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New Plan to “Revitalize” CBS Revealed In Filing by Skydance and Paramount
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Live Nation CFO: “I Expect We’re Going to Prevail” In DOJ Suit Seeking Break Up
“I don't expect we're going to have major changes to how we operate through the process," Joe Berchtold told an investors conference.
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Yelp Sues Google After Search Giant Loses Antitrust Case
The lawsuit targets Google placing its search results for local businesses above Yelp's.
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Warner Bros. TV, ‘ER’ Alums Sued by Michael Crichton Estate Over New Medical Drama
The lawsuit accuses the studio of disregarding the author’s rights to 'ER' spinoffs and brings claims for breach of contract.
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New Plan to “Revitalize” CBS Revealed In Filing by Skydance and Paramount
A new filing with the Federal Communications Commission outlines a plan to “strengthen and revitalize” the CBS broadcast network and its owned and operated stations, should Oracle founder Larry Ellison be allowed to assume control of the broadcast licenses. Ellison, the father of Skydance founder and CEO David Ellison (who would be the future CEO […]
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Live Nation CFO: “I Expect We’re Going to Prevail” In DOJ Suit Seeking Break Up
As Live Nation contends with the Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to break up the company, CFO Joe Berchtold expressed optimism about the suit and the future of the business. “I expect we’re going to prevail,” Berchtold said at a Bank of America conference Wednesday. “I don’t expect we’re going to have major changes to […]
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Yelp Sues Google After Search Giant Loses Antitrust Case
The government’s antitrust victory over Google has cleared the way for a lawsuit against the company from Yelp, a competing online service that lets users find and review local businesses. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, Yelp accuses Google of leveraging its monopoly power in general search to divert […]
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Warner Bros. TV, ‘ER’ Alums Sued by Michael Crichton Estate Over New Medical Drama
Warner Bros. Television’s ER revival look-alike has sparked a lawsuit from the estate of Michael Crichton, holder of the rights to the medical drama created by the prolific writer of technological thrillers who spawned various Hollywood blockbusters. Crichton’s estate, in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses Warners and a trio […]
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Sean “Diddy” Combs Revealed to Be Among Investors in Elon Musk’s X Launch
After a federal court forced its hand, Elon Musk’s X Corp. has disclosed a list of shareholders for its parent company. Investors named in the document, unsealed on Wednesday evening, include entities linked to Sean “Diddy” Combs, Bill Ackman, Larry Ellison and Marc Andreessen. The disclosure stems from a lawsuit filed by former Twitter employees […]
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‘Rust’ Ricochet: Film’s Ammo Provider Questions New Bullet Evidence That Derailed Trial (Exclusive)
From the moment law enforcement arrived at the New Mexico set where the Rust shooting occurred, how exactly the live rounds got there was a key focus of the investigation. The prosecution, for years, maintained that they likely came from armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was convicted in March for involuntary manslaughter. But when a so-called […]
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New AI Lawsuit From Authors Against Anthropic Targets Growing Licensing Market for Copyrighted Content
Over the past two years, a thriving market for licensing copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems has emerged. OpenAI was the first to strike deals with publications, like Axel Springer, News Corp. and the Associated Press. A few others in the field followed. Such agreements weren’t in place when AI firms first started to […]
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Julia Ormond’s Lawsuit Against CAA, Disney Over Harvey Weinstein’s Sex Crimes Can Proceed, Judge Rules
CAA has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit from Julia Ormond faulting the agency for failing to warn her about Harvey’s Weinstein’s history of sexual misconduct before she took a meeting with the former movie mogul that led to her assault. Ormond last year filed a wide-reaching lawsuit accusing her ex-agency, Miramax and Disney […]
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FuboTV Wins Bid to Block Disney-Fox-Warner Sports Streaming Platform Over Antitrust Concerns
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a joint venture from media giants teaming up to pool together their sports licensing rights to form a new streaming service, which was challenged by rival sports streamer Fubo. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett on Friday ruled against The Walt Disney Co., Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery in […]
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Graceland Fraud: Charges Brought in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Sell Presley Family Landmark
A foreclosure notice published in a Tennessee newspaper in May announcing that an unknown investment firm planned to auction Graceland to the highest bidder later that month sent shock waves through Elvis Presley’s family and the Memphis community where the landmark is located. It also sparked a criminal investigation into a well-known fraudster, who claimed […]
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CBS Loses Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit From ‘SEAL Team’ Scribe Over Alleged Racial Quotas for Hiring Writers
A lawsuit from a script coordinator for SEAL Team, who accused CBS Studios of carrying out illegal diversity quotas that discriminate against straight white men, will proceed, a court has ruled. U.S. District Judge John Walter, in an order issued Tuesday evening, rebuffed parent company Paramount’s bid to dismiss the case. He found that certain […]
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Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art Generators
Artists suing generative artificial intelligence art generators have cleared a major hurdle in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit over the uncompensated and unauthorized use of billions of images downloaded from the internet to train AI systems, with a federal judge allowing key claims to move forward. U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Monday advanced all copyright infringement […]
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YouTube Creators Step Into Legal Battle Against OpenAI With Class Action Lawsuit
OpenAI has been sued by a YouTuber whose videos were transcribed and used to train its artificial intelligence system, opening a new front in the legal battle against companies leading development of the technology. With the lawsuit, creators on YouTube join sprawling litigation over the unauthorized utilization of copyrighted material to power ChatGPT. Creators who’ve […]
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Lawmakers Target Disney-Fox-Warner Sports Streaming Platform Over Antitrust Concerns
Lawmakers are ramping up scrutiny of streaming sports bundle Venu, with the aim of blocking the joint venture. In a letter, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called on the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission to initiate a probe of Venu and stop Disney, Fox and Warner […]
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In Bid for Ads, Elon Musk’s X Declares Legal War on … Advertisers
Escalating hostility with major advertisers, X has sued a coalition representing big-money brands for allegedly coordinating a boycott of the platform in violation of antitrust laws. The proposed class action, filed in federal court in Texas on Tuesday, accuses the World Federation of Advertisers of conspiring with companies to withhold advertising on X due to […]
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When Is It Idea Theft? A Mattel TV Adaptation Trial Could Be a Case Study
Mattel didn’t steal the idea for reality competition show The Toy Box from a producer, who accused the company of ripping off his concept for an identical series that he pitched, a jury has found. The decision comes after a 10-week trial in Santa Monica that touched on standards for protectable ideas and when a […]
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