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Smart glasses are colliding with privacy rules as Norway prepares temporary restrictions and New York courts already ban camera- and microphone-equipped eyewear.

Paramount Skydance has completed its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, creating a media giant spanning film, streaming, television and news.

YouTube Music is expanding Ask Music into a conversational AI layer across 300M+ songs and podcasts, while adding an AI-powered weekly Podcast Lineup.

Spotify’s Muse integration lets listeners use Meta’s AI agent to play audio, save songs, build playlists, find podcasts and audiobooks, and schedule playback from conversation.

Instagram’s new Edits Assistant analyzes a creator’s own Reels performance, audience signals and platform trends before suggesting hooks, captions, audio and future video ideas.

YouTube’s new Custom Feeds let viewers describe the videos they want and save AI-generated recommendation feeds, shifting discovery from inferred behavior toward explicit user intent.

Rockstar will release Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album with 34 original tracks on November 19, while Spotify has begun teasing its part in the soundtrack campaign.

Physical media is doing something streaming was supposed to make unnecessary: growing again. In 2026, CDs, vinyl records and even older movie formats are finding new buyers who increasingly describe the appeal in terms of ownership, control and escaping recommendation algorithms—not simply nostalgia. The numbers make the comeback harder to dismiss. California State University, Northridge’s…

Suno v6 rebuilds AI music around licensed catalogs from Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe while adding deeper editing and multimodal controls.

LISA’s Always Lalisa documentary will move from a limited worldwide IMAX and cinema release on October 12 to an exclusive YouTube Premium streaming window later in 2026.

Metallica’s Life Burns Faster residency turns Sphere’s immersive display into a heavy-metal visual environment while preserving the band’s No Repeat Weekend format.

Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs are building a licensed AI platform where fans can remix, mash up and reinterpret music from participating artists.