Business
A 14-Day Order Put CNN, MS NOW and Politico Back Inside the White House
A judge restored White House press passes for CNN, MS NOW and Politico for 14 days. The precedent they won on guarantees process, not access.
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Media
Media news from BusinessTech News. The streaming wars, cable cord-cutting, news-publisher business models, podcasting consolidation, and the AI fights over content licensing. Reporting on Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount, NBCUniversal (and the MS NOW spin-off), the New York Times, and the platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Spotify) competing for attention and ad dollars. Coverage of journalism layoffs, AI training-data lawsuits, and the deals reshaping who owns the next decade of content.
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BusinessParamount Settled 12 States for Film Quotas and $47.5 Million, a Fraction of the $49 Billion It Must Now Borrow
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Advertising & MarketingLVMH Ended Nine Years With WPP Without Bothering to Hold a Pitch
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BusinessComcast Stock Surges 23% as NBCUniversal and Sky Spinoff Completes a Three-Way Corporate Breakup
Business
Toy Story 5 Opens to $164 Million, Smashing Pixar’s Franchise Record and Handing Disney Its Biggest 2026 Win
Disney and Pixar needed a blockbuster to close out an uneven first half, and…
Business
DOJ Clears Paramount’s $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition Without a Single Concession
The biggest media merger in a generation just cleared its last federal hurdle, and…
AI
Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs While Rolling Out Paid AI Subscriptions Across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp
Meta is simultaneously firing 8,000 people and asking the remaining 3 billion users to…
Business
The Mandalorian And Grogu Box Office: Disney’s $80 Million Tracking Star Wars Reboot Is A Make-Or-Break Test For The Franchise
Star Wars returns to theaters Friday after a seven-year absence. Tracking sits at $80…
Media
Trump Shooting Chaos At White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Chaos erupted at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when a shooter targeted President Trump.…
Media
White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Exposes Washington’s Surreal Divide
Shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner reveals Washington's surreal response as journalists switch from…
Media
Was It A Stunt? Social Media Abuzz With ‘Staged’ Theories After White House Dinner Incident
The White House Dinner chaos sparks debates on social media over its authenticity. Explore…
Markets
Why the Co-Founder’s Exit Spooked Wall Street Despite Record Earnings
Netflix crushed Q1 earnings expectations, then dropped 9% after Reed Hastings announced he would…
M&A
Netflix Bows Out of Warner Bros Bidding War, Clearing Path for Trump Ally Ellison to Control CNN, HBO and Half of Hollywood
Netflix formally declined to match Paramount Skydance's $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery,…