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Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, passes away at 96

Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP. Gehry's fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of some of the most striking buildings ever constructed. Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin's DZ Bank Building. He also designed an expansion of Facebook's Northern California headquarters at the insistence of the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Gehry was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the field's top honour, the Pritzker Prize, for what has been described as refreshingly original and totally American work. Other honours include the Royal Institute of British Architects gold medal, the Americans

Jimmy Kimmel's return to ABC draws record 6.26 million late-night viewers

The total is significantly higher than the 1.55 million viewers Jimmy Kimmel Live! has averaged this year, according to Nielsen data

Disney fined $10 mn by FTC for allowing data collection on kids under 13

The Walt Disney Co. will pay a USD 10 million fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging it allowed personal data to be collected on kids under 13, violating federal law. The FTC said Tuesday Disney violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, which requires kid-oriented apps and websites to get parents' consent before collecting personal information of children under 13. According to the complaint, Disney failed to properly label some videos that it uploaded to YouTube as Made for Kids. The mislabeling allowed Disney, through YouTube, to collect personal data from children under 13 viewing child-directed videos and use that data for targeted advertising to children, the FTC said. That's because, since the videos weren't labeled as being for kids, they included targeted advertising. Representatives for Disney did not immediately return a message for comment. Google, the parent company of YouTube, agreed to pay USD 170 million in a similar settlem

Disney lays off hundreds across film, TV divisions amid industry woes

The layoffs, which began on Monday, affect staff in marketing, publicity, casting, development, and corporate finance

Disney to open new tech-centric theme park in Abu Dhabi, 1st in West Asia

This will be Disney's seventh resort, whose design will combine the company's history with Abu Dhabi's culture

JioStar revenue hits Rs 10,006 cr; JioHotstar crosses 100 mn paid user

JioStar, the joint venture created after the merger of the media business of Reliance and the India business of global media giant Walt Disney, on Friday reported revenues of Rs 10,006 crore with pre-tax earnings of Rs 774 crore. JioHotstar, which was launched after the merger of two leading OTT platforms JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar on February 14, 2025, crossed 100 million paid user milestone within five weeks, according to earnings statement from Realiance Industries. "JioHotstar served 503 million MAUs (monthly active users) in the month of Mar '25 driven by key sporting events such as ICC Champions Trophy, IPL and India's largest digital content library of greater than 320K hours," it said. JioStar's linear TV network occupied 34 per cent of the market share across TV entertainment and reached over 760 million monthly viewers across the country. Reliance Industries (RIL), the Walt Disney Company and Viacom 18 Media Private had announced the merger of their TV and digital ...

Viacom18 and Walt Disney merger effect: Jio to lay off 1,100 employees

JioStar's post-merger layoffs began last month and are expected to continue until June 2025, to eliminate redundant roles across corporate departments

Airtel, Tata Play plan merger amid DTH struggles, expand service bundles

Bharti Airtel will reportedly hold a majority stake of 52-55% while Tata Play's shareholders, including Tata Sons and Walt Disney, will keep 45-48%

Walt Disney beats estimates with help from 'Moana 2' box office collection

The strength in entertainment helped offset a decline at Disney's domestic theme parks, which were impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton in Florida

Disney, Fox, Warner Bros drop Venu Sports appeal after Fubo merger deal

Fubo in a statement on Monday said it has settled all litigation with Disney and ESPN related to Venu, and also settled all litigation with Fox and Warner Bros Discovery

Walt Disney, Fubo near deal to merge their online live TV businesses

As part of the transaction, Disney will fold its Hulu + Live TV business into Fubo, creating a new venture that will be 70 per cent owned by Disney and the rest by Fubo

Disney settles lawsuit for $43 million over alleged gender pay disparity

As part of the settlement, Disney has agreed to retain a labour economist for three years to analyse pay equity

JioStar won't limit itself to premium subscription model, says Uday Shankar

The mega joint venture, valued at Rs 70,352 crore, is focused on creating offerings that are attractive and affordable to all, and it will not be limited to just the premium subscription model

Reliance-Disney joint venture deal gets European Commission approval

The merger between RIL's Viacom18 and Disney's Star India is anticipated to conclude by early November, pending the final approvals from CCI, NCLT and the Broadcasting Ministry

Jio Hotstar domain: Website acquired by new owners; it's not Reliance

The website first went viral when a Delhi-based techie registered the domain in 2023, hoping to get Reliance to fund his higher studies in exchange for the domain

Morgan Stanley says CEO Ted Pick to succeed James Gorman as chairman

The longtime former CEO was just this week named as chair of the Walt Disney Co. board where he's been helping the company find a successor to Bob Iger

CCI publishes detailed order approving merger of RIL, Disney's media assets

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday published the 48-page detailed order approving the mega media assets merger of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney, entailing various conditions, including divestment of seven TV channels. As part of seeking the regulator's approval, the parties have voluntarily agreed that they will not bundle TV ad slots for IPL, ICC and BCCI cricketing rights till the end of existing rights. Also, the parties will sell seven TV channels, including Hungama and Super Hungama. Among other conditions, the companies have voluntarily agreed that they will not bundle together the TV ad slot sales for all three cricketing rights available with them -- IPL, ICC and BCCI -- for the remaining tenure of the existing rights. "The parties will not bundle together OTT ad slot sales for all three cricketing rights available with the parties i.e. IPL, ICC and BCCI for the balance tenure of the existing rights," the 48-page order said. The parties have given a

Reliance eyes completing merger with Disney's India business in Q3

The merger of media assets of Reliance Industries and the India business of global media house the Walt Disney is expected to be complete by the end of the third quarter of this fiscal, according to a regulatory filing by billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led group. The fair trade regulator CCI has already approved the merger of Viacom 18 and Star India and NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) has sanctioned the scheme regarding it. "The companies are in the process of obtaining other requisite approvals for the completion of the transaction and transaction closer is expected in 3Q FY 25," informed Reliance Industries on Monday in its quarter earning statement. The merger of Reliance group-controlled media assets - TV18 Broadcast and E18 - with Network18 Media & Investments has already been sanctioned by the NCLT and was made effective on October 3, it said. Earlier on September 27, the government approved the transfer of licenses relating to Non News & Current Affairs TV channels ...

Disney to stop using Salesforce-owned Slack after hack exposed company data

The company had said in August it was investigating an unauthorized release of over a terabyte of data from one of its communication systems

Network18 Media & Investments gets 3 months extension for convening AGM

Network18 Media & Investments, which owns Reliance Industries' media assets, has received a three-month extension for convening its Annual General Meeting for FY24. The Registrar of Companies (RoC) on Tuesday granted its approval for extension of time for holding the AGM, accepting the application of the company, according to a regulatory filing from Network18 Media. Reliance is in the process of merging its media assets, including Network18 with global media giant The Walt Disney Co India business, which will create the country's largest media empire worth over Rs 70,000 crore. "This is to inform you that pursuant to the application filed by the company for extension of time for holding the 29th AGM of the company for financial year 2023-2024, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (office of the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai ) vide its order dated September 17, 2024, granted its approval for extension of time for holding the AGM," it said. Media ventures of Reliance are housed in ...