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‘Fantastic Four’ Box Office Dive Is a Bad Omen for Marvel’s Future
The MCU’s appeal beyond its most hardcore fans is in question after its second-weekend “First Steps” drop
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Can ESPN Cover the NFL Fairly Now That It’s Part of the Team? | Analysis
The cable titan and pro football have a long and complicated relationship, but formally getting in bed together looks like bad news for ESPN’s journalism
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New York Times Adds 230,000 Digital Subscribers in 2nd Quarter
CEO Meredith Kopit Levien says after AI agreement with Amazon she’s open to more deals with tech companies
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Disney+, Hulu Swing to Combined 3rd Quarter Profit of $346 Million
Disney’+, Hulu and ESPN+ cumulatively have 207.4 million subscribers
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News Corp Profit Jumps 28%, Driven by Dow Jones, Digital Real Estate Growth
In reporting earnings, CEO Robert Thomson made a plea to “cherish” the value of IP rights against AI
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Becomes No. 4 Most-Watched English Language Netflix Movie of All Time, Securing 158 Million Views
On the TV front, “Untamed” continued to be No. 1 for the week followed by “The Hunting Wives”
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How Disney’s Marvel Kids Shows Are Luring Millennial Parents With Catchy New Tunes by Pop-Punk Icons
Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump and Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus unpack their earworm theme songs for “Spidey and His Amazing Friends” and a new “Iron Man” show
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The Funding File: Media and Entertainment Ventures Raise $500 Million in July
Base Boy Entertainment led fundings with a $110 million infusion followed by Substack with a $100 million round
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Fox Sees 17% Revenue Gain for Fiscal Year Led by Super Bowl, Political Ads and Tubi Growth
Revenue for the year clocked in at $16.3 billion
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The Disney+ Curse: How the Streaming Service Hurt Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar Brands
Marvel and Star Wars shows have seen declining streams while MCU and Pixar movies are feeling the box office hurt
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‘Big Brother’ Season 27 Reaches Nearly 26 Million Viewers Across CBS, Paramount+
The reality competition series averaged 4.8 million multiplatform viewers per episode over its first two weeks, up 9% from last summer
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For Akiva Schaffer and His New ‘Naked Gun,’ Resurrecting the Theatrical Comedy Is No Joke
The genre has been a no-show in theaters for years, so there’s a lot riding on a very silly movie
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‘Alien: Earth’ and ‘Wednesday’ Top Most-Anticipated TV Shows of August 2025 | Charts
Whip Media’s latest Whip Watch Report highlights the biggest new and returning shows this month
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‘The Bad Guys 2’ Marks a New Era of Franchise Building for DreamWorks
As families opt for the familiar in theaters, the first sequel to an animated film released after the COVID shutdown has arrived
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‘The Hunting Wives’ Uses Red-State Politics to Feel Smarter Than It Is | Analysis
The Netflix series is mostly just soapy fun, while incorporating enough pointed political references to take aim at conservative hypocrisy
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