French President Emmanuel Macron said the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which he co-chaired with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday, was deliberately held at a moment of dramatic upheaval for the entertainment business, from the growing dominance of YouTube and TikTok to AI and media consolidation. Speaking to Variety at the event, he
On Sunday, influencer Amanda Hirsch — the creator behind the popular “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, who also hosts Hulu’s “Get Real” podcast — addressed the uproar about having posted partner content with the betting platform Polymarket over the Lindsay Clancy verdict. In a since-deleted post from Friday, after the judge in the case had
During Naomi Osaka’s match against Anastasia Zakharova at this year’s US Open earlier this week, a gaggle of ring light-wielding influencers who were packed in a luxury suite became enough of a distraction that the umpire paused the match and repeatedly asked them to quiet down. Elsewhere in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis
OpenAI banned a “cluster” of ChatGPT accounts that it claims were part of a pro-Russia operation aimed at bashing Western countries and promoting a think tank with misattributed academic research. The company said in a blog post this week that the banned ChatGPT users used VPNs to get around its restriction on Russian users and
Anonymous Content has hired Steve Shikiya to serve as the management company’s chief operating officer. In his new role, Shikiya will report directly to Anonymous president and CEO Darren Walker. He will oversee day-to-day business operations, including finance, corporate development, business affairs, and human resources. “Steve has spent his career helping ambitious, independent companies like
After doing tie-ins with iconic scary movie characters like Chucky and M3gan, Coca-Cola’s Fanta wants to make some spooky personas of its own. Ahead of Halloween, the soda brand is introducing four characters as part of a kickoff to what it’s calling Fanta’s Haunted Universe, which it describes as a collection of products, content, and
