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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Cornell Expert: ‘International markets account for over 70% of Hollywood’s box office revenue’

May 5, 2025

Heeyon Kim is an assistant professor of strategy at in Cornell University's Nolan School of Hotel Administration, where she has a focus on creative industries, including film.

Foreign Policy
Economics and Business

TikTok heading to SCOTUS: ‘Constitutional freedoms vs national security’

December 18, 2024

The Supreme Court said it would take up TikTok's appeal challenging a federal law that could ban the popular social media app by next month.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Digital creators may ‘finally be getting their due’ at White House summit

August 14, 2024

Biden administration officials are meeting with digital creators on Wednesday for the first-ever White House Creator Economy Conference. The summit is expected to touch on artificial intelligence, mental health and pay equity. 

Law and Policy

Kiss-Pophouse deal shows recording ‘promises a certain immortality’

April 4, 2024

Today, Kiss announced that it has sold its catalog, name and likeness to Pophouse Entertainment Group. Benjamin Piekut, professor of music at Cornell University, says the recordings can be endlessly reconfigured to bring Kiss to life for new audiences.

Arts & Humanities

TikTok ban impact: Content creators ‘misunderstood, devalued’

April 23, 2024

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today to advance the House-passed package that includes a provision that could lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok. 

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Microsoft’s strategy in Activision acquisition seems ‘short-sighted’

April 26, 2023

Thomas Jungbauer is a professor of strategy and business economics at Cornell University, he says the move puts a significant dent in Microsoft’s plans to take a unanimous leadership in the cloud-gaming market.

Economics and Business
Law and Policy
International

‘More litigation likely’ following Hansen and Texas immigration rulings

June 23, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court issued two important immigration decisions today in United States v. Hansen and United States v. Texas, but more litigation is likely says Cornell Law professor Stephen Yale-Loehr. 

Law and Policy

AI tools don’t have to threaten screenwriters’ livelihoods

May 1, 2023

A writers’ strike in Hollywood could shut down production of most TV shows if a deal is not reached before midnight. Austin Bunn, filmmaker, screenwriter and assistant professor in performing and media arts at Cornell University, is available to discuss how streaming has changed the industry and why writers could look at AI as a creative tool, not a threat. Cornell University labor expert Patricia Campos Medina is also available to talk about the pressures at play between labor and management and what a strike could mean for the industry.

Entertainment
Industrial and Labor Relations

With WarnerMedia deal, AT&T abandons losing strategy

May 17, 2021

On Monday, AT&T announced a $43 billion deal to merge its content unit, WarnerMedia with rival Discovery. The merger, still pending regulators’ approval, signals a change in AT&T’s years-long strategy of combining its communications networks with content production and distribution. Aija Leiponen, professor at the SC Johnson College of Business and an expert in telecom industries, says that AT&T’s reversal validates what observers have been witnessing in recent years: that telecom ownership of content business is not a value added.

Economics and Business

Regal Cinemas closure reflects serious plight of movie theaters

October 5, 2020

Austin Bunn, associate professor of performing and media arts at Cornell University, says the decision to close cinemas across the country reflects a long-standing need to redesign the movie-going experience.

Arts & Humanities

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