A civil subpoena shows the US DOJ is investigating Netflix for potential anticompetitive tactics as DOJ probes the company's proposed acquisition of WBD
As it probes bids for Warner, the department is asking if the streamer has engaged in conduct that could make it a monopoly
A civil subpoena shows the US DOJ is investigating Netflix for potential anticompetitive tactics as DOJ probes the company's proposed acquisition of WBD
As it probes bids for Warner, the department is asking if the streamer has engaged in conduct that could make it a monopoly
Sources: EA is in talks to go private in a deal valuing it at ~$50B; investors include Jared Kushner's PE firm and Saudi Arabia's PIF; EA closes up 14.87%
Investors including Silver Lake eyeing deal that would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever
Sources detail how X used threats of lawsuits and pressure tactics to motivate companies like Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Verizon to resume buying ads on the site
Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform
Similarweb: Google's AI tools are significantly cutting organic search traffic to news publishers; traffic to BI, HuffPost, and WaPo is down ~50% in three years
Chatbots are replacing Google's traditional search, devastating traffic for some publishers — The AI armageddon is here for online news publishers.
Current and former Netflix staff say the company has walked back its parental-leave benefits, after shifting its focus from subscriber growth to profitability
Employees worry the pullback and other new restrictions mean the entertainment giant is losing the identity that fueled its success
How Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters, who is obsessed with data, and Ted Sarandos, who relishes working with talent, together got the streaming service back on track
he once got into a debate about the weight of a “bit” —he asked a waiter to put wine in a blender to open it up And much... Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : Arguably, Netflix was fir...
Sources: Sam Altman is talking to investors, including the UAE government, to raise as much as $5T to $7T for an AI chip project
Sam Altman was already trying to lead the development of human-level artificial intelligence. Now he has another great ambition: raising trillions of dollars …
Fox, ESPN, and WBD announce a new joint venture to launch a streaming sports service in the US in the fall of 2024; each entity will own a third of the JV
The service will be available to ESPN+, Hulu and Max subscribers.
Sources detail Netflix's deepening gaming push: more games based on its shows, including Squid Game and Wednesday, discussions about a GTA game, and more
Streamer to put greater emphasis on developing games based on its popular programming, including ‘Squid Game,’ ‘Wednesday,’ ‘Black Mirror’
Sources: Netflix is in talks to livestream its first sporting event this fall, a celebrity golf tournament with professional golfers and Formula One drivers
Tournament to include celebrities from Formula One series ‘Drive to Survive’ and golf program ‘Full Swing’
A look at Disney and Comcast's fight over Hulu; sources say their Hulu valuations differ significantly, they're in arbitration, and Comcast stopped funding Hulu
Parent companies are in final phase of battle marked by legal threats, broken promises and secret arbitration
A look at Disney and Comcast's fight over Hulu; sources say their Hulu valuations differ significantly, they're in arbitration, and Comcast stopped funding Hulu
Parent companies are in final phase of battle marked by legal threats, broken promises and secret arbitration
Sources: ESPN is laying the groundwork to offer its TV channel as a subscription streaming service by securing flexibility in league and cable provider deals
essentially a private sector income tax on almost every household, divided generously among media cos. Bye! https://www.wsj.com/... Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers : Massive and long-ant...
Elon Musk names ex-NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's CEO, to focus on business operations; Musk will focus on “product design & new technology”
- Former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino will be Twitter's next CEO.
Sources: NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become the new CEO of Twitter
Twitter owner Elon Musk said earlier he had picked a new chief executive, without naming the person — NBCUniversal's head of advertising Linda Yaccarino is in talks to become …
Sports Illustrated publisher Arena Group is working with AI startups Jasper and Nota to help produce articles from its own content library and pitch journalists
YouTube is testing a hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels with select media partners, looking to compete with Roku, Paramount's Pluto TV, and Fox's Tubi
Sources: Netflix restricts some staff's ability to see other employees' salaries, a major shift for a company that has long offered rare pay transparency
Employees at the director level lost ability to view colleagues' pay data late last year — Employers List Wide Salary Ranges in Ways That Sidestep Pay Transparency Law
Sources: Google signed News Showcase deals with Bloomberg Media and The Texas Tribune, but the feature is late to launch as other US outlets balk at the terms
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