Oracle announced Media Fabric at AI World, a platform that combines its own AI video and image models, an AI production suite and a live-streaming network. It lets brands make many versions of one ad. Oracle says it will be available within 12 months. …
Authentic Brands Group and other owners of Elvis Presley’s catalogue filed a copyright lawsuit against Anthropic on Friday. They want about $41.1m from the company behind Claude, or $150,000 for each of 274 songs. Billboard first reported the suit. The…
“I would not doubt for a minute that before very long you’re going to see an announcement,” cable billionaire John Malone said on Tuesday. Two days later, Semafor reported that Elon Musk had invested roughly $1bn in Skydance, the media group David Elli…
Meta has pushed the start of its new business terms to 20 November from 30 October, Reuters reported. Publishers say the terms let Meta crawl their websites for its products. The delay came a day after the News/Media Alliance demanded the terms be with…
TikTok’s Dennis Papirowski wants Hollywood studios to involve creators in content development, from BookTok adaptations to original microseries.
Joe Rogan’s Spotify deal and PAVE Studios’ Disney+ and Hulu agreement show how podcast rights deals, licensing and video distribution could reshape podcasting.
Europe’s biggest news publishers are asking regulators in the EU and UK to stop Meta from introducing new business terms that they fear could allow the company to copy content from their websites for use in AI products. The changes are due to take effe…
Getty Images filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Wednesday. The Getty family and Koch Equity Development will put in up to $533M and own the whole company, which expects to finish the process by year-end. The filing follows a failed Shutters…
Younger audiences love going to movie theaters, but they also want more relevant stories, new faces and diverse casting, according to the latest Teens & Screens study.
The US Federal Trade Commission will let Publicis Groupe buy LiveRamp for $2.2bn, but only if the data company keeps serving the agency’s rivals on equal terms. The proposed consent order, announced on Monday, binds both companies for five years. Publi…