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Paramount Buys Out Tyler Perry’s Stake in BET+, Will Fold Streamer Into Paramount+
Starting in June, more than 1,000 hours of BET+ content will be available in a branded hub within Paramount+
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Tilly Norwood Is Working With Hollywood Directors: ‘You Will See Tilly Acting’ | Exclusive
Creator Eline Van der Velden says you’ll see projects featuring the AI “actor” in the coming months
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Peacock to Launch Vertical Video Section, ‘Your Bravoverse’ Feed on Mobile With AI Andy Cohen
The streamer is also testing AI-enabled real-time cropping of live events starting this spring with the NBA and launching three new mobile games
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iHeartMedia and TikTok to Launch Radio Station, First Wave of Joint Podcasts
TikTok Radio will broadcast live for the first time on March 13 from the iHeartPodcast Hotel at SXSW
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Netflix to Pay Up to $600 Million for Ben Affleck’s AI Company
The purchase represents one of the biggest ever for the streamer
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AI Still Dominates as Media VC Deals Fell 69% to $165 Million in First 2 Months of 2026
The Funding File: AI-focused super PAC Leading the Future, Justin and Ben Smith’s Semafor and former Paramount co-CEO Brian Robbins’ Big Shot Pictures were among the biggest VC investments in January and February
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AI-Generated Tilly Norwood Makes Debut in Music Video About Her Backlash: ‘I’m Not a Puppet’ | Video
The entire music video was made using AI tools
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YouTube Expands AI Deepfake Detection Tool to Journalists, Politicians
The latest update comes after the Google-owned video platform rolled out the service to over 5,000 creators in October
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TheWrap Launches Inaugural Brand Integration Power Players List and Event
The event will be hosted in conjunction with the list honoring the creative storytellers leading this next era of entertainment marketing
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Tencent Considers Investing in Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal
The Chinese tech giant previously committed $1 billion to fund David Ellison’s bid, but backed out to avoid raising national security concerns with U.S. regulators
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YouTube Is the World’s Largest Media Company, MoffettNathanson Says
The firm, which previously declared the Google-owned video platform the “new king of all media,” estimates it is worth up to $560 billion
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Can Ben Affleck Lead Hollywood’s Embrace of AI? | Analysis
Netflix’s acquisition of the star’s venture InterPositive signals a smart path to AI — if it actually has the goods
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Everyone Agrees Social Media Is Bad for Kids, but No One Can Agree on How to Fix It
Some countries have implemented bans, others are using age-verification, but a universal solution to protect kids and teens’ mental health is proving difficult
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