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FCC Chairman Opens Probe Into Disney and ABC DEI Practices: ‘Iconic’ Company ‘Recently Went All-In on DEI’

FCC chair Brendan Carr, after publicly musing that he might go after Disney over its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, made it official: The agency has opened a probe into...

X Goes Down for Thousands of Users

In what appears to be a widespread outage for many X users, the social networking site owned by Elon Musk was experiencing technical problems and displaying errors Friday. According...

How Streaming Services Can Stay Ahead of the AI and Social Media Disruption Wave (Guest Column)

AI isn’t just changing entertainment — it’s redefining it. Social media platforms have leveraged AI to create hyper-personalized, endlessly engaging experiences designed to keep users and advertisers coming back. Traditional media...

Trump’s Defense Secretary Accidentally Texted War Plans to The Atlantic: ‘I Didn’t Think It Could Be Real,’ Editor Says

Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s secretary of defense, inadvertently included the top editor of The Atlantic in a Signal text chat group revealing the U.S.’s attack plans on Houthi rebels in Yemen...

Ari Emanuel Gets $173.8 Million Cash Payout From Endeavor Go-Private Deal With Silver Lake

Ari Emanuel converted a portion of his ownership interest in Endeavor into a cash payment of $173.8 million with Silver Lake’s deal to take the company private, according to a regulatory...

Apple Is Losing Over $1 Billion per Year on Streaming Service, Has 45 Million Apple TV+ Subscribers (Report)

Apple‘s video streaming business is still firmly in the red, according to a new report. The Apple TV+ premium subscription service is losing more than $1 billion per year, according to...

Disney Shareholders Overwhelmingly Reject Proposal to Sever Ties With LGBTQ Rights Group at Annual Meeting

Disney investors on Thursday voted down a proposal that the entertainment giant cease its participation in a prominent LGBTQ rights organization’s equality ratings program. The proposal — requesting that Disney “cease”...

ABC News to Launch Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Podcast That Will Run Through His Federal Trial

The federal criminal charges and civil lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs are the focus of a forthcoming podcast series from ABC News, one of the shows in its audio division’s new...

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