Sony Music Becomes Latest Entertainment Business to Embrace NFTs

Sony Music has filed for a trademark to use the Columbia Records logo for non-fungible token-backed (NFT) media, according to the application. If accepted, the trademark would also enable Sony Music t...

AT&T’s Dividend-Loving Investors Are Dialing the Wrong Number

AT&T income-hungry shareholders should have seen it coming. In April last year, a month before announcing the spinoff of its media division to shareholders in the form of shares of a 71% stake in ...

Cheaper electric vehicles coming despite rising battery costs

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Even though battery costs are rising, auto companies are rolling out more affordable electric vehicles that should widen their appeal to a larger group of buyers. The latest came ...

Moviegoing won’t return to pre-pandemic levels, says Disney’s Bob Iger

Robert Iger attends the Stella McCartney “Get Back” Capsule Collection and documentary release of Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” at The Jim Henson Company on November 18, 202...

Snap CEO Sees Challenges in Executing Turnaround Drive

Sept. 8, 2022 12:14 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel said he’s bracing for a challenging turnaround period as the company tries to revamp itself and rekindle sales...

Empowering Everyone Through Metaverse Entertainment

Non-fungible tokens have undoubtedly taken center stage in the cryptocurrency community, and ever since 2021, they have become a topic of discussion even beyond that.  Amid the boom of non-fungible to...

Saudi Arabia, GCC demand Netflix remove content that ‘violates Islamic values’

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Saudi Arabia and five other Gulf Arab countries issued a joint statement demanding that Netflix remove content they say “violates Islamic and societal va...

12 semiconductor stocks bucking the downcycle trend

Semiconductor stocks have been great outperformers over long periods, but their movement this year underscores how cyclical the industry can be. Here is a look behind the numbers that are driving down...

ChocoDoge: Innovating Entertainment with NFT

Entertainment is often deemed as a source of expenditure. But having a source of entertainment that ensures a passive return with a high yield rate seems implausible. ChocoDoge is an excellent platfor...

Dan Lin won’t take DC film and TV boss role at Warner Bros. Discovery

Producer Dan Lin attends the premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The LEGO Batman Movie” at Regency Village Theatre on February 4, 2017 in Westwood, California. Todd Williamson | Gett...

Only 4 big movies left in 2022

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, “Avatar: The Way of Water” tells the story of the Sully family. Disney The 2022 box office is a Hollywood underdog story come to ...

Nationwide $3 movie deal draws record customers on National Cinema Day

An AMC movie theater in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC A $3 movie ticket promotion meant to boost sales across cinemas during a typically sleepy weekend for the business has drawn in 8.1 million customer...

Musk’s Lawyers to Make Case for Whistleblower Complaint to Be Added to Lawsuit

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk’s lawyers on Tuesday are set to make their case to amend the billionaire’s counterclaims against Twitter to ...

Elon Musk and Twitter Set to Face Off at Omnibus Hearing Next Week

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Facebook and Snap Stock are Both Cheap. Why Shares May Still Struggle.

Social media may be the most influential innovation of the 21st century. In 2022, if an event doesn’t make it to a social feed, it never really happened, like the tree that falls in a forest with no a...

ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance Buys Freeport-McMoRan Stock

Text size Ryan Lance, chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips. Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg Freeport-McMoRan stock has slid this year, and director Ryan Lance has bought a large block of shares of the coppe...

Cathie Wood Sells Tesla Stock, Buys Nvidia After Chip Maker’s Tough Day

Text size Cathie Wood’s ARK sold Tesla and bought Nvidia shares in three of its exchange-traded funds on Thursday. Getty Images Cathie Wood seems to have used Nvidia ’s tough day to buy more sto...

Apple decimated Meta’s adtech empire. Now, it’s honing in on its advertisers

In terms of Silicon Valley feuds, you’d be hard pressed to find one that’s spicier than the years-long battle between Meta and Apple. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg started steering his company to...

Cathie Wood Trades Tesla Stock for Nvidia After the Chip Maker’s Tough Day

Text size Cathie Wood’s ARK sold Tesla and bought Nvidia shares in three of its exchange-traded funds on Thursday. Getty Images Cathie Wood seems to have used Nvidia ’s tough day to buy more sto...

Nvidia’s ‘China Syndrome’: Is the stock melting down?

Like the nuclear reactor in the 1979 film “The China Syndrome,” Nvidia Corp.’s share price and sales forecast have been melting down, and a sales ban of artificial-intelligence chips to China is the l...

GameStop meme stock movie ‘Dumb Money’ in the works with Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson

A screen displays the logo and trading information for GameStop on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) March 29, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Last year’s GameStop meme stock phen...

How to score $3 movie tickets this weekend

The nation’s theater chains want you to spend a day at the movies this weekend. More than 3,000 theaters will be participating in the first ever National Cinema Day on Saturday, Sept. 3. Theater...

Entertainment & Crypto: Major Challenges Ahead

One of the biggest challenges that cryptocurrency faces is finding basic applications for average consumers. In other words, understanding blockchain, launching a digital wallet, and then finding prac...

‘House of the Dragon’ co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik leaving series

Miguel Sapochnik attends HBO Original Drama Series “House Of The Dragon” World Premiere at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on July 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Jon Kopaloff | Wir...

The Rise of Cryptocurrencies in the Entertainment Industry

Last Updated on Sep 1, 2022 at 12:09 The entertainment industry is one of the most competitive industries in the world. In order to succeed, businesses need to constantly innovate and find new ways to...

8 new shows coming to Amazon, Disney+, Netflix in September

The fall TV calendar is jam packed with new and returning shows. From fantasy to comedy to true crime, September will deliver content for every kind of fan. Though the month’s water cooler talk ...

Four ‘House of the Dragon’ podcasts to listen to after episode 2

“Game of Thrones” is back on the air, and with it has returned the cottage industry devoted to breaking down George R. R. Martin’s Westeros to viewers. HBO’s new series “...

How to blog about travel? How to host a tv show about travel?

From waiting tables to living in a basement apartment, three travel hosts tell CNBC about how they got to where they are. Here are their stories. Samantha Brown Job: Emmy-award winning TV host of R...

The Home Team – Minor League Baseball’s Las Vegas Aviators Builds Community

A night out at the ballpark Las Vegas Aviators In a town with a million distractions, how do you build support for a something different? The Las Vegas Aviators, a Triple A Minor League Baseball team ...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Apple, Amazon, Coinbase, Boeing, and More.

Text size Boeing shares are lower in the premarket session. Scott Olson/Getty Images Stock futures were lower Monday, extending losses for Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made...

Paramount Sues Company Behind McDowell’s Pop-Up, Citing ‘Coming to America’ Infringement

A pop-up restaurant that paid homage to the 1980s classic comedy “Coming to America” now faces a lawsuit from Paramount Pictures over copyright infringement.  JMC Pop Ups LLC created a temporary versi...