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News Brief
YouTube Is Raising the Price of Admission to the Creator Economy
New creators will need twice today’s watch time or Shorts views to qualify for YouTube ad and subscription revenue.
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Topic: Entertainment
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Developing
Walnut Fire Closes Burbank Canyons, Cancels Starlight Bowl Concert
A vegetation fire in Wildwood Canyon forced hillside evacuations and canceled a sold-out Starlight Bowl concert; no major studio impact was confirmed.
NextEnt
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‘Lanterns’ Is Treating Green Lantern Like a Crime Drama
HBO’s Lanterns debuts Aug. 16 with Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart investigating a murder in the American heartland. The genre shift may be the more important creative choice.
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News Brief
Outside Lands Is Becoming a Festival You Don’t Have to Attend
Outside Lands is underway in Golden Gate Park, but Amazon Music’s official livestream is turning the festival into a second live event for viewers far beyond San Francisco.
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Madden NFL 27 Is Turning the Sports Game Into an Interactive Broadcast
Madden NFL 27 is expanding the presentation around the game with seasonal broadcast packages, Scott Hanson recaps, stadium traditions and dynamic weather. The result increasingly resembles an NFL broadcast players can control.
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Analysis
Europe’s Broadcasters Are Starting to Act Like Platforms
ProSiebenSat.1 is bringing ZDF programming into Joyn and seeking more domestic partnerships while its parent prepares a six-market streaming platform. Europe’s broadcasters are responding to global streamers by pooling distribution, not just producing more content.
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Analysis
The Box Office Is Up. Moviegoing Still Hasn’t Recovered.
U.S. box-office revenue is running ahead of last year, but attendance remains far below 2019. The recovery is increasingly being driven by higher ticket prices, premium formats and event films rather than a broad return to moviegoing.
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Netflix Says Generative AI Has Touched Roughly 300 Titles This Year
The streaming company says generative AI is moving through its production pipeline, with the heaviest use in post-production.
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German Court Rules Against Suno in AI Music Copyright Case
A Munich court found that the AI music company needed licenses for works represented by GEMA, raising the stakes for music-model training.
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News Brief
Disney Tests AI Tool That Turns Brand Assets Into Streaming Ads
Disney Ad Creative Studio is entering a closed beta designed to help advertisers produce connected-TV video from existing brand materials.