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- Oct 18, 2026Oct 18, 2026Disney To Pay $60M To Hire Most Of Character.AI's Staff Pulse story
- Oct 13, 2026Oct 13, 2026Character.AI Files Chapter 11, Sells Assets To Disney For $20M Pulse story
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- Oct 18, 2026Disney To Pay $60M To Hire Most Of Character.AI's StaffDisney agreed to pay an estimated $60 million a year to hire at least 60 Character.AI employees, a stalking-horse bid following the startup's bankruptcy and an earlier $20 million asset sale.→
- Oct 13, 2026Character.AI's Bankruptcy Filing Shows $8-9M Monthly BurnA CEO affidavit filed in Character.AI's Chapter 11 case shows the company burning $8 million to $9 million a month as of August, and describes Disney's much-reported $20 million as a licensing offer, not a confirmed asset sale.→
- Oct 13, 2026Character.AI Files Chapter 11, Sells Assets To Disney For $20MCharacter.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy five years after launch, with Disney agreeing to buy some of its assets for $20 million as the AI chatbot platform winds down under legal and safety pressure.→
- Oct 2, 2026Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery to Become SkydanceParamount and Warner Bros. Discovery will operate as a combined company called Skydance once their roughly $110 billion merger closes, expected October 6.→
- Aug 24, 2026Netflix Weighs Opening Its App to Rival StreamersNetflix is reportedly considering letting other streaming services sell inside its app, a shift from walled garden toward distribution platform.→
- Aug 18, 2026Peacock Raises Prices 18% Right After Turning a ProfitPeacock raised prices across all tiers for the fourth time in four years, months after posting its first quarterly profit of $189 million in adjusted EBITDA, with the ad-free plan going from $17 to $20 a month.→
- Jul 4, 2026Midjourney Seeks to Force Hollywood Studios to Reveal Their AI UseMidjourney is asking a federal judge to force Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery to disclose their own internal AI use as part of its defense against the studios' copyright lawsuit.→
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BIG TECH$60M Hiring Deal
Disney To Pay $60M To Hire Most Of Character.AI's Staff
Disney agreed to pay an estimated $60 million a year to hire at least 60 Character.AI employees, a stalking-horse bid following the startup's bankruptcy and an earlier $20 million asset sale.
DEEP DIVE
Character.AI Files Chapter 11, Sells Assets To Disney For $20M
AI$20M Disney Deal
Character.AI Files Chapter 11, Sells Assets To Disney For $20M
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy five years after launch, with Disney agreeing to buy some of its assets for $20 million as the AI chatbot platform winds down under legal and safety pressure.
DEEP DIVE
Midjourney Seeks to Force Hollywood Studios to Reveal Their AI Use
AIDiscovery motion pending
Midjourney Seeks to Force Hollywood Studios to Reveal Their AI Use
Midjourney is asking a federal judge to force Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. Discovery to disclose their own internal AI use as part of its defense against the studios' copyright lawsuit.