Entertainment
FTC tells Tim Cook to look into reports Apple News is censoring conservatives
US businessman Tim Cook looks on during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 20, 2026. Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty Images FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson has called on Tim Cook to review possible political bias in Apple News’ practices after allegations that the platform is censoring conservative news outlets. […]
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BTS comeback tour turbocharges concert tourism, with hotel searches jumping as much as 6,700%
Concert tourism is expected be one of the travel industry’s more lucrative drivers this year, according to Trip.com, and the upcoming global comeback tour by K-pop group BTS appears to be reinforcing that trend. Flights and hotel rooms at their tour locations — in 34 cities across Asia, North and South America, Australia, Europe and […]
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Paramount sweetens WBD bid, but stops short of raising its per-share value
Paramount Skydance said Tuesday it has sweetened its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, adding a so-called “ticking fee” to signal regulatory confidence among other new elements. Paramount stopped short, however, of raising its per-share offer to WBD shareholders. In December, Paramount launched a hostile tender offer for the entirety of Warner Bros. Discovery at $30 […]
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Issa Rae shares the simple exercise she uses twice a year to set herself up for success—it includes pens, lists and a ‘superpower day’
Issa Rae has a tried-and-true method to setting herself up for success, she says. The 41-year-old writer, actor, producer and entrepreneur categorically organizes her goals and ideas in a notebook at the beginning of the year, and revisits them six months later to check her progress, she tells CNBC Make It. Rae is often a […]
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Time for traders to fade this group of stocks that’s been on a tear, says Carter Worth
(Check out Carter’s worthcharting.com for actionable recommendations and live nightly videos.) The low-beta, long-time laggard S & P 500 Consumer Stapes Sector has come to in a big way the past 3 months, now up 15% in the period versus a 1% gain for the S & P 500 Index itself. Here and now, by […]
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Sony profit jumps 22% in December quarter, beating expectations and lifting full-year outlook
The logo of Japanese entertainment and electronics giant Sony is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on May 14, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Sony on Thursday reported a rise in operating profit that beat expectations, supported by favorable foreign exchange rates despite surging memory chip costs. Here are Sony’s December […]
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Trump says he’ll stay out of Netflix, Paramount Skydance fight to take over WBD
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 30, 2026. Annabelle Gordon | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump said in a new interview on Wednesday did an about-face and said that he will not be involved in the fight […]
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Streaming-only Super Bowl ads give small brands a shot at the Big Game
A Super Bowl LX sign is seen at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. Stephen Lam | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images The Super Bowl is prime real estate every year for advertisers eager to get their brands in front of millions of consumers at once. It’s […]
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Apple adds agents from Anthropic and OpenAI to its coding tool
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 9, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple said it’s introducing agentic coding into its flagship coding tool called Xcode, throwing its weight behind one of the hottest trends in Silicon […]
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Who is Josh D’Amaro, Disney’s next CEO?
The Walt Disney Company has a new CEO — Josh D’Amaro. The chairman of Disney’s experiences division, which includes the company’s theme parks, cruise line, resorts and consumer products, was named to succeed long-time CEO Bob Iger. He will be the eighth CEO in Disney’s more than 100-year history. D’Amaro, 54, joined Disney in 1998 […]
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