Top News:
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix wins rights to the Sesame Street movie; Rideback, the production company behind live-action Lilo & Stitch and Aladdin movies, will produce the feature — Rideback, the production company behind the billion-dollar live-action “Lilo & Stitch” and “Aladdin” movies, brought it to the studio and will produce.
Discussion:
Gizmodo, IGN, Just Jared, @rwmead.bsky.social, World of Reel and The InSneider
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Filings: Disney's UK subsidiary reports revenue up 11.1% YoY to £4.4B for the FY ending September 27, 2025, with post-tax profits up 37.7% to £811M — The Walt Disney Company's U.K. subsidiary, The Walt Disney Company Limited, which encompasses theatrical film distribution …
Max Tani / Semafor:
The Atlantic ramps up its video podcasts, doubling its video team from ~10 to ~20, and says its podcast revenue is up 104% YoY and downloads rose ~50% YoY — One of America's oldest magazines is investing in video after seeing notable growth in its audience in recent months.
New York Times:
People Inc., a major food content creator, is ramping up social media video production that emphasizes human-made recipes and testing to stand out from AI slop — People Inc., the home of Food & Wine and Southern Living, publishes more food content than anyone else.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney plans an interactive hub called ESPN Fan House alongside ESPN's College GameDay in August, with fan experiences like live polls and merchandise showcases — Disney wants to help advertisers reach more of the sports fans under its own roof. — The entertainment giant this August …
Discussion:
MediaPost, Sports Business Journal, ESPN Press Room U.S. and Deadline
Andy Baio / Waxy.org:
A case of brazen copyright infringement of John Koenig's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, part of a trend where people use AI to repackage and replace sources — Last week, a MetaFilter member posted a link to what appeared to be a new website for The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows …
Mallory Moench / BBC:
Israeli strikes kill Al Jazeera correspondent Ahmed Wishah, claiming he was “a sniper operative”; Al Jazeera says it “strongly condemns” the killing of Wishah — Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including an Al Jazeera cameraman and at least one child …
Discussion:
Al Jazeera, @simonrosenberg.bsky.social, RTÉ, New York Post, The Times of Israel, NBC News, The Guardian, Associated Press and Arab News
Martin Peers / The Information:
WPP Media expects ad revenue from AI search and chatbots to reach $5.1B in 2026 and $101B in 2030, but notes lack of historical data makes forecasting difficult — If you've wanted to visit the South of France, this might be the week. The annual Cannes Lion ad festival …
Discussion:
Digiday
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Getty signs a licensing deal with OpenAI, letting its image library appear in ChatGPT's search and discovery features; GETY jumps 150%+ pre-market — Shares of Getty Images Holdings Inc. jumped about 200% in premarket trading on Monday after the photography repository announced a licensing deal with OpenAI.
New York Times:
In 2025, Article 19 documented 69 cases of Mexican officials' use of lawsuits and other legal tools against journalists, more than triple the number in 2024 — Élfego Riveros, a reporter in Teocelo, Mexico, whose satirical spot for a community-run radio station resulted in five reporters …
Discussion:
Reuters, New York Post and Awful Announcing
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Le Monde is considering ways to grant access to AI agents of paying readers while maintaining its block on crawler bots and other unlicensed non-human traffic — Le Monde blocks almost every bot that tries to hit its site. Now it's starting to think about what happens when its paying readers show …
Discussion:
@claeshs.bsky.social and Business Standard
Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
Granta says it will stop publishing short story contest winners or join publishing partnerships it doesn't control after AI use allegations against a winner — Literary magazine will no longer engage in ‘external publishing partnerships’ after Commonwealth prize furore
