Lucas Shaw
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Meta Is Offering Hollywood Stars Millions For AI Voice Projects
Meta Platforms Inc. is offering Hollywood celebrities millions of dollars for the right to record and use their voices for artificial intelligence projects, according to several people familiar with the negotiations.
- Saturday August 3, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Meta Is Offering Hollywood Stars Millions For AI Voice Projects
Meta Platforms Inc. is offering Hollywood celebrities millions of dollars for the right to record and use their voices for artificial intelligence projects, according to several people familiar with the negotiations.
- Saturday August 3, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Netflix Adds 8 Million Customers, Extending Lead Over Rivals
Netflix's subscriber results, announced in a shareholder letter Thursday, topped expectations in every region around the world.
- Friday July 19, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Skydance Nails Its Long-Awaited Deal For Paramount Global
David Ellison inched closer to an acquisition of Paramount Global, the owner of MTV and CBS, as a special committee of the company’s board blessed a merger with his Skydance Media, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
- Monday July 8, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw, Christopher Palmeri, Michelle F. Davis
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Paramount To Weigh Apollo Offer As Ellison’s Exclusivity Ends
While Apollo has approached Paramount several times in the past few weeks, the latest proposal, coming with Sony as partner, had more specific details than previous ones, according to a person familiar with the board’s thinking.
- Monday May 6, 2024
- Author: Christopher Palmeri, Lucas Shaw
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Paramount To Weigh Apollo Offer As Ellison’s Exclusivity Ends
While Apollo has approached Paramount several times in the past few weeks, the latest proposal, coming with Sony as partner, had more specific details than previous ones, according to a person familiar with the board’s thinking.
- Monday May 6, 2024
- Author: Christopher Palmeri, Lucas Shaw
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Netflix Adds 9.33 Million Customers, Says Gains Will Slow
Netflix Inc. posted its best start to the year since 2020, attracting more new customers than anyone expected thanks to a strong slate of original programs and a crackdown on password sharing.
- Friday April 19, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Disney Shuffles Film Leadership With Bailey Stepping Down
Sean Bailey, the longtime president of film production for the Walt Disney Co.’s namesake studio, is leaving the company.
- Tuesday February 27, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Universal Music Buys $240 Million Stake In The Weeknd, John Legend Catalog
The value of music catalogs soared over the last decade thanks to the growth of paid streaming services and low interest rates.
- Wednesday February 21, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw, Michelle F. Davis
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Netflix Posts Best Customer Gain Since Surge During Pandemic
Netflix Inc. signed up 13.1 million customers in the final three months of 2023.
- Wednesday January 24, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Netflix Pays $5 Billion For ‘RAW’ In Bet On Live Events
Netflix Inc. has acquired the exclusive rights to Raw as well as other programming from World Wrestling Entertainment, marking the streaming service’s first big move into live events.
- Tuesday January 23, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Netflix Pays $5 Billion For ‘RAW’ In Bet On Live Events
Netflix Inc. has acquired the exclusive rights to Raw as well as other programming from World Wrestling Entertainment, marking the streaming service’s first big move into live events.
- Tuesday January 23, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Netflix Film Chief Scott Stuber Will Leave To Start New Company
Scott Stuber, who built Netflix Inc. into Hollywood’s most prolific movie studio, will leave the streaming giant in March to start a new company.
- Tuesday January 23, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Netflix Film Chief Scott Stuber Will Leave To Start New Company
Scott Stuber, who built Netflix Inc. into Hollywood’s most prolific movie studio, will leave the streaming giant in March to start a new company.
- Tuesday January 23, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw
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Apollo Is Among Private Equity Firms Considering A Redstone Buyout
Apollo, one of the world’s largest money managers, is also an investor in Legendary Entertainment, another independent film studio.
- Saturday January 20, 2024
- Author: Lucas Shaw, Ryan Gould, Michelle F. Davis