Larissa Manoela and Josh D’Amaro, Chairperson of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, wave to the audience after Panel Disney Experiences during Day 2 of the D23 Brazil: A Disney Experience at Transamerica Expo Center on November 09, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ricardo Moreira | Getty Images Disney is turning the page on a new…
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are calling for a halt to the new version of ByteDance’s artificial intelligence app, Seedance, which generates videos of real people and licensed characters, raising copyright and intellectual property concerns. Seedance 2.0 “is the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a…
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump…
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Hollywood could soon have a new king of the box office. With Paramount Skydance set to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the combined film studios could dominate the theatrical…
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at the CNBC CEO Council in Arizona, May 19, 2025. Chris Coduto | CNBC The NFL and Paramount Skydance‘s renewal talks on a deal to keep the league’s Sunday games on CBS are beginning to take shape, CNBC has learned. NFL and CBS executives are negotiating a price increase, with a…
A general view of the WNBA logo on the court before a WNBA game between the Atlanta Dream and the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, Sept. 1, 2025. Erica Denhoff | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The Women’s National Basketball Association and its Players Association are inching closer to a collective…
A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber. George Frey | Reuters Google said its fiber internet unit called GFiber is combining with Astound Broadband and forming an independent provider, with Google remaining as a minority shareholder. The new company will be majority owned by investment firm Stonepeak and led by…
As Americans get lonelier and lonelier, a growing number of people are getting some emotional support from artificial intelligence chatbots — and some mental health experts are concerned. “The topic of AI for therapy [and] emotional support companionship is coming up a lot,” says Leanna Fortunato, a licensed clinical psychologist and director of quality and…
Versant Media Group, the newly minted spinout of TV networks and digital assets from Comcast, released its first earnings report on Tuesday. The company reported full-year revenue of roughly $6.69 billion for 2025, down 5% from the prior year. Versant is reporting a breakdown of its earnings from its final year under the ownership of…
Versant signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Versant Media Group will release its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday, giving Wall Street its first glimpse inside a company made up primarily of pay-TV networks. The Comcast spinoff…
