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Disney CEO Bob Iger raises red flags about Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery deal’s impact on consumers

Disney CEO Bob Iger raised red flags about the prospect of Netflix acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming and studio assets, warning that the deal could hand the streaming giant unhealthy “prici...

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Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal

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Disney CEO Bob Iger says OpenAI deal gives entertainment giant 'a way in' to AI

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Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever

News of Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros. last week sent shock waves through the media ecosystem.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal May Give Streamer ‘Pricing Leverage’ That ‘Might Not Necessarily Be Healthy’

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Would Netflix buying Warner Bros. kill movies in theatres?

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The Media CEOs Jockeying for Trump’s Support

A day later, Paramount Skydance launched a roughly $108 billion hostile-takeover bid, backed in part by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

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What’s the latest on the sale of Warner Bros.?

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“I Think It’s Imperative That CNN Be Sold”: Trump Plays Warner Bros. Kingmaker

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Bob Iger says Disney’s $1 billion deal with OpenAI is an ‘opportunity, not a threat’: ‘We’d rather participate than be disrupted by it’

Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and is giving the go-ahead for its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse to be used in the AI short-form video app Sora. The two companies announced a three-year deal that would bring more than 200 characters to Sora with a period of exclusivity for part of the duration of the deal.

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Disney CEO defends massive AI deal, says creators won't be threatened

Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC that the partnership with OpenAI values creativity and keeps creators safe from replacement while giving fans new opportunities for creativity.

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There's one word that explains why Disney did a huge deal with OpenAI

Disney faces an engagement problem as kids gravitate to YouTube. It's looking to OpenAI to help boost engagement.

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Bob Iger: Disney’s OpenAI Deal “Does Not In Any Way” Threaten Creatives

The CEO suggested that Disney would prefer Paramount to prevail in the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery, citing Netflix's streaming dominance and the perilous state of movie theaters.

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Disney’s OpenAI deal is a $1 billion hedge on the future of slop

To be clear: Disney is not handing the keys to its IP over to OpenAI indefinitely. In an interview with CNBC ’s “Squawk on the Street” Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger clarified that the three-year licensing deal comes with only about a year of exclusivity for OpenAI. After that, Disney can shop its IP to other AI companies.

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Disney just picked a side in the AI fight

Are AI companies friend or foe?

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Here’s What You Really Need to Know About the Disney-OpenAI Deal

The inevitable part is that Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted several weeks ago something like this was coming, and most smart money had it involving OpenAI; the kind of social virality Iger suggested fit squarely with what OpenAI has been good at with the likes of Sora and ChatGPT.