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165,000 vs. 444,000: Local News Goes Vertical, and What It Costs Korea to Wait
U.S. local TV has moved TikTok from a post-broadcast promotion channel to a planning input at the moment a story is assigned. Korean regional broadcasters, built on a licensed coverage area that has served as both revenue base and reach ceiling, face the same shift with worse balance sheets.
Disney Redesigns Disney+ as a Single Gateway, Doubling Local-Language Spend in Korea
Disney is redesigning Disney+ as a single gateway for entertainment, sports and commerce while doubling investment in Korean and other local-language productions to drive global growth and reduce subscriber churn.
Nevada Is Recruiting Korean Companies — and Its Northern Development Agency Just Changed Its Name After 43 Years
EDAWN has rebranded as Northern NV Now, highlighting northern Nevada’s shift toward AI, advanced manufacturing and data centers while expanding partnerships with Korean technology and content companies.
The Library Drives the Hours, Licensing Drives the Sign-Ups — Where Netflix's Viewing and Revenue Come Apart
Library titles accounted for 63% of Netflix viewing in Q2 2026, and licensed series drove more than 53% of series-attributed new subscribers in Q1 2026. Total hours are still growing, but the composition behind those hours has shifted, and the link between viewing time and economic outcomes
No IMAX, No Problem: How K-MovieTech Carried Spider-Man's $167M Record Opening
Spider-Man: Brand New Day set an all-time North American opening-day record of $167M without a single IMAX screen — locked out by Nolan's The Odyssey — turning instead to ScreenX, 4DX, Dolby Cinema and HDR by Barco, and proving that in a market where premium formats take 15.6% of the box office
ABC Asks FCC to Dismiss Early License Renewals in 109-Page Filing, Alleging Retaliation
The ABC license review and the YTN ownership dispute expose the same fundamental conflict: how governments can revisit broadcasting rights already granted—and whether regulatory procedure or business certainty should prevail.
Canada to Eliminate Base Contribution on Foreign Streamers, Replace With C$600 Million a Year in Government Funding
Canada has told the Federal Court of Appeal it intends to eliminate the base contribution on foreign streaming services and replace the money with government funding. A system built to replace the cable levy lost to cord-cutting became a USMCA and Section 301 target
ABC News Turns the '20/20' True Crime Archive Into a Subscription: $2.99 a Month, Apple Podcasts Only
ABC News has bundled the '20/20' true crime archive with two new series into a $2.99-a-month subscription. With podcast revenue still overwhelmingly ad-based and those ad dollars concentrated in a handful of chart-topping shows
“Mandu” and “Yangnyeom” are Becoming Product Names in U.S. Retail
Across mainstream U.S. retail, mandu, kimchi, gochujang and yangnyeom are becoming brand language, while K-food, K-beauty and Korean IP increasingly reinforce one another along the same consumer journey.
When Your AI Double...Takes Your Job
GenAI is making mobile dramas faster and cheaper, but the industry’s real competitive advantage will come from traceable consent, compensation and licensing—not from replacing human performers with unaccountable digital doubles.
AI Recommendation Replaces Discovery, and Ad Money Moves to Small Creators
As discovery moves from chronological feeds to AI recommendation and conversational interfaces, content is priced on relevance rather than reach: 45.5% of U.S. influencer marketing spend goes to accounts under 20,000 followers, and the web is now logging one AI bot visit for every 31 human visits.
Consumers Use AI—but Reject AI Content...The Adoption–Acceptance Divide Reshaping Media
GenAI adoption is rising while acceptance of AI-made media is fragmenting, making creator consent, provenance and compensation—not lower production cost—the industry’s decisive advantage.