Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character.AI’s workforce
After chatbot startup Character.AI filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, many of its employees will have the opportunity to take jobs at Disney. C…
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Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot tech
Disney may acquire tech from one of the first chatbot makers linked to child suicide.
Epic shifts to ‘AI-accelerated development’ for upcoming Disney game
Epic Games plans to use AI to generate code and art for an unannounced Disney game, which is now delayed from its original March release window, acc…
Character.AI files for bankruptcy
Character.AI, one of the first breakout startups of the generative AI boom, has filed for bankruptcy and is selling some of its assets to Disney. Th…
Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model
"No more hand-written code" or AI-free art for delayed Marvel/Star Wars shooter.
Disney Plus will stream Super Bowl LXI
Next year's Super Bowl is headed to Disney Plus. On Wednesday, Disney announced that viewers will be able to tune in to Super Bowl LXI on its stream…
Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits
The Disney+ ad-free plan is now more expensive than Netflix's.
Disney’s first CTO is Character.AI’s former CEO
You would think that a multimedia conglomerate as large as Disney would have a few chief technology officers by now, but the company has just appoin…
Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters
The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company's first-ever chief technology o…
Google needs Hollywood more than the studios need AI
Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood's biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to tra…
ESPN streaming plans are getting more expensive
ESPN is hiking the price of its subscription on September 17th, a change that will also impact its bundles with Disney Plus. In a support page spott…
Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor
FCC demands "total capitulation" in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.
ABC sues the FCC over Trump and Carr’s campaign of threats
ABC is suing the Federal Communications Commission over claims the agency "waged a retaliatory campaign" against its networks over the content they…
Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star Wars, Marvel, and more
The annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel’s X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and our first look at the…
Disney Plus tries a new AI-powered search
Disney is testing a new AI-powered tool for Disney Plus that uses a natural language search, a voice query, or a suggested prompt to create a custom…
Disney says it’s ‘exploring’ adding a free tier to Disney Plus
Disney is looking into launching a free streaming option. When asked about Disney's plans for free, ad-supported streaming during an earnings call o…
ABC demands FCC drop its ‘punitive’ early license renewal of its stations
ABC filed its formal opposition to the Federal Communications Commission's effort to force it to submit to an early renewal of its broadcast station…
Disney+ is considering a free streaming tier, report says
The launch of free content would allow Disney+ to better compete with free services like YouTube and Tubi, which are capturing a growing share of co…
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage
As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.
Disney agrees to pay $50 million to YouTube TV and DirecTV subscribers
YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream customers may be eligible for a cash payout, after Disney agreed to pay $50 million to settle claims that it forced th…
Disney agreed to $50M settlement over claims it made live-TV streaming expensive
Lawsuit alleged Disney inflated market prices by making carriers include ESPN.
Bob Iger’s Disney wanted Apple, Twitter, and 007
Bob Iger's tenure as CEO of Disney came to an end a few months ago, after two decades of leading the entertainment giant through some of its most pi…
In Toy Story 5, the problem really is these damn phones (and tablets)
The Toy Story franchise began with a story about a vintage doll feeling threatened by the arrival of an electronic action figure. Woody and Buzz's r…
X-Men ’97 has what Master of the Universe is missing
In 2026, Marvel and Mattel are both releasing projects designed to capitalize on people's love for iconic animated heroes from their childhoods. Mas…
The Mandalorian and Grogu should have been a season of TV
When The Mandalorian first debuted on Disney Plus, it was a refreshing reminder of how fascinating Star Wars stories can be when they aren't focused…
Fighting Trump will make or break Disney’s new CEO
A week ago, newly appointed Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro was busy regaling investors with plans to turn Disney Plus into the company's "digital centerpie…
ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights
ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of violating its First Amendment rights by making "major shifts in policy and practice"…
Disney looking to make a unified ‘super app,’ report says
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, who took over for Bob Iger earlier this year, has emphasized his intent to streamline the Disney experience.
The future of Disney Plus is a confused mess
Newly minted CEO Josh D'Amaro says that he wants to turn Disney Plus into "the immersive, interactive digital centerpiece of the company." It used t…