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The "Wow" of Seedance 2.0 Is Not A Business

ByteDance's new AI video model produces Hollywood moments in seconds. Netflix will not license them. YouTube will demonetize them. The best storytellers will produce ads instead.
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Faster, Cheaper, Better AI Content— Pick One. Pick Faster.
Seedance 2.0 and Kling 3.0 launched days apart—delivering faster and better generative AI video. Hollywood is focused on cheaper. That is a compelling…
Svedka’s Generative AI Super Bowl Ad: Who Captures the Value?
Three lessons from the first AI-generated Super Bowl commercial—and why the savings have not arrived yet.
Re-Imagineering Disney's Flywheel
The content business is down 34%. Parks carry the profits. D'Amaro's job is building the database-driven flywheel nobody at Disney wants.
Hollywood Makes A Splash In AI Storytelling, And It's Branded Content
Darren Aronofsky's new series has Google, Salesforce and Time Studios behind it. Here's why that changes nothing for independent AI creators.
Make Ads or Make Stories
Why AI creators are becoming ad agencies—and what that means for the future of generative AI storytelling.
Monthly Series: The Numbers Behind Netflix's Gaming Retreat and Short Drama's Rise
Updated AppMagic Data on Sora, Netflix Games & "Drama Slop" App Downloads
Can Video Podcasts Succeed on Netflix Where Gaming Could Not?
Netflix's platform is built for recommendation, not interaction. Gaming failed without community features. Now podcasts face the same test—can passive…
Netflix Bets On $80 Billion in Content. YouTube Built an AI That Answers Questions.
Netflix's Q4 call revealed a company adding inventory to a recommendation engine while YouTube builds interpretation tools. The competition moved from…
Kathleen Kennedy Sees Trolls. Affleck and Damon See the Medium.
Kennedy blamed "a small percentage of fans" for Star Wars failures while producing $200M theatrical releases for a medium that no longer commands…
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