Entertainment
Pressure builds on Apple and CEO Tim Cook with holiday executive shakeup
Several bigshots in Cupertino are getting a career change for the holidays. In the last seven days, there has been extraordinary turnover among Apple‘s top ranks, from its head of artificial intelligence to its top lawyer. CEO Tim Cook now has two fewer direct reports than he did before Thanksgiving. The executive who designed the […]
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Comcast president outlines unsuccessful WBD offer and future of NBC’s Peacock
Mike Cavanagh, President of Comcast Corporation attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. T Kevork Djansezian | Getty Images Comcast’s top brass on Monday pulled the curtain back on the company’s unsuccessful bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, detailing an offer far different from its rival bidders. […]
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Apple’s chip boss squashes exit rumors, says he’s not leaving the company
Johny Srouji, senior vice president of hardware technologies at Apple Inc., speaks during the Peek Performance virtual event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple chip leader Johny Srouji addressed rumors of his impending exit in a memo to staff on Monday, saying he doesn’t […]
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Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD ‘to finish what we started,’ CEO Ellison tells CNBC
Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war for the legacy assets, the company said Monday. Paramount will go straight to WBD shareholders with an all-cash, $30-per-share offer. That’s the same bid WBD rejected last week, which Paramount Skydance CEO […]
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Trump says Netflix, Warner Bros. deal ‘could be a problem’; he’ll be involved in approving
U.S. President Donald Trump poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 7, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters President Donald Trump expressed skepticism on Sunday night about Netflix‘s proposed acquisition of parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying […]
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The regulatory path ahead for a Netflix and Warner Bros. deal could get dicey
Logos of Netlfix and Warner Bros. Reuters The Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery deal came together quickly — but its path to regulatory approval may not be so speedy. Netflix stunned the media industry on Friday when it announced its proposed $72 billion deal to acquire the iconic Warner Bros. film studio and streaming service […]
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Netflix’s plan to buy Warner Bros. throws the theater industry into upheaval
A man walks past movie posters at at AMC Theater in Montebello, California on May 5, 2025. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Movie theater operators woke up Friday to the possibility of a new world order. Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a deal for the streaming giant to acquire WBD’s film […]
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Trump administration views Netflix and Warner Bros. deal with ‘heavy skepticism,’ senior official says
The Trump administration views the proposed $72 billion deal for Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery‘s film and streaming assets with “heavy skepticism,” a senior administration official told CNBC’s Eamon Javers on Friday morning. Netflix said Friday that it would acquire Warner Bros.’s film studio and streaming service, HBO Max. Paramount Skydance had made multiple […]
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Netflix to buy Warner Bros. film and streaming assets in $72 billion deal
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Warner Bros. Jill Connelly | Bloomberg | Getty Images Netflix announced Friday it’s reached a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, bringing a swift end to a dramatic bidding process that saw Paramount Skydance and Comcast also vying for the legacy assets. The […]
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Apple announces departure of general counsel and policy chief
Apple’s general counsel, Kate Adams, and its vice president for environment, policy, and social initiatives, Lisa Jackson, are retiring from the company, the iPhone maker announced on Thursday. Jennifer Newstead, Meta’s chief legal officer, will become Apple’s new general counsel in March, and Jackson’s government affairs staff will report to her, Apple said. The two […]
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