Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix

Emma Roth / theverge - Paramount has launched a $108.4 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, calling Netflix’s $83 billion arrangement to purchase the entertainment giant’s studios and streaming service “inferior.” The Paramount proposal, unlike Netflix’s, wo…

2 months / techspot

How the Battle Over Warner Bros. Turned Into a Blockbuster

2 months / bloomberg / Christopher Palmeri

All you need to know about the increasingly complex sale of Warner Bros. Discovery

2 months / fastcompany / Chris Morris

Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros., challenging a $72 billion offer by Netflix

2 months / techxplore

Paramount challenges Netflix with hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

2 months / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Paramount tries to swipe Warner Bros. from Netflix with a hostile takeover

2 months / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

Paramount Just Pulled a Power Move to Steal Warner Bros. From Netflix

2 months / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Paramount Announces $108.4 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid to Acquire All of Warner Bros

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Warner Bros (WBD) Stock: Paramount Launches $108B Hostile Takeover Bid After Netflix Deal

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Paramount triggers bidding war for Warner Bros., as it offers $18 billion more than Netflix trib.al/DW0cH5Y

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Paramount bids to stop Netflix buying Warner Bros

2 months / appleinsider

Paramount gatecrashes Warner Bros-Netflix deal with $108bn hostile bid

2 months / ft

Paramount makes a $108 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

2 months / engadget / Kris Holt

Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Paramount Isn’t Letting Netflix Get Warner Bros. Without a Fight

2 months / gizmodo / James Whitbrook

Paramount reignites Warner Bros. bidding war with bigger offer than Netflix’s trib.al/UtKD1zG

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Netflix gets outbid by Paramount as the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery goes hostile

2 months / qz / Chris Morris

Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix

2 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Paramount Skydance Launches Hostile Bid For WBD After Netflix Wins Bidding War

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Paramount gatecrashes Netflix, WBD deal

2 months / advanced-television / Editor

Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros

2 months / ycombinator

Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. at $30 a Share

2 months / bloomberg / Christopher Palmeri

Paramount Goes Hostile, Launches $30 Per Share Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in Attempt to Thwart Netflix

2 months / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Investor market reactions

CNBC Daily Open: The Warner Bros. Discovery deal — a cliffhanger in the making?

2 months / cnbc

CNBC Daily Open: Investors are loving the Paramount-Warner Bros-Netflix drama

2 months / cnbc

Paramount Skydance launches a hostile takeover bid in last-ditch effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

2 months / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

Political, regulatory and financing angles

Tencent quits Paramount’s Warner Bros bid amid US regulatory concerns

2 months / scmp

Paramount’s Mideast financing doomed Warner Bros. Discovery auction bid - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

Cravath, Latham plot antitrust path for Paramount with hostile Warner bid

2 months / globalcompetitionreview / Ben Remaly

Paramount (With Jared Kushner And Saudi Help) Launches $108 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Brothers

2 months / techdirt / Karl Bode

Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros

2 months / ft

Finger-pointing in Washington as Paramount goes hostile in bid for Warner Bros. - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery

2 months / reddit / /u/abrownn

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Paramount (With Jared Kushner And Saudi Help) Launches $108 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Brothers Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Para

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Paramount doet nieuwe poging Warner Bros. alsnog binnen te halen: biedt $108 mrd voor het hele bedrijf. Netflix bood $82 mrd voor alleen studio en streamingdienst. www.ft.com/content/7981...

2 months / bsky / @nandokasteleijn.bsky.social / nandokasteleijn.bsky.social

Reckoning with backing from Trump, Paramount has launched a $108bn hostile bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery, in an attempt to outmanoeuvre Netflix after the streaming giant won an auction for the prized media company last week. The all-cash offer for the

2 months / bsky / @robertscotthorton.bsky.social / robertscotthorton.bsky.social

If Paramount succeeds in buying Warner Bros....then Netflix will end up buying Paramount-WB in 2035.

2 months / bsky / @stephenkb.bsky.social / stephenkb.bsky.social

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

getting the feeling I might end up using a lot of locutus top art over the next 18 months

2 months / bsky / @jwhitbrook.bsky.social / jwhitbrook.bsky.social

New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Trademark Tarnishment’

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - The New York Times has sued Perplexity AI, alleging its "answer engine" infringes copyright and tarnishes the brand with AI hallucinations.The post New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Trademark Tarnishment’ appeared first on …

#ai #aiethics #law #media #technology #litigation #intellectualproperty #regulation #copyright #perplexity

New York Times Sues Perplexity AI for Copyright Infringement and ‘Trademark Tarnishment’

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

NYT Sues Perplexity AI in Copyright Conflict

2 months / datamation / Datamation Staff

New York Times Sues Perplexity AI For Copyright Infringement And False Attribution

2 months / medianama / Rohit Singh

A Thanksgiving Dealmaking Sprint Helped Netflix Win Warner Bros.

Michelle F Davis / bloomberg - The Netflix Inc. plans that clinched the deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. started to shape up around Thanksgiving.

#streaming #entertainment #netflix #business #hbomax #acquisitions #media #films #tv

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Studios and HBO in $83B deal, spins off CNN and TNT

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros., For $82.7M

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

President praises Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, confirms meeting but says Netflix-Warner Bros. merger would have “very big market share” that “could be a problem”: "I’ll be involved in that decision too."

2 months / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

View / In mad dash to stop Netflix-WBD deal, Paramount has ‘no juice’ - https-//www.semafor.com

2 months / google

CNBC Daily Open: Everyone's watching the Netflix deal

2 months / cnbc

Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros. Something to keep an eye on. Read more #technology

2 months / bsky / @newschannel.bsky.social / newschannel.bsky.social

‘Anti-monopoly nightmare’: Netflix’s Warner Bros takeover is far from a done deal

2 months / mumbrella / Nathan Jolly

Netflix CEO made a visit to the White House before buying Warner Bros.

2 months / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

All the hate and fear around the Netflix/Warner Bros deal is both silly and comically shortsighted. 3,000 words on the past, present, and future... https://spyglass.org/netflix-warner-bros-hollywood-concerns/

2 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

Everybody in Hollywood Secretly Hates Netflix. So Now What?

2 months / reddit / /u/rezwenn

It’s only been a day since Netflix announced an $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros., and the acquisition has already been described as sending Hollywood into “full-blown panic mode,” “possibly a death blow to theatrical filmmaking,” and maybe even

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

The people and industry have spoken: Netflix potentially buying Warner Bros. for $83 million is pretty bad!

3 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

No One Is Happy About Netflix Buying Warner Bros.

3 months / bsky / @io9.com / io9.com

How would the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal reshape Hollywood?

3 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Could Netflix's Deal for Warner Bros. Fall Apart?

3 months / slashdot / EditorDavid

No One Is Happy About Netflix Buying Warner Bros.

3 months / gizmodo / Justin Carter

Did Paramount end up burning down its own house with its pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery?

3 months / x / @MarketWatch

A Thanksgiving Dealmaking Sprint Helped Netflix Win Warner Bros.

3 months / bloomberg / Michelle F Davis

Netflix To Acquire Warner Bros: What Does It Mean For The Video Streaming Industry?

3 months / medianama / Azdhan

Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 Billion

Steve Vegvari / iphoneincanada - Netflix reveals its plans to acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion USD (around $115.4 billion CAD).The post Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 Billion first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

#streaming #entertainment #netflix #investment #business #hbomax #acquisitions #media #technology #tv

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BotW: A blockbuster media deal as Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery

3 months / mumbrella / Tim Burrowes

Netflix to acquire key Warner Bros. assets in blockbuster $72B deal

3 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

‘Ready to execute’: how Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison

3 months / ft

Netflix is buying Warner Bros Discovery: All of the latest updates

3 months / theverge / Verge Staff

Netflix Agrees to Buy Warner Bros., Including HBO, for $83 Billion

3 months / latimes / John Gruber

Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. and HBO in Massive $82.7 Billion Deal

3 months / iclarified

Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 Billion

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. for $82.7 Billion

3 months / iphoneincanada / Steve Vegvari

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal

3 months / nytimes / Brooks Barnes, Lauren Hirsch and Nicole Sperling

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max in $82.7 Billion Deal

3 months / reddit / /u/habichuelacondulce

It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

3 months / reddit / /u/Task_Force-191

Content & Gaming Opportunities

Netflix Has a Huge Opportunity With the DC Studios Superheroes

3 months / bloomberg / Thomas Buckley

Opening the Nemesis System to developers could spark a new wave of emergent AI storytelling. Petition urges Netflix to act.

3 months / reddit / /u/GreenDogma

Market & Industry Impact

Netflix leans on $59bn bank loan to fund Warner Bros takeover

3 months / ft

What does Netflix’s deal to buy HBO Max mean for you?

3 months / x / @MarketWatch

How the Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Changes Hollywood

3 months / bloomberg / Christopher Palmeri

Netflix/Warner Bros sparks "serious" regulatory concerns

3 months / globalcompetitionreview / Anna Langlois ,Ben Remaly

Welcome to the big leagues, Netflix

3 months / theverge / Charles Pulliam-Moore

What does Netflix’s offer to buy HBO Max mean for you?

3 months / x / @MarketWatch

Netflix (NFLX) Stock Drops 4% After $82.7 Billion Warner Bros. Acquisition Deal

3 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Other

With Netflix/WBD now, by my count, Apple has about 25 days to do an AI deal for me to pretty much nail this. Perhaps we quibble on NVIDIA, but overall...

3 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

ChatGPT will decide what Americans buy this holiday

3 months / fastcompany / Kimberly Shenk

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Warner Bros (WBD) Stock: Mega-Deal with Netflix Sends Shares Soaring

3 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Hollywood fears job cuts as opposition to Netflix-Warner deal grows

3 months / ft

Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content

techxplore - Meta announced Friday it will integrate content from major news organizations into its artificial intelligence assistant to provide Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users with real-time information.

#ai #meta #aiethics #media #technology #assistant #contentmoderation #algorithm #digitalprivacy

Meta’s Chatbot Will Provide AI-Powered Live News via CNN, Fox News

3 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Meta is partnering with CNN, Fox News, Fox Sports, Le Monde Group, the People Inc. portfolio of media brands, The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner, and USA Today.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Meta cuts deals with several news publishers for AI use

3 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Meta signs commercial AI data agreements with publishers to offer real-time news on Meta AI

3 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content

3 months / techxplore

Meta strikes AI licensing deals with CNN, Fox News, and USA Today

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Meta AI turns into a real-time news hub with CNN, Fox News, and more

3 months / the-decoder / Jonathan Kemper

New York Times Escalates Battle Against Perplexity With New Lawsuit

Alexandra Bruell / wsj - The New York Times sues startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, expanding its legal fight against generative-AI companies that it says steal and then profit from its content.

#ai #startups #genai #law #media #technology #litigation #intellectualproperty #copyright #perplexity

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NYT solo suit defends copyrights

The New York Times Sues Perplexity—While Quietly Licensing to Amazon

3 months / implicator / Maria Garcia

The New York Times Is Suing Perplexity For Copyright Infringement

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

New York Times sues Perplexity AI for 'illegal' copying of content

3 months / reuters / reuters.com

New York Times Sues Perplexity, Alleging Copyright Violations and Damage to Brand

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

NYT sues AI search engine Perplexity for alleged content misuse

3 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

The New York Times is Suing Perplexity Over Copyright Infringement Allegations

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Times Lawsuit Against Perplexity AI Escalates AI Copyright Battle

3 months / parameter / Trader Edge

The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement

3 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

The New York Times sues Perplexity for producing ‘verbatim’ copies of its work

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

The New York Times sues Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement

3 months / cnbc

New York Times Escalates Battle Against Perplexity With New Lawsuit

3 months / wsj / Alexandra Bruell

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

3 months / nytimes / Cade Metz and Michael M. Grynbaum

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

3 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

NYT-Tribune alliance combats AI copying

The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity over alleged copyright infringement

3 months / engadget / Kris Holt

NYT, Chicago Tribune Sue Perplexity AI as Copyright War Rages On

3 months / bloomberg / Chris Dolmetsch

Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

3 months / techxplore

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New York Times Escalates Battle Against Perplexity With New Lawsuit

3 months / reddit / /u/nosotros_road_sodium

New York Times Expands AI Legal Battle with Copyright Lawsuit vs. Perplexity

3 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

The New York Times filed a copyright lawsuit against Perplexity, joining other publishers using legal action as leverage to force AI companies into licensing deals that compensate content creators.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

"The New York Times claimed in a lawsuit on Friday that its copyrights were repeatedly violated by Perplexity, an artificial intelligence start-up that has built a cutting-edge internet search engine." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...

3 months / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

3 months / bsky / @mediagazer.com / mediagazer.com

- 뉴욕타임스가 AI 스타트업 퍼플렉시티를 저작권 침해로 고소 - 타임스는 퍼플렉시티가 반복된 중단 요청에도 불구하고 무단으로 콘텐츠를 사용했다고 주장 - 소장은 퍼플렉시티가 기사의 많은 부분을 복사하고, AI가 생성한 오류를 타임스의 것으로 잘못 표시했다고 밝힘 New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work - The New York Times www.nyti

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Netflix wins the bidding war for Warner Bros.

Dominic Preston / theverge - Netflix is poised to purchase Warner Bros.’ studio and streaming business after being selected as the winner of the bidding war for the media giant. The two companies will now move forward into exclusive deal talks, TheWrap reports, likely including a $5 …

#movies #streaming #entertainment #netflix #business #hbomax #acquisitions #media

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Content & Franchise Expansion

Netflix to buy Warner Bros.: 5 properties Netflix would own under deal

3 months / mashable

Deal Details & Terms

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion

3 months / techxplore

Blockbuster merger: Netflix acquires Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion

3 months / techspot

Netflix’s WBD deal swaps history for fantasy, with a dose of high drama

3 months / ft

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros. In $72 Billion Cash, Stock Deal

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Instant view: Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery's studios, streaming unit for $72 billion

3 months / reuters / reuters.com

Netflix beats Apple to buy Warner Bros

3 months / appleinsider

Netflix agrees $72B deal for Warner Bros. Discovery - https-//www.semafor.com

3 months / google

Netflix to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery in Major Streaming Deal

3 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Ulta earnings, Meta's rebound and more in Morning Squawk

3 months / cnbc

Netflix strikes a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for more than $80 billion

3 months / qz / Chris Morris

Netflix Will Own HBO Max If Warner Bros. Discovery Deal Goes Through

3 months / bgr

Netflix acquires Warner Bros. for $82 billion – here’s what it means for you

3 months / theshortcut / Adam Vjestica

Quite pleased with my headline here (and the 1,700 words that follow on Netflix/WBD)... https://spyglass.org/netflix-buying-warner-bros/

3 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com

Netflix strikes deal to pay $72 billion in cash and stock for Warner Bros.

3 months / x / @MarketWatch

Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. In an $82.7B Deal

3 months / ycombinator

Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for $82.7 billion

3 months / engadget / Daniel Cooper

Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros studio and streaming business in $83bn deal

3 months / ft

Netflix deal marks latest chapter in Warner Bros Discovery's checkered M&A history

3 months / reuters / reuters.com

Spotify Wrapped 2025 Wraps Up More Than 200 Million Listeners

Meara Isenberg / cnet - Spotify's latest listener recap is a year-end hit.

#analytics #digitalmarketing #streaming #culture #apps #music #media #technology #spotify #algorithm

Spotify Wrapped 2025 Wraps Up More Than 200 Million Listeners

3 months / cnet / Meara Isenberg

Spotify Wrapped 2025: Eagerly checking your ‘listening age’? Everyone else is, too

3 months / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

Spotify Wrapped ‘Listening Age’ Feature Has Music Fans Howling

3 months / wsj / Katherine Sayre

HBO Max’s Mad Men 4K release is the opposite of a remaster

Charles Pulliam-Moore / theverge - Though HBO Max was very proud to announce that it would be the first platform to stream Mad Men in 4K, the show's new rollout has been an absolute mess. When HBO Max subscribers fired up the app yesterday hoping to see Don Draper and company in glorious 4…

#digitaltransformation #movies #streaming #entertainment #hbomax #media #technology #tv #bugs

The errors in one of the most beautiful shows ever made continue a modern tradition of reformatting things that are better off left alone. www.wired.com/story/hbo-ma...

3 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Absolutely thrilled to have @sepinwall.bsky.social in WIRED, writing about the crimes of remastering TV shows that should have been left alone www.wired.com/story/hbo-ma...

3 months / bsky / @brbarrett.bsky.social / brbarrett.bsky.social

Look How They Massacred My Boy

3 months / blogspot / John Gruber

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3 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

The errors in one of the most beautiful shows ever made continue a modern tradition of reformatting things that are better off left alone. www.wired.com/story/hbo-ma...

3 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Absolutely thrilled to have @sepinwall.bsky.social in WIRED, writing about the crimes of remastering TV shows that should have been left alone www.wired.com/story/hbo-ma...

3 months / bsky / @brbarrett.bsky.social / brbarrett.bsky.social

HBO Max Butchers ‘Mad Men’ in Botched ‘Remastering’

3 months / wired / John Gruber

Mad Men’s 4K debut botched by HBO Max streaming episode with visible crewmembers

3 months / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

HBO Max Botched 4K Stream of Mad Men, Included Visible Crew Members

3 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

HBO Max’s 'Mad Men' Barf Scene Proves ‘Remastered’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Better’

3 months / wired / Alan Sepinwall

HBO Max’s Mad Men 4K release is the opposite of a remaster

3 months / theverge / Charles Pulliam-Moore

New HBO Max 4K Stream of Mad Men Included Visible Crew Members on the Puke Pump

3 months / gizmodo / Matt Novak

YouTube Takes on Spotify With Its New Recap Feature

Ty Pendlebury / cnet - YouTube fans can now view a summary of their watching habits from the past year.

#analytics #digitalmarketing #streaming #youtube #apps #ux #media #technology #algorithm

YouTube Recap is Here: Your Most-Watched Videos of 2025

3 months / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon Music, More Launch Yearly Recaps

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

YouTube releases its first-ever recap of videos you’ve watched

3 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

'YouTube Recap' Launching Today on iPhone and Web

3 months / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

YouTube just launched its own year-end recap and I'm scared to even look

3 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

YouTube Takes on Spotify With Its New Recap Feature

3 months / cnet / Ty Pendlebury

YouTube just introduced a yearly recap of your watched videos

3 months / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

YouTube introduces its own version of Spotify Wrapped for videos

3 months / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

2025 was filled with rage bait. Why Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year makes total sense

Grace Snelling / fastcompany - Oxford Dictionary just revealed its official word of 2025. It’s “rage bait.”According to an official announcement post, Oxford Dictionary’s team of lexicographers choose a shortlist of potential words each year by analyzing data and trends to “identify ne…

#techpolicy #digitalmarketing #internet #culture #privacy #media #technology #contentmoderation #advertising

Don't get angry, but the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year is 'rage bait'

3 months / npr / Ivy Buck

Oxford's New Word of the Year? It's Designed to Bait, Debate and Irritate

3 months / cnet / Macy Meyer

2025 was filled with rage bait. Why Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year makes total sense

3 months / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

Rage Bait Named Oxford Word of the Year 2025

3 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Oxford Dictionary's 2025 word of the year is 'rage bait'

3 months / qz / Chris Morris

Rage bait named word of the year

3 months / mashable

New Runway Gen-4.5 AI Video Model Dethrones Google Veo 3 and OpenAI Sora 2

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Runway has released Gen-4.5, a new AI video model that has claimed the top spot on independent benchmarks, outperforming Google's Veo 3 and OpenAI's Sora 2 Pro.The post New Runway Gen-4.5 AI Video Model Dethrones Google Veo 3 and OpenAI Sora 2 appeared fi…

#ai #ml #aiethics #genai #deeptech #creativity #media #technology #contentmoderation #animation

Whisper Thunder: None other than Runway Gen-4.5,Outperforms Google Veo 3

3 months / reddit / /u/BuildwithVignesh

New Runway Gen-4.5 AI Video Model Dethrones Google Veo 3 and OpenAI Sora 2

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Runway says its new text-to-video AI generator has ‘unprecedented’ accuracy

3 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Runway’s Gen-4.5 edges past Google and OpenAI in text-to-video benchmark

3 months / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Introducing Gen-4.5 | Runway (previously known as Whisper Thunder aka David)

3 months / reddit / /u/Bizzyguy

‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’

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#ai #movies #aiethics #genai #chatgpt #creativity #jwst #media #technology #algorithm

‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’

3 months / reddit / /u/afk_exe

James Cameron Calls AI Replacing Actors 'Horrifying'; Art 'Sacred'

3 months / reddit / /u/Gari_305

‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’

3 months / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

How 'Stranger Things' Defined the Era of the Algorithm

msmash / slashdot - As Stranger Things releases the first four episodes of its final season today, nearly a decade after its July 2016 premiere, the Netflix series has come to represent something broader than its own popularity -- the embodiment of streaming television's alg…

#streaming #entertainment #netflix #earnings #business #culture #media #tv #algorithm

The best streaming deals: Save on Disney+ and Hulu, HBO Max, Apple TV+ and more

3 months / engadget / Valentina Palladino

Maxibon partners with ‘Stranger Things’ for limited-edition Upside ’Bon

3 months / mumbrella / Matthew Leong

Netflix appears to be suffering an outage on the night of the "Stranger Things" fifth season premiere www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/n...

3 months / bsky / @sal19.bsky.social / sal19.bsky.social

Netflix went down for a lot of people after Stranger Things premiered

3 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

Social media users report Netflix outage during 'Stranger Things' premiere

3 months / cnbc

Stranger Things Season 5 review: Im already exhausted, but cant wait for more

3 months / mashable

Stranger Things 5 begins with a frantic race to the finish line

3 months / theverge / Charles Pulliam-Moore

‘Stranger Things’ has made at least $1B for Netflix already. Could it make $2B?

3 months / x / @MarketWatch

How 'Stranger Things' Defined the Era of the Algorithm

3 months / slashdot / msmash

‘Stranger Things’ has made at least $1 billion for Netflix already. Now Season 5 could deliver another $200 million.

3 months / x / @MarketWatch

The end of Stranger Things: all the news from the Netflix show’s fifth and final season

3 months / theverge / Andrew Webster

Spotify to raise US prices in first quarter of next year, report says

Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Major record labels have been urging Spotify and other music streaming platforms to raise subscription prices, arguing that fees have not kept pace with inflation and remain low when compared to services like Netflix.

#streaming #business #us #pricing #music #economy #media #technology #spotify

Major record labels have been urging Spotify and other music streaming platforms to raise subscription prices, arguing that fees have not kept pace with inflation and remain low when compared to services like Netflix.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Spotify might be raising its prices just after Wrapped

3 months / mashable

Spotify subscription costs in the US to increase in early 2026

3 months / techspot

Spotify is about to get more expensive for U.S. users

3 months / qz / Chris Morris

Spotify Will Reportedly Get More Expensive in the US Next Year. Here's What to Expect

3 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

You're probably going to pay more for Spotify in 2026

3 months / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson

Your Spotify Subscription Might Get More Expensive Soon

3 months / bgr

Spotify to raise US prices in first quarter of next year, report says

3 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Spotify is Reportedly Planning US Price Increase Early Next Year

3 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Spotify to Raise US Subscription Prices Early Next Year

3 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

CNN's Apple News feed goes dark while contract talks continue

appleinsider - CNN quietly pulled its feed from Apple News, a temporary move allegedly tied to ongoing contract talks.Apple NewsIf you woke up expecting to read your CNN feed from the Apple News app, you were probably a bit confused this morning. That's because CNN has …

#techpolicy #apple #streaming #business #internet #distributions #law #media #technology #contentmoderation

Apple News Loses CNN

3 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Welp there goes CNN

3 months / bsky / @madebydanny.uk / madebydanny.uk

Apple News Loses CNN

3 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

CNN's Apple News feed goes dark while contract talks continue

3 months / appleinsider

Elon Musks X rolls out feature that shows users country of origin – then suddenly removes it

mashable - X has already removed a feature showing users' country of origin after briefly rolling it out for a few hours late at night.

#techpolicy #privacy #ux #media #technology #updates #digitalprivacy

X shows where you’re “based in”, and it could shake up the feed

3 months / digitaltrends

Elon Musks X rolls out feature that shows users country of origin – then suddenly removes it

3 months / mashable

X rolls out 'About this account' feature that displays a profile's country of origin and more

3 months / engadget / Jackson Chen

How Kink Found a Way Into Mainstream Cinema video

cnet - With the success of Halina Reijn's Babygirl earlier this year, and Harry Lighton's Pillion about to come out, we look at how kink and BDSM became a part of mainstream cinema.

#movies #entertainment #culture #media #films

How Kink Found a Way Into Mainstream Cinema video

3 months / cnet

How romcoms made kink mainstream

3 months / mashable

HP and Dell Disable HEVC Support Built Into Their Laptops' CPUs

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines' inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines' processors having integrated decoding support. Lapto…

#hardware #windows #streaming #cpus #gadget #performance #media #technology

Dell and HP turned off HEVC decoding on recent laptops without telling anyone

3 months / techspot

Dell and HP disable hardware H.265 decoding on select PCs due to rising royalty costs — companies could save big on HEVC royalties, but at the expense of users

3 months / tomshardware

HP and Dell Disable HEVC Support Built Into Their Laptops' CPUs

3 months / slashdot / BeauHD

HP and Dell cut HEVC support in some laptops

3 months / engadget / Mariella Moon

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops' CPUs

3 months / arstechnica

You can now catch up on Prime Video shows with AI Video Recaps

digitaltrends - Amazon Prime Video is rolling out AI-generated Video Recaps that quickly bring you up to speed on past episodes without rewatching entire seasons. The new feature uses real clips, audio, and highlights to refresh your memory before you hit play.

#ai #amazon #streaming #entertainment #aiethics #media #technology #videogames #algorithm #prime

You can now catch up on Prime Video shows with AI Video Recaps

3 months / digitaltrends

Amazon is using AI to create video recaps of its biggest streaming shows

3 months / theverge / Andrew Liszewski

Amazon launches AI-powered Video Recaps to help you know what's going on between seasons

3 months / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Amazon claims its new AI video summaries have “theatrical quality”

3 months / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

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