The atmosphere at the Disney Bundle Celebrating National Streaming Day at The Row in Los Angeles on May 19, 2022. Presley Ann | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images This year proved to be yet another tough one for pay TV, as more people cut the cable cord. But it wasn’t exactly kind to streaming … Read more
Universal and Illuminations latest animated film centers on a family of ducks who decides to leave the safety of a New England pond for an adventurous trip to Jamaica. However, their well-laid plans quickly go awry when they get lost and wind up in New York City. Universal Disney dropped the animation crown. Universal has … Read more
Katharine Viner, the Guardian and Observer’s editor-in-chief, tells Nosheen Iqbal about what the news cycle of 2023 looked like from her desk. ‘We are getting used to an extremely intense pace of news these days,’ Viner says. She discusses how the Guardian has focused on humanising the horror of the Israel-Gaza war, the deaths of … Read more
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said Thursday that he’s gearing up to join a succession planning committee at Disney, which will advise the board on choosing CEO Bob Iger’s successor. Gorman is set to step down as Morgan Stanley CEO Jan. 1. He will join Disney’s board in February. Disney announced last month that Gorman … Read more
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Google on Wednesday announced MedLM, a suite of new health-care-specific artificial intelligence models designed to help clinicians and researchers carry out complex studies, summarize doctor-patient interactions and … Read more
An Olive Garden restaurant in Fremont, California, on Sept. 14, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Friday reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations and raised its annual guidance, helped by sales growth at chains such as Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse. Here’s what the company reported for its fiscal second quarter ending Nov. … Read more
Let’s say you have a crush on two people and you find out one of them may like you back. Do you just start dating that person, or do you find out what the other person thinks, too? That’s where Warner Bros. Discovery finds itself today. The company has held preliminary merger talks with Paramount … Read more
Jason Momoa stars as Arthur Curry, aka Aquaman, in Warner Bros.’ “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” Warner Bros. Discovery Stick a trident in it. “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” opens Friday, marking the final installment in Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC Extended Universe film franchise and likely Jason Momoa’s final turn as the titular hero. The … Read more
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick speaks at the CNBC Evolve conference November 19th in Los Angeles. Jesse Grant | CNBC Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will step down from his role as head of the video game company on Dec. 29, according to an internal memo from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer Wednesday. The leadership … Read more
NYT Columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and C.E.O. of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger speak during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s the third annual anonymous media and entertainment executive predictions … Read more
