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The 10 Best Anti-Innovation Quotes: Hollywood Edition

With the holiday movie-going season upon us, we assembled a list of anti-innovation quotes from notable Hollywood executives, inventors, and directors — just to show that no industry is without its nay-sayers who can rationally explain why change will never come.

Scott Kirsner · Nov 24, 2025
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Perplexity Gets Sued by NewsCorp

In the GenAI era, tech companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and Runway are coming under fire for doing almost the exact same thing Google does when it “crawls” websites to allow users to find content on them.

Curtis Michelson · Oct 28, 2024
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Inside Look: Consumer Reports’ AI-Powered Chatbot

Consumer Reports recently launched AskCR, an AI-powered chatbot that can answer subscribers’ questions based on the nonprofit organization’s research into a wide array of consumer products. Here’s how it was developed — and the challenges the team had to overcome.

Steven Melendez · Oct 11, 2024
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Innovating Disney’s Theme Parks

In this podcast episode, we talk with Bob Weis, the former president of the legendary Imagineering division at Disney, and author of the new book “Dream Chasing: My Four Decades of Success and Failure with Walt Disney Imagineering.”

Scott Kirsner · Oct 1, 2024
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Hollywood Studio Lionsgate Strikes Data Deal with GenAI Startup Runway

To live up to their lofty valuations, every generative AI startup needs big bucks enterprise deals — rather than just selling $12-a-month subscriptions to consumers. This deal is about Lionsgate using generative AI for its own internal purposes, rather than letting you generate your own sequel to the “Hunger Games” or “John Wick” franchises.

Curtis Michelson · Sep 24, 2024
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Disney Exec: The Six Essential Principles of Great Experiences

Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Experiences, which includes the company’s theme parks and cruise line, shares the principles that guide the company as it seeks to create unique in-person experiences and tell memorable stories.

Scott Kirsner · Sep 19, 2024
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New Data: Trends in Music and Video Consumption

At the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Luminate CEO Rob Jonas offered an overview of how music and video consumption changed in 2023. Here are 10 of the data points he shared…

Scott Kirsner · Mar 15, 2024
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