
đšđą BREAKING NEWS: Netflix heartbroken after WB, Disney AI fun, Meta losing $70B đ€Ż
This weekâs episode breaks down the biggest global entertainment + gaming business stories: Netflix vs Paramount fighting over Warner Bros, Disney investing $1B into OpenAI, Duolingo partnering with Genshin, PokĂ©mon TCGâs $1B year, Activision slowing CoD, Merge Mayorâs real AI use cases, Rockstar layoffs, Meta abandoning the Metaverse, and Google bringing Gemini to ads.
What youâll learn
âą Why Warner Bros could reshape streaming power
âą Why Paramountâs hostile $108B bid might win
âą Why Netflix still has no gaming strategy
âą Why Disney opening 200 IPs to OpenAI is historic
âą Duolingoâs shift from learning â gamified reward engine
âą PokĂ©mon TCGâs billion-dollar year
âą Why CoD is slowing down releases
âą How Merge Mayor actually uses AI the right way
âą Rockstarâs union conflict
âą Metaâs $70B metaverse collapse
âą Google Gemini for ads (2026)
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Panelists: â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Jakub Remiaâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â r,â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaricâ
Podcast:
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Chapters
00:00 â WB bidding war
04:20 â Disney Ă OpenAI
08:10 â Duolingo + PokĂ©mon TCG
12:45 â Activision + AI
17:30 â Rockstar layoffs, Meta cuts, Google ads
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Matej Lancaric
User Acquisition & Creatives Consultant
â https://lancaric.me
Felix Braberg
Ad monetization consultant
â https://www.felixbraberg.com
Jakub Remiar
Game design consultant
â https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar
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