Business Features
Why Influencers Suddenly Love Facebook. (No Joke.) “It’s My Biggest Source of Income”
A quiet overhaul of the 21-year-old platform’s monetization formula is winning over a new class of content makers.
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How Sam Altman Played Hollywood
OpenAI’s CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios’ characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users. Insiders at the major agencies are alarmed — and some wonder whether the studios are doing enough.
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YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake.
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Jimmy Kimmel Was Just the Opening Salvo In a TV Affiliate Insurrection
Disney CEO Bob Iger eventually shut down a gambit by Nexstar and Sinclair to sideline the Trump-baiting late night comic — but local broadcasters are gearing up for a much bigger fight.
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America’s Most Trusted News Anchors in the Trump Era Are …
Fox News hosts rise, Joe Scarborough and Chris Cuomo fall and David Muir reigns in primetime, THR's exclusive poll finds.
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Trump’s Man With a Plan in Hollywood Opens Up
Producer and manager Steven Paul says the president "loves" the entertainment business. Enough to push Congress for a federal incentive? Maybe.
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5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan
Former Wondery exec Jeanine Wright is leading a new firm, Inception Point AI, that's betting on flooding the zone with audio content: “I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated content as AI slop are probably lazy luddites."
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Succession War Over, Lachlan Murdoch Turns to Next Era of Empire Building
With Rupert's blessing, his eldest son outfought, outlasted and ultimately spent billions buying out his siblings as his brother James throws in the towel on trying to force changes to Fox and News Corp. Now, insiders expect the real dealmaking to begin.
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The Deadest Dead-End Job in Hollywood?
Production assistants have long endured brutal hours, low salaries and abuse in the hope of moving up the food chain. But contracting budgets and blatant nepotism have turned a job that was supposed to be a doorway into a holding cell. Now they’re finally pushing back.
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Fox, CBS May Want In on Local TV Station Buying Spree
As Nexstar and Tegna gobble up more stations, broadcasters don't want to sit on the sidelines. Will the FCC let the Big Four jump in?
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Summer Box Office Clobbered by Kryptonite: Domestic Revenue Barely Matches Last Year
The May to Labor Day season initially soared, but global grosses took a nosedive as foreign movie ticket sales plunged further and a glut of male-skewing tentpoles battled for scraps in the U.S.
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SAG-AFTRA Confronts a Fran-less Future
Plushie-toting union boss Fran Drescher is riding off into the sunset after four years. But the race to replace her will be a referendum on her tumultuous tenure — and on the bruising strike she helped lead.
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