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US Wildfire Season Hits Maximum Alert Level – What It Means for You

With firefighting resources fully committed nationwide and over 5.2 million acres burned, Fire Help Center urges Americans to stay informed and know their rights. CHESTNUT HILL, MA / ACCESS Newswire…

Aug 6, 2026 Media News

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The 10 Most Counterfeited Foods in the World – and the Technology Letting Producers Fight Back

With food fraud now costing the industry an estimated $30-$40 billion a year and reported incidents up more than tenfold since 2020, Cerfinity brings unit-level, tap-to-verify authenticity to premium food…

Aug 6, 2026 Media News

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Dalet Solution Suites Enable Media Teams to Move Like a Start-Up and Scale Like an Enterprise

New intelligent production, distribution, and archive solutions help organizations move beyond shared drives, generic cloud storage, and manual workflows and transform media operations for the AI era. Conversational dashboard and…

Aug 6, 2026 Media News

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Dolphin to Host Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call on Aug 12, 2026

MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / August 6, 2026 / Dolphin (NASDAQ:DLPN), a leading entertainment marketing and content production company, announced today it will host a conference call to discuss…

Aug 6, 2026 Media News

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Drive Social Media Examines Why Google's AI Search Revolution Requires Businesses to Rethink Marketing Strategy

With AI-generated search results now taking center stage, businesses are rethinking how they stay visible, build authority, and keep customers engaged in Google's changing search landscape, according to Drive Social…

Aug 5, 2026 Media News

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Trustpoint Xposure, the First AEO-Certified PR Agency, Identifies Five AEO Misconceptions Costing Professional Brands AI Citation Authority

New research from Trustpoint Xposure documents the five beliefs about Answer Engine Optimization most consistently associated with poor AI citation outcomes across 200 professional audits. AMHERST, NY / ACCESS Newswire…

Aug 5, 2026 Media News

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Apple Plays It Safe While Paramount Fights for Its Life

Apple TV+ brought back Ted Lasso three years after its third season finale, and the critics are split. Variety calls the fourth season both "a promising reboot and a tedious…

Aug 5, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Cerfinity Teams Up with SMC Consulting to Accelerate Platform and Brand Partnerships

Rob Rinderman and Darryl Haberman bring decades of corporate communications, digital marketing and enterprise business development experience as Cerfinity scales its Digital Provenance Technology platform NEWTON, NJ / ACCESS Newswire…

Aug 5, 2026 Media News

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East West Bank Gold Music Lab Announces Inaugural Cohort

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 5, 2026 / Gold House, the cultural platform shaping global opportunity, today announced the full inaugural cohort of the East West Bank…

Aug 5, 2026 Media News

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Voices for Agencies Brings High Quality Voice Over and Branded AI Voice to Creative Agencies

Gives creative teams human performance and AI voice from one global talent network, one licensing standard, and one accountable point of contact NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire /…

Aug 4, 2026 Media News

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Mesothelioma Hope Interviews UNC Lineberger Oncologist Dr. Carrie Lee on Clinical Trials, Immunotherapy, and Maintaining Hope During Treatment

The medical oncologist and Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center shares insights on tumor testing, multidisciplinary care, and why clinical trials shouldn't be viewed…

Aug 4, 2026 Media News

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Dolphin Subsidiary Shore Fire Media's Client Handcraft Entertainment Partners With Takasago to Develop Fragrances, Flavors and Consumer Products to Define the World of 'Global' J-Pop

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 4, 2026 / Handcraft Entertainment - a client of leading entertainment marketing and content production company Dolphin (NASDAQ:DLPN) subsidiary Shore Fire…

Aug 4, 2026 Media News

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Legacy Media Companies Are Getting Smaller on Purpose

ITV announced a £100 million ($140 million) share buyback before its Sky deal had even closed. The company just posted its first financial results since confirming it would sell its…

Aug 3, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Media Companies Are Saying One Thing and Building Another

Unilever announced it works with 300,000 creators. That number sounds like a revolution. What it actually describes is more like a procurement system. This tension, between how media institutions describe…

Jul 31, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Comic-Con Proved the Greenlight Has Moved. So Has the Lawsuit.

The power to greenlight used to belong to executives. Now it belongs to audiences who have already made the choice. At San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest fan energy didn't cluster…

Jul 29, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Spider-Man’s Marketing Machine, AI’s Expert Problem, and the Profit in Shrinking

Sony and Marvel executed a masterclass in synchronized content distribution with the "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" launch, activating four distinct editorial verticals simultaneously, each feeding a different audience through a…

Jul 28, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Studios Are Handing Franchises to Auteurs. Here’s Why It Matters.

The entertainment industry keeps circling the same question: how do you make audiences care enough to show up? The answer playing out across Comic-Con panels, franchise expansions, and Southeast Asian…

Jul 27, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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The Work Is Moving. Here’s Where It’s Going.

French animation and VFX studio STIM is building a production center in Tenerife and hiring more than 100 people. Netflix just greenlit another series in Yeon Sang-ho's "Parasyte" universe, cementing…

Jul 24, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Creators Are Official Sports Media Now. The Numbers Prove It.

The 2026 World Cup final drew 62.8 million viewers across Fox and Telemundo, breaking records for both networks. That number resets the conversation about who covers sports and how brands…

Jul 23, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Marvel Confesses. FIFA Self-Sabotages. Fandom Moves On.

Kevin Feige called himself "a gigantic loser and failure." Not in a therapy session. While promoting Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The Marvel Studios president used the press tour to acknowledge…

Jul 22, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Nolan Proved the Theaters Right. Now Ad’s Reckoning Begins.

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" opened to $263.7 million globally, his biggest opening weekend ever. That figure matters beyond Nolan's trophy case. The worldwide haul includes $140.2 million from 73 territories…

Jul 21, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Nolan’s Box Office Test, India’s Global Push, and Where Media Bets Land

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey launched Thursday previews with an estimated $15 million, setting up what could be the strongest live-action opening weekend of 2026. Universal's theatrical-only release strategy is a…

Jul 20, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Nolan’s Stop-Motion Bet, Google’s AI Upheaval, and the Cost of Getting Death Wrong

Christopher Nolan built "The Odyssey" with a deliberate visual reference to stop-motion animation from decades past. A full aesthetic commitment that positions the film somewhere between reverence and risk. Critics…

Jul 17, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Chasing Scale Is Dead. So What Actually Works Now?

The media industry spent the last decade chasing scale. Bigger audiences, broader reach, more platforms, higher volume. Grow or die. Except the companies that grew the most are now the…

Jul 15, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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Costa Rica Built a Film Industry While Love Island Built a Machine

Two stories out of Costa Rica suggest the country has crossed a threshold in film production. Natalia Solórzano Vásquez closed financing for her hybrid documentary "Spells to Revive a Witch"…

Jul 14, 2026 Mediabistro Team

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