Episode 134 - Actor Pay Subsidies

Anthropic thinks it can be the biggest AI IPO ever. Even bigger than SpaceX. After the 2026 US midterms showed people were tired of a lot including data centers, can Anthropic thrive? Valnet must pay Polygon and Screenrant freelancers $2 million Anthropic’s giant, huge, oversized AI-driven IPO ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

Above-the-line (i.e. A-list, high level) actors, producers and directors make a lot of money on productions. Would it help the budgets if the state's where they shoot help subsidize their pay? Could outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom's billion dollar plan work? Should a leading actor’s pay be subsidized by the state? ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Rockstar Games employees are fighting for better work environments. The time to form a union is now! The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders start a union Rockstar Games workers will vote on unionizing when GTA VI launches Skydance offers buyouts and forces workers back to the office full time ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

Black unemployment continues to rise after the dismantling of hiring requirements. The Black unemployment rate depicts a gross disparity Not even Netflix’s chairmen of films Dan Lin was safe ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma outlines what Xbox needs to do in order to stay in the game. Disney’s Dana Walden candidly admits tech is the reason for layoffs, more coming As Paramount/Warner Bros merges into Skydance, layoffs incoming New Xbox CE Asha Sharma talks about the changes going on at Xbox NYT asks if Xbox can come back? Sharma says in internal town hall that Xbox was in a “free fall” ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

Indie film producer A24 continues its march to awards season with the release of "Primetime," a movie following Chris Hansen's "To Catch A Predator" series. But the subject himself thinks the movie is a failure for not talking to him. Check out how A24's movie, Robert Pattinson and even Hansen himself all prevailed thanks to the movie. A24 struck a box office nerve with "Primetime" Reasons why the movie overperformed Robert Pattinson wants Chris Hansen to enjoy the movie for what it is Chris Hansen did not like the movie. At all. ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

California attorney general Rob Bonta and the 11 other states suing Paramount-Skydance for trying to buy Warner Bros. Discovery settled. This is the fallout. State’s Attorney’s Generals, Paramount settle antitrust case It appears Paramount got off easy The Guilds, those against the merger speak The proposed duties editorial board in charge of CNN and CBS News Why did California bend so quickly? ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

Paramount Skydance took a survey of what would happen if it left California. And A.I. is really dividing the people that love it. A leaked report shows what could happen if Paramount Skydance left California A.I. regulation is causing a rift with A.I. CEOs and Washington M.I.T. report says college students are suffering from “cognitive surrender” using A.I. ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook is looking to give incoming CEO John Ternus a "smooth" transition into the position. Is hardware Ternus ready to take on a trillion dollar company looking to make a statement on AI? John Ternus is now the big Apple boss What Tim Cook brought to the table Ternus takes over at a good time for Apple, bad time for tech ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky

Ex-Washington Post Journalist Karen Attiah won her case against the paper after she was fired for comments surrounding Charlie Kirk's death. Companies and judges are finally standing up to the Trump administration. Ghost jobs are getting cracked down WaPo has to reinstate fired columnist with back pay over ————————————————— Get social! Portfolio C+ Comedy Youtube TikTok Instagram Bluesky