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Sports writer Bill Simmons speaks at the 2010 New Yorker Festival at DGA Theater on October 2, 2010 in New York City.

Spotify signs Bill Simmons, its $250 million man, to a new deal

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 26: James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson aka US YouTuber MrBeast ( 4th left) is seen onstage during the MrBeast Feastables launch at Sydney Opera House on June 26, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

YouTube’s biggest star MrBeast makes more money from chocolate than videos

By Lucas Shaw, Aisha Counts, and others

Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast has some food stuck in his teeth. Someone should probably tell him

YouTube star MrBeast is raising money at a $5 billion valuation

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

A person is holding a TV remote with Netflix visible in the background.

Netflix beats Wall Street’s forecasts in every major metric

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

Interviewer Sean Evans, the Stanley Cup, host Jimmy Fallon, and singer Selena Gomez during "Hot Ones" in 2019.

Neflitx wants to add ‘Hot Ones’ to live programming

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

Judi Dench

Meta bids millions for celebrity voices in AI race

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

David Ellison, CEO of Skydance Media

Paramount Global special committee backs merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media

By Lucas Shaw, Christopher Palmeri, and others

Jon Platt speaks in front of a poster

Sony lays down the gauntlet on AI, warning 700 companies against training algorithms on its music

By Ashley Carman, Lucas Shaw, and others

Tom Brady

Netflix doubles down on its ‘big bet on live’ events with huge deal to air NFL Christmas Day games

By Lucas Shaw, Randall Williams, and others

David Ellison, CEO of Skydance Media

Larry Ellison’s son faces competition to buy ‘Mission: Impossible’ studio Paramount as Sony and Apollo consider a joint bid

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

U.S. band Kiss are on stage during a concert at Königsplatz.

Pophouse, the Swedish company behind ABBA Voyage buys KISS’ music catalog for $300 million

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

Spotify's CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Ek

Spotify follows the footsteps of Apple and Amazon as it plans to hike prices in the UK, Australia and Pakistan

By Lucas Shaw, Ashley Carman, and others

ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 15: President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production Sean Bailey took part today in the Walt Disney Studios live action presentation at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2017 in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

Disney’s live action movie boss is leaving as Bob Iger struggles with flops and proxy fight with Nelson Peltz

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg

David Ellison and Arnold Schwarzenegger at the premiere of “Fubar” held at The Grove on May 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Von Holden/Variety via Getty Images)

Billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison’s son has made an offer to buy Redstone family company that controls MTV and Nickelodeon

By Lucas Shaw, Christopher Palmeri, and others

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 15: Chief Content Officer of Netflix, Ted Sarandos attends the “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” world premiere during the 66th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on October 15, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI)

Netflix hikes prices after adding 9 million subscribers in its best earnings in years that sent the streamer’s shares soaring 13%

By Lucas Shaw and Bloomberg