
Low ticket sales topple Womad Glasgow, leaving Scotland’s first global music playbook in tatters
Higher costs and thin demand kill one flagship event at Glasgow’s Womad, while some festival operators regroup for the next cycle.
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Higher costs and thin demand kill one flagship event at Glasgow’s Womad, while some festival operators regroup for the next cycle.

A new tech unit and a Songjiang press conference tie film-making infrastructure to AI ambitions, reshaping how projects get made.

North America previews land $6.5M, lifting Thursday night plus Wednesday offshore combined to $12.5M for a $115M net production.
The film’s competition premiere at Cannes triggered a broad multi-region distribution haul via Charades, signaling fresh global appetite.

A three-year-old humanoid-robot maker starts an IPO process, signaling how fast the AI hardware market is trying to monetize.

The all-time leading run-scorer retires immediately, forcing New Zealand to rework leadership and lineup before the next match.
France’s animated feature pipeline just got a new heavyweight, with director-driven sales teams betting on fresh voices for international buyers.