Disney’s new CEO faces three major disasters during his first week on the job

Collapse of high-stakes partnerships with Epic Games and OpenAI comes as the entertainment giant also faces fallout from ...

MrBeast’s Beast Industries Hires Hulu and Riot Games Alum Gaude Lydia Paez as Communications Chief

Gaude Lydia Paez, a PR veteran of Hulu, Riot Games and Fox Broadcasting, has joined Beast Industries, the company founded by ...

OpenAI Abruptly Shuts Down Billion-Dollar Disney Collaboration ‘Sora’

A billion-dollar collaboration that Disney and OpenAI once predicted could remake Hollywood instead quietly flamed out ...

Iger’s Future-Forward Deals Unwinding At Internet Speed

A Disney deal with OpenAi's Sora is done, and a separate partnership with Epic's Fortnite is challenged. Former CEO Bob ...

Disney CEO’s first week marred by ‘Fortnite,’ OpenAI woes

A watershed deal Disney struck with OpenAI late last year dissolved suddenly on Tuesday when the artificial intelligence ...
Defector

Now That OpenAI Has Terminated Sora, How Will I Have This Blog Read To Me By An Uncanny Buxom Mike Wazowski?

I have bad news for anyone who was really into consuming or making videos of Charlie Kirk arresting Jeffrey Epstein, or ...

Billionaire Exec Busted Running Secret Instagram Account

Even billionaires need a place to park all their family selfies. Bob Iger, the 75-year-old Disney executive who stepped down ...

Josh D’Amaro’s Trial by Fire

Disney's CEO hasn't even been in the job for a week, but external crises from OpenAI, Epic Games and elsewhere have clouded ...
GeekTyrant

Disney Pulls Plug on $1 Billion OpenAI Deal After Sora Shutdown, but AI Plans Are Still in Play

Disney just made a massive pivot in its AI strategy, and it’s one that could ripple across the entertainment industry. The ...

Not-so-magic kingdom: Epic Games, Taylor Frankie Paul and OpenAI pose challenges to new Disney CEO in first week on job

New Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro’s first week on the job has been anything but smooth-sailing as two separate billion-dollar tech ...

Disney Ends OpenAI Deal as Sora Shuts Down

OpenAI plans to discontinue its Sora AI video generator just six months after launching it as a standalone app, while also winding down its partnership with Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), which had been ...