A look at Inkitt, a publishing platform that uses AI to create sequels and spinoffs of authors' original work with minimal human input, raising quality concerns
A look at genre fiction publisher Inkitt and its “AI-driven” ecosystem of content. — www.bloomberg.com/features/202... Vauhini Vara / @vauhinivara : Meet the startup, backed by big Silicon Valley in...
Streamers court YouTubers for new shows or spinoffs; sources: Amazon made $100M+ in profit on Beast Games and Netflix held talks with Dude Perfect for a series
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal :
Streaming TV appears to have entered its franchise era; Netflix plans spinoffs of the Addams Family, Peaky Blinders, and action movie Extraction, among others
Sequels and prequels have already taken over the movie business. Now they're coming for TV. — Good afternoon from Los Angeles …
Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals
the same firm that suggested pharmacists get REBATES for opioid deaths—charged CNN millions to tell it what someone wanted to hear. Every $ wasted could have gone to paying journalists. https://twitte...
The New York Times acquires Wordle, the simple word game that has amassed “millions of daily players”, for “an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures”
Thoughts for the day — I'm not a Wordle guy. It's not that I don't like puzzles, I just missed it. Tweets: Josh Wardle / @powerlanguish : An update on Wordle https://twitter.com/... @caissie : I'm ...
Sources: Apple is seeking an executive to lead its original podcasts effort and is acquiring podcasts that would tie into shows on its TV+ service
but not only TV shows. Story with @markgurman https://www.bloomberg.com/... James Cridland / @jamescridland : Just read a hand-wringing article desperately worried that the open ecosystem of podcastin...
Microsoft Releases ‘Halo’ Spinoffs For iOS, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 And Steam
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