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Microsoft Gaming Head Phil Spencer to Retire After 38 Years
The Xbox boss will be succeeded by AI executive Asha Sharma, who takes over as the unit’s EVP and CEO
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Ted Sarandos Says James Cameron Is Part of ‘Paramount Disinformation Campaign’ After Fiery Anti-Netflix Letter
“I’m particularly surprised and disappointed,” Sarandos says after Cameron wrote a letter warning against a Netflix-WBD merger
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Animated ‘Venom’ Movie in the Works at Sony With ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Directors
Former franchise headliner Tom Hardy is attached in some capacity
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Trump’s Media Attacks Keep Backfiring | Analysis
Stephen Colbert turned FCC pressure into a viral moment, echoing ratings and subscriber surges for Don Lemon and Jimmy Kimmel
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California Attorney General Calls for ‘Full and Robust Review’ of Warner Bros. Sale
“We are committed to fighting market consolidation that we find unlawful,” Rob Bonta says
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Sen. Mike Lee Requests Specifics on Netflix-WB Content Licensing, Production and More
Other questions for Ted Sarandos and Bruce Campbell include how YouTube exerts pressure on their pricing
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All the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts Reviewed: Cute Bears, Love Quadrangles and Nazi Atrocities
This year’s Academy Award nominees are all incredibly different — and no matter how the Oscars vote, they’re all winners
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FCC Asks Broadcasters to Air ‘Patriotic, Pro-America’ Programming to Celebrate 250th Anniversary
Examples of content under the Pledge America campaign include PSAs, short segments or specials that promote “civic education, national pride and our shared history”
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Nexstar Media Group Spent $3.2 Million on Lobbying Efforts in 2025
The spend, which is roughly 10 times more than what it spent every year from 2018 to 2023 per OpenSecrets, comes as it seeks regulatory approval of a $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna
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Writers Guild Staffers Take to the Picket Lines: ‘They’ve Taken Lessons From AMPTP’
Striking employees accuse the union of not seriously engaging with them on a labor contract
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New York City Mayor’s Office Media and Entertainment Commissioner Pat Swinney Kaufman Steps Down
The department will be led by Rafael Espinal under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Sweeping Emergency Tariffs
The court rules in a 6-3 opinion that many of the president’s global tariffs were illegal
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Paramount Says Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover Bid Has Cleared a US Antitrust Hurdle
The Department of Justice’s Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) waiting period expired on Feb. 19 after the agency requested more information about its $108.4 billion tender offer
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Making a Hit: Why NBC Brought Back Pilot Season in 2026 | Exclusive
NBCUniversal exec Lisa Katz tells TheWrap about bringing back the traditional TV development model and creating 4,000 jobs in the process
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