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Thursday, May 7

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Brian Sugar

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Sony's flat fiscal 2025 revenue alongside the shutdown of its Pixomondo VFX division reads like a studio admitting that streaming gains and theatrical hits cannot outrun the cost of making them. The studios are no longer cutting for efficiency. They are cutting because the unit economics broke first. Stephen Colbert's farewell brings his rivals back for a final stand, a gesture that feels less like vindication and more like evidence: late night spent its cultural capital and no one is fighting over what comes next.

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Amazon cloud unit says data center overheating in North Virginia disrupts services

AWS infrastructure fails under load, a reminder that cloud computing's real constraint is not software but the physics of cooling at scale.

Reuters / Investing.com Markets2026-05-08
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    Sony Gives Upbeat Outlook With Help From Music and Games Empire

    Sony's guidance holds because recurring licensing revenue from music and games now matters more than theatrical windows, proof that the old studio math finally broke.

    Bloomberg Technology2026-05-08
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    Behind Those 'Grey's Anatomy' Exits: Meg Marinis Explains 'Painful' Decision to Wrap Owen and Teddy's Story

    Grey's Anatomy wrote out two legacy characters because ABC's budget constraints forced the show to choose between cast and story, a calculation that used to happen behind closed doors.

    Hollywood Reporter2026-05-08
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    Adani Energy Stocks Emerge as Proxy for India's AI Trade

    Adani Energy's bet on green-powered data centers for India's AI boom turns a utility into a leverage play on infrastructure shortage, which means the real trade is not energy but scarcity.

    Bloomberg Markets2026-05-08
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    Why Oil May Hit $90 in Truce or $150 in Escalation

    Oil trades on geopolitical duration now, $90 if Iran cools, $150 if it doesn't, which means energy markets have stopped forecasting supply and started betting on which conflict gets tired first.

    Bloomberg Markets2026-05-08
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