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Brian Stelter

@brianstelter
297 posts
2026-04-20
Tim Cook calls John Ternus “a brilliant engineer and thinker who has spent the past 25 years building the Apple products our users love so much, obsessed with every detail, focused on every possible way we can make something better, bolder, more beautiful, and more meaningful. He [video]
2026-04-20 View on X
CNBC

John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple's board

Apple said on Monday that John Ternus is succeeding Tim Cook as CEO, with Cook assuming the role of executive chairman on Sept. 1.

2026-04-03
OpenAI's out-of-the-blue acquisition of TBPN stunned the worlds of media and technology. But it's a continuation of a pattern that dates back a hundred years, to 1926, when RCA created NBC in part to sell radios... https://www.cnn.com/...
2026-04-03 View on X
The Information

Sources detail Fidji Simo's moves at OpenAI, including spearheading the TBPN acquisition and pushing OpenAI to cut Sora and avoid other social media products

In recent weeks, Fidji Simo has burst into public view as the OpenAI executive bringing much-needed discipline to the AI startup …

2026-03-22
“After the trial began in March, Trump began calling around to ask why it hadn't been settled. What's the holdup? he wanted to know, according to people familiar with the matter. It was an extraordinary role for a president to play in a routine antitrust investigation.”
2026-03-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Interviews with over three dozen people detail how lobbyist Mike Davis used his ties to Trump to push the DOJ to approve deals, including HPE's Juniper deal

2026-03-21
“After the trial began in March, Trump began calling around to ask why it hadn't been settled. What's the holdup? he wanted to know, according to people familiar with the matter. It was an extraordinary role for a president to play in a routine antitrust investigation.”
2026-03-21 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Interviews with over three dozen people detail how lobbyist Mike Davis used his ties to Trump to push the DOJ to approve deals, including HPE's Juniper deal

2026-03-16
The thing is, news outlets like CNN and The New York Times have been debunking those AI-fueled lies about the war.  Here's a great new Times piece highlighting the proliferation of fake videos that “push pro-Iranian views:” www.nytimes.com/interactive/ ...
2026-03-16 View on X
New York Times

Study: most AI-generated videos on social media about the US' Iran war push pro-Iranian views, often exaggerating its military capabilities and sophistication

A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran.

The thing is, news outlets like CNN and The New York Times have been debunking those AI-fueled lies about the war.  Here's a great new Times piece highlighting the proliferation of fake videos that “push pro-Iranian views:” www.nytimes.com/interactive/ ...
2026-03-16 View on X
Reuters

President Trump accuses Iran of using AI as a “disinformation weapon” to make fake images of wartime successes against the US, saying “AI can be very dangerous”

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” …

2026-02-27
The announcement means that Paramount has suddenly moved much closer to taking over CNN and the rest of the assets owned by WBD. Updating our CNN story here: https://www.cnn.com/...
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

Netflix says it saw a “clear path to regulatory approval” but is walking away from the Warner Bros deal anyway. There's reason to wonder about what was said when Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House today. More reporting needed. [video]
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

Bulletin: Netflix says it has “declined to raise its offer for Warner Bros.”
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

David Zaslav statement just now: “We are excited about the potential of a combined Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery and can't wait to get started working together telling the stories that move the world.” [video]
2026-02-27 View on X
CNBC

Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+

Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …

2026-01-23
Substack is launching a TV app today. “With Substack TV, which has been in the works for some time, Substack is further cementing itself as a video platform,” @natjarv writes https://theankler.com/...
2026-01-23 View on X
On Substack

Substack launches its Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV in beta for free and paid subscribers, with access matched to their current subscription levels

Today we're launching the Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV.  Substack is the home for the best longform …

2026-01-22
Substack is launching a TV app today. “With Substack TV, which has been in the works for some time, Substack is further cementing itself as a video platform,” @natjarv writes https://theankler.com/...
2026-01-22 View on X
On Substack

Substack launches its Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV in beta for free and paid subscribers, with access matched to their current subscription levels

Taking subscriber video to the bigger screen  —  Today we're launching the Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV.

2026-01-21
Netflix and Warner say this “simplifies the transaction structure, provides greater certainty of value for WBD stockholders, and accelerates the path to a WBD stockholder vote.” Of course, Paramount has been anticipating this move...
2026-01-21 View on X
CNN

Netflix and WBD say Netflix revised its WBD offer to an all-cash deal for $27.75/share, with the same $82.7B value; its original bid had $59B in debt financing

Breaking: In the ongoing struggle over the future of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix says it is now prepared to pay all cash for Warner Bros. and HBO, rather than a mix of cash and stock. https://www.cnn.com/...
2026-01-21 View on X
CNN

Netflix and WBD say Netflix revised its WBD offer to an all-cash deal for $27.75/share, with the same $82.7B value; its original bid had $59B in debt financing

2026-01-20
Netflix and Warner say this “simplifies the transaction structure, provides greater certainty of value for WBD stockholders, and accelerates the path to a WBD stockholder vote.” Of course, Paramount has been anticipating this move...
2026-01-20 View on X
CNN

Netflix and WBD say Netflix revised its WBD offer to an all-cash deal for $27.75/share, with the same $82.7B value; its original bid had $59B in debt financing

In an ongoing struggle over the future of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix says it is now prepared to pay all cash for Warner Bros. and HBO …

Breaking: In the ongoing struggle over the future of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix says it is now prepared to pay all cash for Warner Bros. and HBO, rather than a mix of cash and stock. https://www.cnn.com/...
2026-01-20 View on X
CNN

Netflix and WBD say Netflix revised its WBD offer to an all-cash deal for $27.75/share, with the same $82.7B value; its original bid had $59B in debt financing

In an ongoing struggle over the future of Warner Bros. Discovery, Netflix says it is now prepared to pay all cash for Warner Bros. and HBO …

2026-01-07
Netflix also issued a statement this morning reaffirming its deal with WBD. Noteworthy paragraph: “Netflix has submitted its Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filing and is engaging with competition authorities, including the U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission.” [image]
2026-01-07 View on X
The Wrap

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has “significant” risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer

The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer “significant costs, risks and uncertainties” compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix

The letter points out that Paramount is much smaller than WBD and likens the hostile takeover bid to a leveraged buyout: “It intends to incur an extraordinary amount of incremental debt — more than $50 billion — through arrangements with multiple financing partners...”
2026-01-07 View on X
The Wrap

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has “significant” risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer

The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer “significant costs, risks and uncertainties” compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix

This just in: Warner Bros. Discovery has once again chosen Netflix as its preferred suitor over Paramount. In a letter to shareholders this morning, the WBD board said Paramount's hostile takeover offer is “inadequate” and overly risky. Full story: https://www.cnn.com/...
2026-01-07 View on X
The Wrap

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has “significant” risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer

The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer “significant costs, risks and uncertainties” compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix

2025-12-17
Breaking: Warner Bros. Discovery is officially rejecting Paramount's buyout offer, calling it “illusory” and arguing that the existing plan to sell most of the media company to Netflix is a better deal for shareholders. https://www.cnn.com/...
2025-12-17 View on X
Wall Street Journal

WBD recommends shareholders reject Paramount's unsolicited $108.4B cash bid, calling the offer “illusory” and saying it believes Netflix's proposal is superior

Warner raised concerns about the credibility of Paramount's ‘illusory’ offer and its backing from the Ellison family