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Trump Media shares surge 50% in premarket trading after assassination attempt
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Historic Greenbrier Farms in Chesapeake, Virginia, on July 28, 2024. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Trump Media & Technology Group shares surged 50% in premarket trading Monday following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally […]
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Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ manslaughter circumstance dismissed by judge
US actor Alec Baldwin (L) attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter at Santa Fe County District Court docket in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 12, 2024. Ramsay De Give | AFP | Getty Images A New Mexico judge on Friday dismissed the prison involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on the 3rd day of […]
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Biden campaign asked and got edits to Black radio interview after Trump debate
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 7, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters The campaign of President Joe Biden asked for and received two edits to an interview he gave a Milwaukee radio station on the heels of his disastrous debate in late June against former President […]
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The NFL is open to private equity team ownership of up to 10%, Commissioner Roger Goodell says
Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the NFL, after the morning-session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2024 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevork Djansezian | Getty Images The National Football League is considering allowing minority private equity ownership for its 32 teams of up to 10%, Commissioner Roger Goodell said in an […]
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Musk says next Neuralink brain implant expected soon, despite issues with the first patient
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk said Wednesday that his brain tech startup Neuralink hopes to implant its system in a second human patient within “the next week or so.” Executives also said the company is making changes to try and reduce the hardware problems it encountered with its first participant. Neuralink […]
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Election deepfakes could undermine institutional credibility, Moody’s warns
With election season underway and artificial intelligence evolving rapidly, AI manipulation in political advertising is becoming an issue of greater concern to the market and economy. A new report from Moody’s on Wednesday warns that generative AI and deepfakes are among the election integrity issues that could present a risk to U.S. institutional credibility. “The […]
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Media, tech titans head for Sun Valley with streaming alliances top of mind
A view of the Sun Valley Lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Media and technology titans will convene in Sun Valley this week to lay the groundwork for the future of streaming — and for potential alliances. Allen & Co.’s annual conference, often referred to as “summer camp for billionaires,” kicks […]
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Paramount agrees to merge with Skydance, ending monthslong negotiations and Redstone era
The Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California, US on Monday, April 29, 2024. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Paramount Global has agreed to merge with Skydance, capping off a monthslong negotiation, in a deal that would see the Redstone family step away from control of the storied movie studio and media company. Paramount’s […]
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Influencers have adjusted the ad industry. Now what?
The following is a transcript of the video. Narration: Do you battle to maintain up with all the most current memes and online developments? Tania Bryer: Ahead of 2020, Munya Chawawa was a relatively unfamiliar comic. But that improved speedily, as men and women ended up pressured to continue to be dwelling, and inevitably devote […]
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Skydance and National Amusements near Paramount deal as special committee reviews terms
Shari Redstone, president of National Amusements, speaks at the WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters David Ellison’s Skydance has reached a preliminary deal with Shari Redstone’s National Amusements to merge with Paramount, according to two people familiar with the matter, resurrecting a deal which failed […]
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