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Entertainment🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Cate Blanchett-Backed Group and Collection of Hollywood Stars File Brief in New York Times-OpenAI Lawsuit: Hollywood Has ‘Proven Infrastructure’ to License Content

The Human Consent Foundation, the Cate Blanchett-backed nonprofit trying to protect the likenesses of individuals from unauthorized scraping by AI models, and a legion of Hollywood companies have filed an amicus brief in the New York Times’ lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the tech companies’ position that it could not reasonably clear the righ

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Amazon CEO Says Prime Video Is Profitable and Generates ‘Tens of Billions of Dollars’ Annually; Content Spending Grew 7% in Q3 to $5.9 Billion

Amazon’s stock price is down after the ecommerce giant missed Q3 earnings estimates and ad revenue growth slowed in the quarter — while investors are rattled by its continued massive investment in AI infrastructure, which put a crimp in free cash flow. But on the company’s earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy called out bright spots […]

Entertainment🇺🇸 US
DeadlineEN

Disney+ & Netflix Hoover Up Non-English Acquisitions As Fervor For Japanese & Korean Content Continues – Ampere

Disney+ and Netflix’s buying habits appear to be dispelling the notion that non-English-language acquisitions aren’t on their agendas. Research from Ampere Analysis shows that non-English content now accounts for at least half of acquisitions at both global streamers. As of September, non-English content accounted for 65% of Netflix acquisitions, with the fi

World🇦🇪 AE
The NationalEN

UAE recalls baby gripe water over alcohol content

The Emirates Drug Establishment and Dubai Health Authority have recalled a batch of Babies’ Magic Tea brand Baby Sleep Gripe Water after finding undisclosed alcoholic substances in the product. The product, also known as Children’s Sleep Gripe Water, is marketed as a dietary supplement to help relieve colic and gas and promote sleep in babies. The packaging

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

‘Ninja Warrior’ Maker TBS Tells Tokyo Market How Legendary, CJ ENM Alliances Fit Its Push to Make J-Content the Next K-Drama

A Thursday morning session at TIFFCOM, the content market of the Tokyo International Film Festival, highlighted the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Group’s initiatives to find global footholds for Japanese content and “inspiring global love for Japan.” Watanabe Shinya, president of the global business division at TBS Holdings, and Setoguchi Katsuaki, executi

Entertainment🇺🇸 US
DeadlineEN

TBS Unpacks Collaborations With Legendary & Korea’s CJ ENM: “We Want To Create A New Global Genre Of J-Content”

TBS Holdings executives outlined the strategy behind the Japanese broadcaster’s tie-ups with Legendary Entertainment and Korea’s CJ ENM in a TIFFCOM presentation today. In January 2026, TBS acquired a $150M minority stake in Legendary and entered into a non-exclusive agreement with the Dune and Godzilla franchise producer to source and develop Japanese IP. K

Gaming🇺🇸 US
GameSpotEN

WoW: Forever Content Updates Will Come Slower Than You Might Expect

Developer Blizzard's new version of its flagship MMORPG, World of Warcraft: Forever , will receive content updates "every four months," avoiding modern WoW's somewhat controversial eight-week patch cycle. In an interview with IGN , Forever principal game designer Kris Zierhut revealed the content schedule plan and explained Blizzard's reasoning. He said WoW

Entertainment🇺🇸 US
DeadlineEN

Amazon MGM Studios Japan To Double Investment In Original Content; ‘One Piece’ & ‘Kingdom’ Producers Talk IP Strategies – TIFFCOM

Buddy Marini, Amazon MGM Studios’ new head of Japan, says the company has doubled its investment in original Japanese content, including an expanded slate of live-action films and series. Marini was speaking on a panel on the opening day of TIFFCOM, which also featured One Piece showrunner Steven Maeda and Kingdom producer Shinzo Matsuhashi, outlining […]

Politics🇬🇧 GB
The GuardianEN

Guardian Essential poll: One Nation and Labor’s primary vote on par as discontent with Albanese rises

<p>Prime minister’s disapproval rating increases to 56%, the equal highest in Essential polls since he took the job in 2022</p><ul><li><p>Follow our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/28/inflation-abs-labor-anthony-albanese-parliament-greens-david-shoebridge-one-nation-ntwnfb">Australian politics live blog</a> for latest update

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

‘Tokyo Vice’ Producer, Netflix Executive Urge Changes to Japan’s Production Incentive at MPA Seminar as Government Readies Unified Content Body

“Tokyo Vice” producer Alex Boden and Netflix production policy director Deb Richards urged changes to Japan’s international production incentive at the Motion Picture Association’s annual seminar at the Tokyo International Film Festival, as the government prepares a new body to bring its scattered content-industry support under one roof. Boden, the London-ba

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Netflix Hires Steve Wilson to Lead Podcast Content Acquisition

Netflix has hired Steve Wilson to head its podcast expansion, Variety has confirmed. Wilson will lead the company’s podcast content acquisitions on a contract basis. Before heading to Netflix, Wilson spent 15 years at Apple, where he most recently headed marketing for Apple Podcasts and partnered with podcasters and networks. He left Apple in December […]

World🇫🇷 FR
France 24FR

Un an après le massacre d'El-Fasher, les réfugiés racontent

Un an après la chute d'El-Fasher au Soudan, cette ville au Darfour du Nord prise par les Forces de soutien rapide, au moins 6 000 civils ont été tués par les troupes rebelles à leur entrée dans cette ville stratégique. Selon de nombreux observateurs, d'autres massacres pourraient se reproduire en toute impunité.

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Disney+ Strikes Landmark Content Deal With U.K.’s Channel 4 That Streamer Says Is Among Its ‘Most Significant’ Globally

Disney+ has made what it claims is one of the “most significant’ content arrangements with broadcasters around the world to bring local content to its platform, striking a landmark deal with U.K. network Channel 4. The first-of-its-kind deal will see the Channel 4 service launch on Disney+ in the U.K. and Ireland in early 2027, […]

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Serielizados Takeaways: From HBO Max-3CAT New Show ‘The Orphans’ to ‘This is Not Finland,’ Catalonia Shows the Way to Quality Content and Partnerships

Serielizados Pro, the industry segment of the fast-expanding series festival Serielizados in Barcelona, had a mandate to “inspire, connect Catalan and Spanish producers, series creators with international players and get projects going,” as the event’s co-founder Victor Sala said in his opening speech Oct. 22 at the modernised Renaissance Palau Bru in the Go

Culture🇺🇸 US
VarietyEN

Tokyo Film Festival Opens With ‘Sukiyaki’ and a Plea for Peace as Japan’s Government Restates Global Content Ambitions

The 39th Tokyo International Film Festival opened Monday with a rain-soaked red carpet and a ceremony at Hulic Hall, where Japan’s government used the occasion to restate its goal of selling JPY20 trillion ($133 billion) worth of Japanese content overseas by 2033. The festival received 1,892 film submissions from 112 countries and regions this year. […]

Entertainment🇺🇸 US
DeadlineEN

Casey Bloys Unveils His Skydance DTC Content Team Featuring All HBO Max Execs: Francesca Orsi, Sarah Aubrey, Amy Gravitt & More

Casey Bloys, Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance DTC, has officially revealed his leadership team of senior executives — and it is the same team he had in his previous role as Chairman and CEO of HBO and HBO Max Content: Francesca Orsi, Amy Gravitt, Sarah Aubrey, Nina Rosenstein, Glenn Whitehead, Nancy Abraham & Lisa […]

World🇫🇷 FR
France 24FR

AKAA : les artistes qui racontent l'Afrique d'aujourd'hui

Comment représenter les femmes africaines loin des stéréotypes ? Comment raconter le continent autrement et se réapproprier son histoire tant de fois racontée par d'autres ? À Paris, la foire AKAA met en lumière la diversité de la création contemporaine africaine et afrodescendante.

Entertainment🇺🇸 US
DeadlineEN

U-KNOCK 2026 Brings Korean Content Companies To Hollywood For Investment & Global Partnerships

U-KNOCK 2026 will connect Korean content and technology companies with U.S. investors and entertainment partners on November 4–6, 2026, at The Biltmore Los Angeles. The program is hosted by South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA). Now in its third year, U-KNOCK builds on relationships [

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