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Chinese box office loses king‑maker status as Hollywood faces tighter limits
The Chinese box office has slipped from its former role as a Hollywood gateway after the 2012 U.S.–China film agreement expired in 2017 and censorship tightened. Beijing now prioritises domestic productions, and in the past five years only ten U.S. movies have earned over $100 million in China.
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By the numbers: K-Love seeks FCC approval for acquisition of WFCC
The New Yorker’s parent company, Condé Nast, abruptly terminated the magazine’s first vice‑chair of the NewsGuild shortly after his three‑year term ended. The dismissal came days after a retirement celebration for a longtime copyeditor, underscoring a stark contrast between the festive event and the union’s sudden loss. Staff and union representatives allege the firing violates the collective bargaining agreement and multiple labor statutes. The incident has sparked alarm among media workers who fear escalating retaliation against union leadership.
In early 2025 a clip from the YouTube show *India’s Got Latent* went viral, sparking nationwide outrage and multiple FIRs against its participants. Ashish Chanchlani, one of the guests, revealed he warned co‑host Ranveer Allahbadia during the shoot to tone...
TikTok launched a new brand campaign, "Watch it. Love it. Want it.," positioning the app as a full-funnel commerce platform where discovery and purchase happen in the same moment. It is a more ambitious swing than its previous "Don't Make Ads,...
The Chinese box office, once a lucrative gateway for Hollywood, has lost its king‑maker status after the 2012 U.S.–China Film Agreement expired in 2017 and stricter censorship took hold. Beijing now favors domestic productions and can toggle foreign film distribution...
American drama *The Cleaning Lady* entered Netflix UK on March 31 and quickly vaulted to number 3 on the UK Top 10 chart, trailing only *XO, Kitty* and *Love on the Spectrum*. The series, which ran four seasons on Fox from 2022‑2025, follows...
🤯 I made a UGC video ad in 15 minutes. 🔥 AI wrote the script from a winning ad. 🛠️ AI cloned my voice for the VO. 🤵 AI edited clips and added captions. 📦 Ready to test. This is crushing $1,500 video editors. Want the...
Saturday, April 4, 2026, features a packed primetime lineup across broadcast, cable and streaming. Jack Black returns to host Saturday Night Live, while Netflix debuts a filmed version of the Broadway musical Merrily We Roll Along. TBS will air the men’s NCAA March Madness Final Four,...
British singer‑songwriter Raye has claimed her first UK number‑one album with the debut LP 'This Music May Contain Hope', released last week. The record tops a chart dominated by Olivia Dean, Ye and BTS, underscoring a breakout moment for the...
Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter and Finn Jones were seen on the set of Daredevil: Born Again Season 3, the first full Defenders gathering since the Netflix miniseries. The images, released by Getty Images, fuel speculation that Netflix’s Marvel heroes may re‑enter...
Google’s ad inventory for the first four IPL 2026 matches rose 9.94% year‑over‑year, reaching an index of 109.94. Yet the advertiser pool contracted sharply, with categories dropping from 47 to 40 and active brands falling from 58 to 43. Google...
Isabella Ganas and other CPG executives urged brands to adopt full‑funnel media plans that unite upper‑funnel storytelling with lower‑funnel performance. The shift reflects growing consumer fragmentation across devices and platforms, forcing marketers to redesign buying and attribution models.
Creators who post 5+ times a week on Threads grow 3x faster than those who post once. That's not opinion. That's from our February report analyzing 255 creators and 27M views. Consistency wins. Every time. We built BlackTwist to make that easier. Schedule...
Last year Ye took out a Super Bowl ad promoting a swastika t-shirt. In less than a year, he booked two sold out shows in LA. Could anyone else do that after writing this? 🐐 https://t.co/BltmL2SFnf
Manchester City host Liverpool in an FA Cup quarter‑final at the Etihad, broadcast in the UK on TNT Sports 1 and streamed via HBO Max. Guardiola’s side enters the tie unbeaten in 17 home FA Cup games and fresh off an...
What's going on on X is the perfect example of what's going on in Search: 95% of content is a waste of time. Strong hook, no follow through. Lots of AI sloppy storytelling. As soon as someone bangs something new and notworthy out, like...
The Gentlemen season 2 will return to Netflix later this year — and its lead star has confirmed that the new episodes are even 'darker'. https://t.co/NgqHK7XvGJ
Disney’s *Zootopia 2* reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Circana’s overall disc‑sales chart for the week ending March 28, after debuting strong in its first three weeks. Cineverse’s *Return to Silent Hill* led the Blu‑ray‑only chart, while the Criterion Collection’s 4K release of...
So many replies like this now that I think it's likely X is indeed locking our posts to our IP geo region/country
Last 7d vs last 3mo I was in Brazil so I think the algo is either locking me to my local IP's country Or my Brazil tweets took off in Brazil https://t.co/ZbnhrG3Rlh
A Cardiff University analysis of over 3,000 news items found that UK broadcasters routinely failed to label stories as England‑only or UK‑wide, leaving Welsh voters confused ahead of the May Senedd election. Seventy‑three percent of social‑media posts from the BBC,...
"I wouldn't be surprised at all, if in the future, Substack forces a follow button on the main landing page to Substacks... eventually they'll just want people to follow. You'll still have your Stripe details, but you won't own your...
Netflix has renewed the U.S. version of “Love on the Spectrum” for a fifth season after the strong performance of its fourth installment. The docu‑reality series, which follows autistic young adults seeking romance, spent two weeks in the Global Top 10...
Len Cariou reprises his role as Henry Reagan on the CBS drama Boston Blue, arriving in the city to assist his grandson Danny’s pending transfer to the Boston Police Department. The episode also delivers a family bombshell for Mae, revealing her...
The Internet Archive contains millions of movies, TV shows, documentaries, and much more. And you can download most of it for your own enjoyment. Here's how to find classic films and TV series to save locally: https://t.co/kz0L0KYJzl #film #movies #tvshows...
Travel influencers from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia joined a six‑day cultural‑tourism exchange across six Guangxi cities. The “Romantic Coast, Beautiful Southern Border” promotion aimed to showcase the Beibu Gulf’s natural and cultural assets to ASEAN audiences,...
Nigerian singer‑songwriter Omah Lay released his second album, ‘Clarity of Mind,’ which entered Apple Music Nigeria’s Top Albums chart at number one with over 227 million pre‑release streams. The 12‑track project is billed by the artist as proof of his greatness and the...
Versant announced the acquisition of StockStory, an AI‑powered financial‑insights platform, to reinforce CNBC’s digital investing capabilities. While the purchase price was not disclosed, the deal brings StockStory’s founder Adam Hejl into Versant’s product organization. The move aligns with Versant’s broader...
Season 18’s semifinal episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race confronts the fallout from front‑runner Jane Don’t’s unexpected elimination. The judges shift focus to defining what it takes to win, prompting the remaining queens to showcase versatility, charisma, and runway prowess. Critics note...
BTS unveiled a surprise track, “Come Over,” that is available only on the deluxe vinyl edition of their first full‑length LP in six years, Arirang. The song’s exclusive release has sparked a wave of fan petitions on X demanding a...
SiriusXM’s Front Row Series event in New York featured six media personalities, including Ciara Miller and West Wilson. A brief post by Hunter Harris highlighted the gathering and controversially suggested Miller purchase a gun. The comment generated immediate online backlash,...
Tubi is rolling out more than 100 free titles in April, highlighted by the addition of Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dollars trilogy—A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The classic Spaghetti...
Jack White has issued two new tracks, "G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs" and "Derecho Demonico," coinciding with his upcoming musical guest slot on Saturday Night Live. The releases are his first original material since the 2024 album No Name and...
Penguin has acquired the rights to Lee Newbery’s debut YA novel “Death Wish” with a six‑figure pre‑empt deal, reflecting strong market confidence in high‑concept speculative fiction for teens. The book centers on a ruthless reality‑TV competition where the prize is...
OpenAI has announced a partnership with Helsinki‑based ad‑automation platform Smartly to roll out conversational, interactive ad units inside ChatGPT. The move upgrades OpenAI’s early static ad placements into a dialogue‑based format that lets users engage directly with advertisers, signaling a...
My Inside Orchard essay this week is about OpenAI buying TBPN. I discuss two reasons OpenAI is buying the media company and the holes in OpenAI’s logic. It’s a Hail Mary pass with low odds of succeeding as planned.
Stay tuned for a special Easter (slash Passover) edition of Fintech Biz Weekly on Sunday.... lotta fun easter eggs 😉
Hasan Piker, the far‑left Twitch streamer, is drawing unprecedented attention from mainstream Democrats, who are appearing on his livestreams to tap his youthful audience. A recent statistic cited by David Frum suggests Piker’s viewership rivals traditional cable news in certain...
Heads up that I’m chatting with @MacroEdgeRes and @DonMiami3 tonight at 9pm—my first Twitter space in a long while, join us! https://t.co/Z6jMw46ttX
Bluesky announced an AI layer that allows users to customize their social feed. I want this. Bummed that their users reject this over AI distrust. I look forward to seeing what twitter delivers with the ability to use grok to...
Prime Video has pulled the plug on "The Runarounds," cancelling the teen rock‑band drama after just one eight‑episode season that premiered in September 2025. The series followed a group of high‑school graduates in Wilmington, North Carolina, chasing musical stardom, and...
Ateme has equipped Moldtelecom with a complete end‑to‑end streaming platform, covering everything from encoding to delivery, operations, and analytics. The operator upgraded its compression head‑end, moving more than 200 channels to TITAN Edge for contribution and TITAN Live for distribution. It also...
Bay Area sports station 95.7 The Game posted an AI‑generated caption claiming the San Jose Sharks rallied in a non‑existent fourth period, a factual error that quickly drew criticism. KNBR host Adam Copeland highlighted the mistake on social media and...
Bomani Jones says the era when journalists could build a personal brand solely through Twitter is over. Algorithmic feeds now prioritize video clips and aggregator accounts, pushing original text commentary into obscurity. Jones, with over 530,000 X followers, advises aspiring...
An NFL Partner 👇 Fox, Sinclair Decry NFL Antitrust Exemption as Sop to Streamers https://t.co/ORRVrmc6xZ via @sportico @crupicrupicrupi
HBO’s True Detective anthology, once hailed for its groundbreaking first season, has produced a mixed legacy across its four installments. Season 1 tops the ranking with its moody noir storytelling and iconic performances by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, while Season 2...
Oh look YouTube wins another core update, truly, who could have seen this coming? 🫠
James Marsden returns to Apple TV+ as Owen Ashe in the Season 2 premiere of “Your Friends & Neighbors.” The wealthy, charismatic bachelor disrupts Westmont Village, sparking tension with Jon Hamm’s Coop and Olivia Munn’s Samantha. Marsden landed the role through personal connections with his co‑stars, and...
OpenAI’s recent acquisition of the tech‑focused media brand TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network) is examined, with speculation on the deal’s valuation and its strategic purpose ahead of OpenAI’s IPO. The hosts explain TBPN’s unique format—daily three‑hour live streams featuring deep...
Netflix - yes Netflix - jumps on the AI bandwagon with video editor https://t.co/Hw7dJeymBT https://t.co/OxGqjfHPaA
Netflix unveiled its new Video Object and Interaction Deletion (VOID) model, a vision‑language system that can erase objects from footage while plausibly re‑animating the remaining scene. The tool can transform costly reshoots—such as turning a car‑crash climax into a simple...
