Box Office Insiders: Meet the Team That Paid $70 Million to Control Hollywood’s Favorite Data Set

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A private equity-backed deal led by Bay Area exec Anant Gupta and advised by ex-Paramount distribution chief Chris Aronson aims to revive Rentrak as the single, trusted handler of all theatrical grosses.   Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/box-office-rentrak-hollywood-owner-1236627137/

Go woke, go broke: The collapse of Star Wars and the failure of Hollywood’s studio model

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As Disney and other studios retrofit beloved franchises with ideological messaging, audiences are turning away, leaving Star Wars, Marvel and the remake machine exposed to a new box-office reality.   Source: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/culture/artc-go-woke-go-broke-the-collapse-of-star-wars-and-the-failure-of-hollywood-s-studio-model

Tech ‘A signal of where power sits’: Trump and world leaders joined by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google at G7

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Chiefs of the world’s leading AI companies are descending on the G7 conference in France Wednesday, in a sign of their growing geopolitical influence as artificial intelligence rises to the top of the global agenda.   Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/17/g7-trump-ai-tech-leaders-openai-anthropic-google.html