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The Biggest Yachts Owned By Tech Billionaires

The exclusive world of superyachts has seen an influx of tech billionaires joining the ranks of owners in recent years. With their vast fortunes, figures like Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg have been able to commission some of the largest and most advanced yachts afloat. Here's a look…

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Entertainment and lifestyle titan Barry Diller will have memoir out next spring

Barry Diller has a memoir coming out next spring, covering a life that could fill multiple volumes

The Independent UK

Silicon Valley now holds more power over the entertainment industry than Hollywood, film mogul claims

Tinsel Town is out and Silicon Valley is in, says Barry Diller

The Independent UK

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‘A unique relationship:’ How Kamala Harris courts the progressive left

Despite pledges to lead a ‘people-first presidency’, Harris has faced criticism from the far-left wing of the Democrats.

Al Jazeera

Kamala’s tech ties: what is Harris’s relationship with Silicon Valley?

Harris’s track record, and time as California senator and AG, has tech leaders wondering if she’d have a friendlier approach to the industry

The Guardian - US

Legal Precedent Favors the NBA in Wrestling Match Against Warner Bros. Discovery

Two decades ago, Barry Diller and his USA Networks failed in their quest to bring back Vince McMahon's erstwhile WWF with a very similar lawsuit

Broadcasting & Cable

Progressive Groups Call On Harris To Support Antitrust Regulator

Vice President Kamala Harris faces pressure from business leaders and progressives as she navigates economic policy decisions, including the fate of FTC he...

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Tubi's CEO credits being promoted to Vimeo’s top job at just 33 for being totally at ease running America’s most-watched free TV service

Anjali Sud was just 33 years old and had been working for nearly three years at Vimeo when she was plucked out to lead the company.

Fortune

Why That Peacock-Paramount Plus Rollup Seems Inevitable

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we poke 'The Bear' to see if it's been vastly overrated, we ponder YouTube's lofty valuation ... and we review a shifty review from a certain Hollywood trade

Broadcasting & Cable

Biden defends his campaign as swing-state Democrat calls for him to exit race – as it happened

Angie Craig of Minnesota asks Biden to ‘step aside’, as California governor stumps for president in Pennsylvania. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - US

Executive who launched Fox and green-lit ‘The Simpsons’ explores bid to take over Paramount

Media billionaire Barry Diller once ran Paramount Pictures

The Independent UK

Trump Media Shares Plummet Amid Criticism From Barry Diller; Trump's Net Worth Takes A Hit

Trump Media witnesses a significant drop in share prices, shedding over 10% following doubts about revenue generation and sustainability.

International Business Times

Book Review: Henry Winkler grapples with the Fonz and dyslexia in his entertaining new memoir

Henry Winkler’s memoir begins on a Tuesday morning in October 1973, at his first audition for “Happy Days.”

The Independent UK

In Hollywood writers' battle against AI, humans win (for now)

After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence in one of the first major labor battles over generative AI in the workplace

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The Guardian - US

‘It’s unsustainable’: can Hollywood survive without transformation?

Despite the success of Barbenheimer, the industry faces strikes, AI concerns and an untenable situation for those not at the top

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: The studios thought they could handle a strike. They might end up sparking a revolution

LOS ANGELES — If you want to start a revolution, tell your workers you'd rather see them lose their homes than offer them fair wages. Then lecture them about how their "unrealistic" demands are "disruptive" to the industry, not to mention disturbing your revels at Versailles, er, Sun Valley.

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Movie Stars Vs. C-Suite Brass: Hollywood Strike Gets Ugly As CEO Tells A-Listers Where To Go

Barry Dillerthinks big-name actors should do — at least the ones who are clamoring for pay parity in the movie industry

Fortune

Entertainment mogul warns Hollywood strikes will cause the 'absolute collapse of the entire industry'

"Executives and the most paid actors should take a 25% pay cut," said Barry Diller, the chairman of IAC.

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The Guardian - UK

As Hollywood actors strike, here’s why A-listers are next in the firing line

Impoverished Sag-Aftra members are currently targeting overpaid studio bosses. It can’t be long until their ire is directed closer to home

Fortune

Barry Diller calls A.I. ‘overhyped to death’ after striking Hollywood actors label it an ‘existential threat’

The media mogul said A.I. won't replace Hollywood writers or actors. Unions aren't convinced.

Fortune

German media mogul who's friends with Elon Musk is sacking 20% of the newsroom at his leading tabloid and replacing workers with A.I.

The German tabloid is among the most widely-sold newspapers in Europe. In a memo, Axel Springer said several roles will “no longer exist as they do today.”

Tribune News Service

Murdoch, Fox face $1.6 billion trial over 2020 election as Trump surges

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News empire is going on trial for airing false 2020 election fraud claims, even as it continues to struggle over its relationship with the man who most stoked those conspiracy theories: former President Donald Trump.

Fortune

Billionaire mogul Barry Diller has some advice for the media about A.I.: Sue

"We are not going to let what happened out of free internet happen to post-A.I. internet if we can help it."

Los Angeles Times

For director Brett Morgen, unlocking the mystery of David Bowie meant letting it be

LOS ANGELES — Brett Morgen dashes across his office to grab his phone.

Axios

Activision insider trading investigation expands

If there's a real case to be made here, it would be the highest-profile in memory.

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