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Elon Musk wants to use AI to summarize the news on Twitter and ... it's not a terrible idea?

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 15:42

Elon Musk in front of a blue background. — Elon Musk wants to use AI to create a news machine on Grok.
Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press

Tech, Media, AI, elon-musk, twitter, x, grok

Seeking nominations for rising stars in influencer talent management in the US and the UK

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 15:37

Joel Bervell — Healthcare education creator Joel Bervell signed with talent-management agency Kensington Grey last year.
Joel Bervell

Media, Advertising, Tech, creator-economy, Influencers, rising-stars, talent-management

Sony and Apollo offer $26 billion for Paramount: report

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 13:55

Paramount on building — PATRICK T. FALLON/Getty Images

Media, finance, Paramount, apollo, sony, shari-redstone

Drake and Olivia Rodrigo fans can rejoice. TikTok is getting their music back.

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 13:11

Drake — Drake's music will be returning to TikTok.
Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images

Media, umg, universal-music-group, universal-music, taylor-swift, Drake, olivia-rodrigo

Botox injections are at an all-time high. Blame remote work.

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 05:38

Illustration of a 3d Bust and hand holding a phone. — In a remote world, the hottest status symbol is your face. It's driving a Botox boom.
Pablo Declan for BI

Media, culture, Healthcare, health, Discourse, social-media, plastic-surgery

What you need to know about Skydance's bid for Paramount, from financing a deal worth $32 billion to its plans for the media empire

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 13:23

Producer David Ellison attends the Royal Film Performance and UK Premiere of — Skydance Media, which co-produced the "Top Gun" reboot with Paramount, wants to merge with the entertainment giant. The film studio is helmed by David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison.
Lia Toby/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures

Media, finance, finance, ma, Paramount, red-bird, skydance-media

Columbia's student radio station was the main source of information for the protests. Here's why that matters.

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 13:07

Columbia University pro-Palestine students control of Hamilton Hall and the tent city ended when the NYPD moved in with countless officers in riot gear. — Columbia University pro-Palestine students control of Hamilton Hall and the tent city ended when the NYPD moved in with countless officers in riot gear.
Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx

Tech, culture, News, Media, Radio, columbia-university, NYPD

Radio isn't dead. Yet. Thank, or blame, your car.

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 15:25

A photograph of a two women with an Ekco portable radio, taken by George Woodbine for the Daily Herald newspaper on 14 August 1935. — In 1935, a car radio was cutting-edge technology. But people are still using it today.
Daily Herald Archive/SSPL/Getty Images

Media, Tech, Streaming, streaming-apps, spotify, apple-music, Radio

Paramount axed its CEO, then held a bizarre earnings call where it played the 'Mission: Impossible' theme song over and over and refused to take questions

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 03:14

Bob M. Bakish, Shari Redstone, Tom Cruise and Brian Robbins attending the US Premiere of — Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, Paramount Global major shareholder Shari Redstone, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise, and Nickelodeon boss Brian Robbins.
Jason Mendez via Getty Images

Media, insider-news, Paramount, bob-bakish, mission-impossible

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish is officially out

Mon, 04/29/2024 - 16:47

Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, seen here in 2019 — Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, seen here in 2019
Matt Winkelmeyer; Getty Images

Media, skydance-media, Paramount, CEOs, bob-bakish

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