By Lucas Manfredi

The placeholder name SpinCo is no more. Comcast revealed that the new name for the spun-off entity that will house its cable network portfolio will be Versant.

“Versant represents more than a name – it speaks to our adaptability and embraces the opportunity to shape a new, modern media company. There were many considerations for a suitable name,” CEO Mark Lazarus told staffers in a memo on Tuesday. “Our internal team of incredibly skilled and experienced brand marketers, designers and media tacticians took into account our overarching goal to influence culture, connect communities and signify a unified direction forward.”

By Sharon Knolle

Since the November election Mark Zuckerberg has been firmly in Donald Trump’s corner, so it comes as no surprise that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, has quietly switched sides when it comes to anti-trans speech on its platforms.

Last week, the company’s Oversight Board upheld an earlier decision to allow anti-trans speech, such as the previously banned slur “tranny,” a move that rang alarm bells at GLAAD and among other LGBTQ activists and actors. (Under Elon Musk’s guidance, X removed protections around anti-trans language two years ago.)

By Jeremy Fuster

President Donald Trump’s bombshell announcement that he would implement 100% tariffs on films shot outside the U.S. was met with “pure confusion” and deep skepticism, industry insiders told TheWrap after 24 hours of frantic questioning behind the scenes and total silence from major studios in public.

“The entire entertainment industry spent the whole day trying to figure out how their business could be dramatically changed by a Sunday night social media post,” said Jonathan Handel, entertainment attorney at Feig Finkel LLP. “This is the last thing anyone needs right now.”