Generative AI was a topic of hot debate on Tuesday at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference in London where a panel of newspaper and media company bosses discussed deals with artificial intelligence firms. The executives on the panel included Anna Bateson, CEO of Guardian Media Group, The Sun publisher Dominic Carter, Telegraph Media Group CEO Anna Jones, Rich Caccappolo, the CEO of The Daily Mail owner DMG Media, and ITN CEO Rachel Corp. “What AI can’t do is replace journalism,” Carter argued. “Journalism is human endeavor.” In comparison, an election season, such as in the U.K. right…
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New Delhi: The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has crossed the halfway mark in the Lok Sabha elections, but the lead is narrower than what exit polls had predicted. The NDA is currently ahead on 290 seats, while the opposition INDIA alliance is ahead on 234. A party or an alliance needs to cross the 272 mark in the 543 member Lok Sabha to form the government.The narrow margin has prompted talks that the Opposition may reach out to some of the BJP’s allies, a charge Nationalist Congress Party patriarch Sharad Pawar has…
Comcast-owned European pay-TV, media and telecom giant Sky has made a full-court press to lock down sports rights longer-term due to the benefits of sports content, CEO Dana Strong told a London conference on Tuesday. During a fireside chat at Deloitte’s Media & Telecoms 2024 and Beyond Conference, she was asked about Sky’s sports strategy. “I am pretty passionate about sport,” and Sky has “extraordinary strength” in the field, she said. About 18-24 months ago, “we really decided to double down and go long on sport,” Strong shared. That has helped build “a strategic moat” around sports, she said. “Sport…
Indian Box Office Verdicts & Collection 2024(Photo Credit –IMDb) Smitten by the box office bug? Don’t miss reading our compilation of box office business done by the Bollywood/Hindi films released in 2024. As per the latest collection update, Mr & Mrs Mahi has scored 17.12 crores in 3 days at the Indian box office. [These numbers and verdict are based only on box office earnings, and the returns do not include any other rights’ (OTT, TV, music, or digital) revenues.] Super-Duper Hit: Film which earns 200% of returns along with 100 crores+ collection Hit: Film that doubles the investment Super-Hit:…
Mark Ross, a rapper better known by his stage name Brother Marquis and a member of the influential and often controversial Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died. He was 58. The official 2 Live Crew Instagram account confirmed Ross’ death on Monday night, and the group’s longtime manager, DJ Debo, also confirmed the news to People Magazine. No details or cause of death were provided. Alongside Luke Skyywalker (Luther Campbell), Fresh Kid Ice (Christopher Wong Won) and Mr. Mixx (David Hobbs), Ross formed the most well-known lineup of 2 Live Crew who broke out of the Florida rap…
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai TV serial: In the latest episode of the show, we saw that Abhira confessed her love to Armaan. He was in a state of shock as he is going to marry Ruhi. He did not see it coming and he had no words. Abhira is Armaan and Ruhi’s wedding planner. Those who have come in late, Armaan and Abhira were married. Armaan married Abhira to keep her safe and take her responsibility. However, as Poddars got to know about their 1-year contract, they forced Armaan and Abhira to part ways. Ruhi worked her plans and…
The Walt Disney Co. has put much effort into getting its creative juices flowing again since Bob Iger’s return as CEO and recently fending off a challenge from dissident shareholder Nelson Peltz. In fact, the Hollywood conglomerate is focused on ensuring its status as a producer of hit content that can form long-running and deep “connections” with consumers, with its portfolio of businesses across platforms and experiences helping create lasting fan engagement with franchises over a lifetime and across generations. That was the message sent by Jan Koeppen, the entertainment giant’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) president, at Deloitte’s…
PM Narendra Modi had said a BJP chief minister would take oath in Odisha on June 10.New Delhi: While the BJP is likely to end up nowhere close to its target of 370 Lok Sabha seats and well short even of its 2019 figure of 303, Odisha may emerge as the shining light for the party. Leads suggest that not only will the BJP emerge as the single largest party in the state in the Lok Sabha elections, decimating the BJD, but also win the Assembly polls, giving the state a different chief minister for the first time in 24…
After a half-century of photographing the rich and tremendously famous, Annie Leibovitz has focused her lens on a majestic beast of a different sort, snapping photos of the Locarno Film Festival‘s iconic leopard. Leibovitz designed the official poster for the 2024 Locarno Film Festival, which Locarno unveiled on Tuesday. The poster shows the feline mascot against the Alpine backdrop of the Lago Maggiore, an image meant to evoke the contrast inherent in the pristine setting for Europe’s most avant-garde A-list festival. “Like the Locarno Film Festival, the leopard is captivating, an out-of-place icon in an evocative setting,” goes the festival…
Sharmin Segal in Heeramandi ( Photo Credit – YouTube ) It has been over a month since Heeramandi was released. It’s a web series based on the lives of courtesans from the pre-independence era of India. The Netflix show, created by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, stars Manisha Koirala, Sonakshi Sinha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Fardeen Khan, Shekhar Suman, Sharmin Segal, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Taha Shah Badussha. Heeramandi on Netflix received mixed reactions. But people loved the music and several performances. Sadly, one actress who was massively trolled and criticised for acting was Sharmin Segal, who plays Alamzeb. Many on the…