Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. Apu Gomes | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday announced it had dropped its legal battle against Elon Musk’s X to have graphic footage … Read more
The news landscape has become the “canary in the coalmine” as social media giants stretch the limits of regulation, prompting a media executive to call for a new legal regime. Social media platforms including Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, once filled their feeds with news content to attract sign-ups and engagement. But now their user … Read more
A Bally Sports display is shown in the eighth inning of the game between the MLB’s Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 9, 2023. David Berding | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The NBA and NHL are concerned over Diamond Sports’ future, and whether the regional sports … Read more
A view of Paramount Studios’s water tank as SAG-AFTRA members walk the picket line outside during their ongoing strike, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 26, 2023. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters The current leadership of Paramount Global presented a go-forward plan at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday in the event a sale of the … Read more
Patient using Sword Health. Courtesy: Sword Health Pain management startup Sword Health on Tuesday announced a new artificial intelligence solution named Phoenix that patients can speak with for guidance through virtual physical therapy sessions. Sword, founded in 2015, offers digital tools to help patients manage pain from home and avoid other treatments like opioids and … Read more
Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer, at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. David A. Grogan | CNBC Media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is bullish on technology as he pulls in more money for startup investing. But he’s keeping his venture portfolio clear of digital media. Katzenberg, who three … Read more
The Paramount logo is displayed at Columbia Square along Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, California on March 9, 2023. Getty Images Paramount and Skydance have agreed to terms of a merger, which will likely be announced in the coming days, CNBC’s David Faber reported Monday. A Paramount special committee and the buying consortium — David Ellison’s Skydance, … Read more
Daniel Ek, founder and chief executive officer of Spotify, attends the Cannes Lions 2016 on June 22, 2016 in Cannes, France. Antoine Antoniol | Getty Images Spotify announced on Monday it is increasing the cost of its premium subscription plans in the U.S., marking the Swedish music-streaming company’s second price hike in a year. U.S. … Read more
Idris Elba narrating a National Geographic series about the millions of soldiers erased from World War II history and the action-comedy-romance “Hit Man” landing on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated … Read more
NEW YORK — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 93, has married for the fifth time, his corporation, News Corp, confirmed Sunday. Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, wed Saturday in a ceremony at his vineyard estate in Bel Air, California. Photographs of the newly married couple were released by News Corp. The … Read more
