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Jagex wants classic British point-and-click MMO RuneScape to be bigger than World of Warcraft
Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy has set out an ambitious five-year goal to make RuneScape the world’s biggest MMO franchise, overtaking World of Warcraft’s long-held top spot. Speaking to The Game Business, Bellamy acknowledged the significant gap between Jagex and the current market leader but expressed confidence the company could close it, framing the ambition as…
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Film Finances And Media Guarantors Merging In Major Shakeup Of Completion Bond Business
Film Finances, part of the STX Entertainment family, is merging with Media Guarantors to create one of the world’s leading completion bond firms for independent film, a niche market with only a handful of major players. STX sister company Film Services International is acquiring Media Guarantors from insurance brokerage CAC Group for an undisclosed sum,…
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TSMC admits its ‘jealous’ of memory chipmakers’ margins, but is limiting its own price hike because its customers would not survive price increases of ‘four to five times’
TSMC has said it is envious of the profit margins memory chipmakers like SK Hynix and Samsung are currently enjoying, but has deliberately chosen not to raise its own chip prices to a comparable degree because its customers, the companies that design and sell processors and GPUs, could not withstand such steep cost increases. The…
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Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers
Pixar has been hit hardest in a wave of layoffs across Disney’s studios, TV networks and ESPN, with several hundred jobs cut despite the animation studio’s summer box-office success with “Toy Story 5”. The cuts, confirmed by a Disney spokesperson on Tuesday, come as the company continues restructuring under new chief executive Josh D’Amaro, who…
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Samsung can’t afford to play it safe with Apple’s first foldable looming
Samsung is expected to unveil a significantly reshaped foldable lineup at its Galaxy Unpacked event, including a new, shorter and wider Fold model alongside updated Fold and Flip phones. The shift comes as Apple’s long-rumoured first foldable iPhone approaches, meaning Samsung can no longer rely on its established designs to maintain dominance in a market…
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Nintendo All But Confirms That Splatoon 4 Is On The Way
Nintendo has strongly hinted that a full mainline Splatoon 4 is in development, even as it prepares to launch the spin-off title Splatoon Raiders. In a new “Ask the Developer” interview, producer Seita Inoue explained that after three mainline games, the team wanted to create a new entry point focused on non-competitive elements, which is…
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The 13 Biggest Music Business Deals of 2026 So Far
Billboard’s midyear roundup identifies the 13 biggest music business deals of 2026 so far, with the top five transactions alone worth a combined $16 billion — far surpassing the equivalent period in 2025. The surge reflects a broader global boom in mergers and acquisitions, with $2.77 trillion in deals struck worldwide in the first half…
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Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers
Nvidia has unveiled new performance benchmarks for its upcoming Vera Rubin chip system, signalling a strategic shift from being purely a maker of graphics processing units (GPUs) towards positioning itself as a supplier of complete AI computing systems, including central processing units (CPUs). The move comes as the AI industry increasingly relies on more complex,…
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WMG’s Sureel teams up with Symphonic to let distro company’s artists track AI use of their music
Independent music distributor Symphonic Distribution has partnered with Sureel AI, an attribution platform owned by Warner Music Group, to let its artists, labels and managers track how their music is used by artificial intelligence and opt in to potential AI-driven revenue. Announced on 20 July 2026, the opt-in deal expands Symphonic’s existing AI efforts and…
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Andy Schuon named new chief executive of Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music has named Andy Schuon, a veteran media executive, as its new chief executive, with his first day set for 1 September. The appointment matters because it brings an outsider with decades of radio, television, streaming and music-business leadership into the organisation for the first time from outside Nashville, though he…