Media
French broadcaster Canal+ shares fall 13% in London listing after spinoff from Vivendi
In this photo illustration, the French premium television channel, studio and distributor, Canal+ (plus) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares in French broadcaster Canal+ fell over 13% after their London stock market debut on Monday. Media holding company Vivendi’s shareholders last week agreed to spin off […]
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ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit
ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos Paula Lobo | ABC | Getty Images ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. According to settlement documents made […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery shares surge 15% after company announces linear, streaming restructuring
President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav arrives for the world premiere of “The Flash” at Ovation Hollywood in Hollywood, California, on June 12, 2023. Michael Tran | Afp | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday announced a restructuring plan to segment its business into linear and streaming units in a move […]
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Whoopi Goldberg aims to raise awareness about women’s sports with new network
Hollywood icon Whoopi Goldberg hopes her newly launched All Women’s Sports Network will bring more attention to women’s sports. Goldberg started the network with George Chung, co-founder of international media holding company Jungo TV. It’s the first global media channel dedicated exclusively to highlighting women’s sports and is available in the U.S. on the free […]
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Comcast shares tumble as executive calls broadband ‘intensely competitive’
View from behind of Comcast truck parked on residential street in Lafayette, California, September 28, 2021. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Comcast Cable CEO Dave Watson told investors on Monday that the company expects to lose more than 100,000 broadband subscribers during the fourth quarter as the market remains “competitively intense.” Comcast […]
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Salesforce shares jump on earnings beat and strong AI deals pipeline
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, appears on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2024. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Salesforce popped more than 8% Wednesday, a day after the company reported third-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ estimates for revenue and guidance and showed strong […]
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ESPN hopes to reach more casual sports fans with Disney+ integration
SportsCenter at ESPN Headquarters. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images ESPN is coming to Disney+. Now, the sports network wants to make sure Disney+ users come to ESPN. Walt Disney debuted a dedicated ESPN tile Wednesday on Disney+ for people who subscribe to ESPN+, its sports streaming platform, to watch programming […]
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Canadian news companies challenge OpenAI over alleged copyright breaches
Five major Canadian news media companies on Friday filed a legal action against ChatGPT owner OpenAI, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of regularly breaching copyright and online terms of use. The case is part of a wave of lawsuits against OpenAI and other tech companies by authors, visual artists, music publishers and other copyright owners […]
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College Football Playoff expansion boosts advertising, viewership at Disney
Donovan Edwards #7 of the Michigan Wolverines hurdles a tackle attempt by Michael Taaffe #16 of the Texas Longhorns during the first half of a college football game at Michigan Stadium on September 07, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Aaron J. Thornton | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The expanded College Football Playoff format […]
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Comcast’s cable network spinoff may be a signal to the media industry for necessary change
Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Comcast shares posted modest gains Wednesday after the company announced its plan to spin off all of NBCUniversal’s cable networks — except Bravo — into a separately publicly traded entity. Investors’ initial shrug at the proposed transaction underscores the uncertainty of the maneuver. The hope for Comcast is […]
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