Media
Latino audience is key for NFL growth in the U.S. and abroad
Isiah Pacheco #10 of the Kansas City Chiefs runs for a one yard touchdown during the third quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. Rob Carr | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Earlier this month a well-known musician showed up at […]
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Diamond Sports, FanDuel reach naming rights agreement for regional sports networks
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images More change is coming to Diamond Sports’ regional sports networks. The company said in court papers filed Tuesday that it reached a naming rights deal with Flutter-owned FanDuel, which will rebrand the Bally Sports channels just as the National Hockey League season has started and the National Basketball […]
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TNT Sports to air new women’s basketball league Unrivaled
Napheesa Collier, #24 of the Minnesota Lynx, scores the game-winning basket during the game against the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Oct. 10, 2024. Nathaniel S. Butler | National Basketball Association | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery is ensuring pro basketball […]
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Trump Media stock surges as election betting odds shift, Truth Social launches streaming site
Shares of Trump Media closed up more than 18% on Monday, extending the Truth Social owner’s dramatic recovery from recent stock price lows and adding hundreds of millions of dollars to Donald Trump’s on-paper net worth. The recent DJT surge came as multiple online election betting markets appeared to show betting odds shifting in Trump’s favor, after weeks […]
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway hikes its SiriusXM stake to 32% after Liberty deal
Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. Grogan Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway continued to increase its stake in SiriusXM, now owning 32% of the New York-based satellite radio company. The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate purchased roughly 3.6 million […]
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Trump or Harris? Here are the 2024 stakes for airlines, banks, EVs, health care and more
Key Points For airlines, banks, electric vehicle makers, health-care companies, media firms, restaurants and tech giants, the presidential election’s outcome could result in stark differences in the rules they’ll face, the mergers they’ll be allowed to pursue, and the taxes they’ll pay. As president, Donald Trump slashed the corporate tax rate, imposed tariffs on Chinese […]
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Meet the Singapore-based telco disruptor with the knack for a viral campaign
Circles is a tech start-up with an ambition to shake up the telecommunications industry – and an unconventional marketing strategy to match. Circles is a tech start-up with an ambition to shake up the telecommunications industry – and an unconventional marketing strategy to match. “For the longest time, the telco industry has been talking about the […]
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WNBA to expand Finals to 7 games, add to regular season next year
Napheesa Collier #24 of the Minnesota Lynx scores the game winning basket during the game against the New York Liberty during Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals on October 10, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Nathaniel S. Butler | National Basketball Association | Getty Images Basketball fans will have even more […]
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Jeff Shell is about to lead Paramount. He may have runway to make bold changes he couldn’t at NBC
Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, speaks during a conference at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 22, 2022. Eric Gaillard | Reuters Less than two years after NBCUniversal fired Jeff Shell for alleged sexual harassment, the former CEO is close to finding himself back in the saddle leading a storied […]
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OpenAI chair Bret Taylor talks AI agents, regulation and the tech’s current boom
Bret Taylor, co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks at the Viva Technology Conference in Paris on June 15, 2022. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bret Taylor, board chairman of OpenAI, joined CNBC’s Squawk on the Street Thursday to discuss his artificial intelligence startup Sierra. Taylor co-founded Sierra in March of 2023, and it aims to […]
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