Silver Lake To Take Endeavor Private In Deal Valuing WME Owner At $13B
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Silver Lake has offered to take Endeavor private in partnership with the Endeavor management team and additional anchor investors, according...
Storiaverse Launches Groundbreaking Mobile Entertainment App That Combines Reading, Animation And Audio For An...
Business Wire reports: "Storiaverse, the mobile entertainment platform connecting talented writers and animators from around the world to create immersive, animated content in a...
Bitkraft Ventures Unveils New $275m Fund
Games Industry Biz reports: "Bitkraft Ventures has launched a new fund that will invest $275 million in gaming and interactive media firms. The Bitkraft...
Deal Talks Between Paramount and Skydance Heat Up
The New York Times reports: "Shari Redstone is getting one step closer to selling her media empire. Paramount, home to one of Hollywood’s most...
BeatStars Launches ‘Creator Rights Agency’ Platform To Assist Music Creators In Deal Negotiations
Music Business Worldwide reports: "BeatStars, an online beat and sample marketplace that has paid out over $250 million to its creators to date, has...
Laton Ventures Launches $35M Global Gaming Venture Capital Fund
GamesBeat reports: "Laton Ventures, a new gaming venture capital fund, is launching today with $35 million in money to invest in game companies. The...
TikTok Expands Science-Based STEM Feed To European Users
Social Media Today reports: "TikTok has announced that it’s expanding its science-based STEM feed in the app, which will see the platform broaden its...
Yahoo Acquires AI News Aggregation App Artifact From Instagram Cofounders
The Wrap reports: "Yahoo has acquired Artifact, the AI-driven news aggregation platform created by Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the company announced...
VFX House DNEG Acquires Exclusive License To Ziva Technologies From Unity
Variety reports: "Visual effects house DNEG has acquired the exclusive license to Ziva from Unity. The company will also onboard a significant proportion of...
Microsoft Is Developing An AI Chatbot For Xbox
Insider Gaming reports: "A new report from Tom Warren at The Verge has claimed that Microsoft is developing a new AI chatbot for Xbox....
Gen-AI Search Engine Perplexity Has A Plan To Sell Ads
ADWEEK reports: "Generative AI search engine Perplexity, which claims to be a Google competitor and recently snagged a $73.6 million Series B funding from...
Sony President Hiroki Totoki Officially Begins His Role As Interim CEO Of PlayStation
VGC reports: "It was announced in September 2023 that then-CEO Jim Ryan would be stepping down, with Hiroki Totoki taking over on April 1,...
Discord To Start Showing Ads In The Coming Week After Resisting For Almost A...
Neowin reports: "Popular gaming social media platform Discord Is no longer going to be one of the rare ad-free havens of the tech market....
A16z Opens Applications For Third Speedrun Tech And Games Class For $75M Accelerator
GamesBeat reports: "A16z opened applications for the latest Speedrun tech and games accelerator class — the third such class for the $75 million accelerator....
Google Podcasts Shutting Down, Content Producers Urged To Migrate To YouTube Music
Deadline reports: "Google has told its podcast app’s users to migrate subscriptions to YouTube Music by April 2 to stream their favorite shows. Techcrunch...
OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices—But Won’t Release The Tech Yet
WIRED reports: "Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to...
Amazon Completes Its $4bn Investment In AI Firm Anthropic
Music Ally reports: "Anthropic is the company behind the Claude chatbot, and is one of the buzziest firms in the AI sector. But it’s...
LinkedIn May Soon Launch Its Own Reels Format
Mobile App Daily reports: "LinkedIn is among the best social media platforms for learning, networking, upscale, and finding opportunities. Over the years, the app...
Universal Music Group Partners With Spotify To Offer Artists More Promotional Tools
Yahoo! Entertainment reports: "Universal Music Group has expanded its relationship with Spotify to involve more promotional tools for musicians and greater distribution, amid its...
U.S. Ad Forecast For 2024 Raised On Improved Economic Outlook, Digital Media Momentum
The Hollywood Reporter reports: "The U.S. advertising market is looking healthier now than in December, media investment company Magna signaled Thursday, raising its 2024...
