Brands are so scared of culture wars and controversy that it's ripping apart the media business

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'Call Her Daddy' star Alex Cooper could earn $125 million from her new podcast deal — but it won't be easy

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Alex Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan.

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New Shopify data shows how just important influencers and social media are to merchants

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Shopify conducted an online survey among 13,337 participants studying recent marketing strategies.

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The exec behind ESPN+ shares Disney's plan to make streaming sports a success — even if Venu never launches

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Minute-long soaps featuring tropes like vampires and billionaire husbands are a hot trend in entertainment

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A still from "Breaking the Ice" on ReelShort.

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Laugh if you want but Chick-fil-A's plan to make TV shows is serious business for Hollywood

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An earlier short film by Chick-fil-A.

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Ex-Google staffers are building a social-mapping platform for online and IRL communities

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Carlo Jörges and Helena Jaramillo are building mapping platform PamPam.

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Flag football is 'critical' to the growth of the NFL, according to CMO Tim Ellis

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The NFL views flag football as a key element of its strategy to grow its fan base. The more inclusive nature of the sport means even more people can play and get hooked on the NFL.

Disney, Fox, and WBD's plan to launch sports streamer Venu has backfired — and might put the cable bundle in jeopardy

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The cable bundle as we know it may break apart after a ruling against Disney, Fox, and WBD.

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Meta's use of AI has far from peaked. But the technology may already be getting the company in trouble.

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis."

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