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For college students, remote work is disrupting a defining moment in their burgeoning adult lives. Rather than heading back to campus this fall, many are likely settling in for at least one more semester at home–not exactly the typical college experience, especially for those that were hoping to round out their collegiate tenure on a…

Drew Barrymore tapped someone she knows very well to appear in the first promo for her upcoming talk show: her 7-year-old self. Barrymore, now 45, inserted herself into footage of her own famous 1982 appearance on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson, shortly after the theatrical release of E.T., making it appear as if the…

Since the pandemic began, shoppers have been buying a lot of packaged food and household cleaners, boosting revenue for major CPG manufacturers such as Kraft Heinz Company and Procter & Gamble. In earnings calls and interviews, industry executives have described this shift in behavior as a return to big-name brands that people know and trust….

LONDON–If you live in a region that’s made it through the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic and you’ve been brave enough to venture back into a bar, you’ll know that it’s a bit of an unusual experience: hand sanitizer everywhere, people wearing masks, black and yellow tape marking where you can and cannot stand to…

AMC Networks is looking for a new entertainment chief. Sarah Barnett, AMC Networks Entertainment Group president, will be leaving the company after Labor Day, she said today. After her exit, the company’s entertainment networks–AMC/AMC+, BBC America, IFC and Sundance TV–and AMC Studios will report to COO Ed Carroll on an interim basis. “This is a…

The adoption of new and emerging technologies has been accelerated by COVID-19, so it shouldn’t be surprising that this week’s analysis shows a spike in interest about “digital disruption,” which has
been climbing steadily among brands since early May as global supply chains were disrupted for every industry in every region. This trend shows no sign of slowing and we should expect more disruption,
as static sectors are turned on their heads.

When we last checked in with Comcast in April, the company was warning investors that its Q2 revenue hit would probably be even worse than in the first quarter. While that prediction has borne out, Comcast chief Brian Roberts is optimistic about the cable giant’s ability to roll with the punches as theme parks in… Continue reading »

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TikTok is teaming up with XO, Republic Records and Wave on The Weeknd Experience, a virtual experience tied to the After Hours album from rhythm-and-blues star The Weeknd. Wave, which creates interactive virtual entertainment experiences, created the XR (augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies) experience for TikTok, which said in a blog post that viewers…