After a three day strike, New York avoids total commuter destruction. And, while Meta turns hard into artificial intelligence, LinkedIn wants to curb user's reliance on it.

• New York’s Long Island Rail Road Workers strike ends after three days
• Meta is reassigning employees to AI-focused jobs
• LinkedIn is so tired of A.I. created posts

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The leads of "The Devil Wears Prada 2" are sharing the wealth; Byron Allen expands his media ambitions; and a look at SAG-AFTRA's new deal with studios.

• Mr. Beast's “Beast Games” let's the staff unionize
• “The Devil Wears Prada 2” paydays
• Byron Allen is buying Buzzfeed
• What's inside the new 4 year SAG-AFTRA deal with studios

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Taylor Swift helps other artists on Universal Music Group and James Murdoch wants to buy Vox Media.

• Taylor Swift helps Universal Music artists make money in a Spotify stock sale
• James Murdoch is interested in Vox Media

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Los Angeles's tax incentives are making it more lucrative to shoot there.

• Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders sell their souls for Paramount Skydance
• Oprah gets into business with Amazon
• L.A.’s TV and film production is in a small upswing

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Tim Cook is leaving Apple. And are CEOs the new company mascots?

• Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO
• What’s next for Apple post-Tim Cook
• Would CEOs make good mascots?
• The Journal podcast - Can Burger King Regain Its Crown?

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The Writer's Guild of America's deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers gets detailed.

• Thousands of Hollywood vets sign a a letter opposing Paramount buying Warner Bros
• AI isn’t to blame over California creatives losing jobs
• What’s inside the Writer’s Guild of America deal

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Sometimes, an AI tool can be neat.

• “Project Hail Mary” is a boon for Amazon MGM
• Paramount Skydance enters “Phase 2” of return to office initiative
• NYT lets go of freelance writer who used AI tool in book review
• Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s AI company is taking the right steps

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Bob Iger says goodbye for a second time.

• The WNBA and the players have an agreement
• College grads have an uphill challenge in the job market
• Josh D’Amaro has plans for Disney
• Dana Walden has a new team at Disney Entertainment
• Bob Iger bids Disney goodbye

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