0.1% earn enough to cover basic monthly bills. His fix? An app where fans buy s...
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YouTube Arms Hollywood Against AI Deepfakes with Likeness Detection Expansion
YouTube just threw open the doors to its AI likeness detection tool for celebrities and talent agencies. No YouTube channel required. Actors, musicians, athletes—anyone whose...
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Mubi’s Arthouse Ambition: From Subscriber Slump to Cannes Comeback
Mubi doesn't chase blockbuster crowds. It curates. A rotating selection of 30 films at any time—one leaves daily, another arrives. Arthouse gems from global auteurs. No algor...
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Why Top Gamers Now Regret Dropping Thousands on Laptops as Cloud Streaming Outpaces Local Hardware
Dave Meikleham shelled out over $3,200 for an Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop just over a year ago. Now? He wishes he hadn't. Cloud gaming hooked him hard. "I love Nvidia GeForc...
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How Apple Vision Pro Gave Jon Favreau an IMAX Theater in His Hands for Mandalorian & Grogu
Jon Favreau stares down the limitations of traditional monitors. He's directing an IMAX epic. Yet there he is, peering at footage on a TV screen. No matter the size, it falls...
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Deezer’s AI Flood: 44% of Daily Uploads Now Synthetic, Exposing Streaming’s Fraud Crisis
Deezer receives nearly 75,000 fully AI-generated tracks every day. That's 44% of all new music hitting the platform. Over two million such tracks arrive monthly.The Pa...
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Amazon Locks Down Fire TV Sticks: Vega OS Ends Sideloading Era for Streaming Devices
Amazon just drew a line in the sand. No more Fire TV Sticks that let users install apps from anywhere but its own store. The change hit with the Fire TV Stick HD, announced A...
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Judge’s Injunction Freezes Nexstar-Tegna TV Empire, Sparking Antitrust Firefight in Local Broadcast Wars
A federal judge in California slammed the brakes on Nexstar Media Group's freshly closed $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna Inc. U.S. District Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley issue...
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NPR’s $113 Million Lifeline: Ballmer’s Gift Fuels Digital Pivot After Federal Purge
National Public Radio snagged $113 million in private donations this week, a cash infusion headlined by philanthropist Connie Ballmer's record $80 million pledge. The gifts arri...
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Bitcoin Thriller ‘Killing Satoshi’ Proves AI Can Slash Hollywood Budgets by 77%—But at What Creative Cost?
Picture this: a gray box in a former London car showroom. No sprawling sets from Antarctica to Vegas. Just actors in simple costumes, lit by neutral lights, delivering lines...
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