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China Box Office Continues to Balloon Amid Growing Tensions With U.S. | Charts
“Full River Red” and “The Wandering Earth 2” helped push China’s theatrical revenues near $1.5 billion in the first month of 2023
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Hollywood’s Hottest New Trend? Movies Opening in Theaters | Chart
“Magic Mike’s Last Dance” is just one of several films conceived as streaming titles now ending up in multiplexes
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Could ‘Yellowstone’ Survive Without Kevin Costner? | Charts
The future of the flagship show may be uncertain, but Paramount has built a franchise that can survive disruptions
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‘Podcasting Can Be a Great Development Step and Proof of Concept,’ Say Irony Point Co-Founders
Office With a View: Daniel Powell and Alex Bach’s sister company Radio Point lets them explore new genres at a fraction of the cost of TV
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Do Chatbots Get Us Any Closer to Human-Level Artificial Intelligence? | PRO Insight
For AI to mirror human intelligence, it must perceive the world as we do
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Why Disney CEO Bob Iger Should Think Twice Before Dumping Hulu | Charts
Demand for the streaming service’s TV catalog is second to none
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Gives Disney+ a Timely Boost | Chart
The Marvel flick already helped juice the company’s earnings with its theatrical release, and now it’s poised to boost the streaming service, too
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‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Is Warner Bros.’ Next Thrifty Box Office Experiment, Confusing Insiders
Channing Tatum’s trilogy capper is the latest film greenlit for HBO Max that will be getting a release in just 1,500 theaters
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Bob Iger’s Encore Draws Wall Street Applause – But How Will This Disney Sequel End? | Analysis
Performing for shareholders and cozying up to creatives is a tough balancing act, even for one of the most experienced media CEOs in the world
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Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’ Hits the Jackpot With Highest Increase in Demand for New Shows | Chart
But Netflix’s “Wednesday” and HBO’s “The Last of Us” are proving a hard pair to beat
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Bob Iger Faces Disney+ Losses, the Hulu Question and a Feisty Foe on Cusp of Q1 Earnings Report
The company’s quarterly report Wednesday, the first under the returning leader, comes as the entertainment giant looks to fend off activist investor Nelson Peltz
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Linda Ronstadt Looks to Be the Real Winner of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ | Charts
The 1970s chanteuse could expand her fan base beyond Gen X, just like Kate Bush did with Netflix’s “Stranger Things”
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To Err Is Human – and That’s What Makes Human Creativity in the Age of AI Divine | PRO Insight
Embracing our fallibility may be the only way to turn the tide on the coming wave of robotic content authoring
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’80 for Brady’ Marks a New Wave of Experiments With Movie Ticket Prices
What film you’re seeing and even your seat location may soon determine the price you pay
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Comcast Is a Media Outlier After Contributing $360,000 to Election Deniers
It was one of the few entertainment companies and ranked 20th on a watchdog list of companies backing politicians who questioned the outcome of the 2020 presidential election
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