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Ted Turner, 1938–2026: The 4-Layer Business Model
Ted Turner, founder of CNN and the man who created the 24-hour news cycle, passed away on Wednesday at his home near Tallahassee, Florida. He was 87.
As AI 'Performers' Enter Ads: XR Unveils First Payment Infrastructure for AI Talent Rights and Compliance
XR has launched the ad industry’s first large‑scale payment and rights infrastructure that brings AI “performers” under standard SAG‑AFTRA rules, treating digital replicas and synthetic talent as trackable, compensable actors in commercial production.
The Other Murdoch Buys His Father's Magazine Back
James Murdoch's $300M+ bid for New York Magazine and Vox's podcast network is less a deal than a verdict: in an AI-search era where the click no longer pays
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[U.S.–KOREA TRADE] ‘Disney-Adjacent’ Florida County Pitches Itself as the New U.S. Gateway for Korean Tech
Florida’s Osceola County concluded a six-day trade mission to Korea, sealing a US$53 million U.S. headquarters investment deal with Korean 4D imaging-radar leader Smart Radar Systems (SRS) and a separate chamber-level MOU with the Florida Korean American Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood’s Power Map Shifts as Studio Chiefs Lose Strategic Ground
Authority is consolidating above the studio layer while the next generation of traditional studio leadership gets thinner.
How AI "Data Brokers" Take 100% of the Content — And Why Publishers Get Nothing
Digiday reports that 21-40 AI data broker firms have built a $1 billion "scraper economy" by collecting, processing and selling publisher content without consent or payment, with industry executives calling it "not a tax but a hostile takeover funded by our own IP
Disney’s K-Drama Breakout Pressures Netflix in Asia Originals Race
Disney+ finally has a breakout K-drama, even as Netflix keeps adding Korean volume and widening the competitive gap in Asian originals.
YouTube Pushes Stability as TikTok Monetization Frays in 2026
YouTube is leaning into diversified creator payouts as TikTok faces RPM pressure and rivals like Meta move to exploit creator uncertainty.
Streaming's 2026 AI Stack Is Converging Around Safety and Discovery
By 2026, recommendation and moderation are merging into one operating layer for streaming economics, live safety and global scale.
Sports Rights Enter 2026 in Hybrid Mode as Streaming Pressure Hits TV
The key shift in 2026 is not TV versus streaming, but a faster reset of rights, bundling, and regulation across both.
Same Channel, 33% vs 100% Ad Fill...Platform Choice Becomes FAST's New Battleground
FASTMaster and Wurl's 2026 analysis reveals that ad fill rates for identical FAST channels vary threefold—from 33% (Prime Video) to 100% (Roku, Pluto TV)—proving platform sales execution now determines revenue far more than channel count.
K82 Alliance Launch · Seoul, May 12 · D.C. + Baltimore On-Air, September 14
K82 is launching as the first K‑exclusive channel on U.S. terrestrial TV, turning Korea–U.S. K‑content, tech and ad demand into a joint ATSC 3.0 testbed that can scale nationwide by 2028.