The board of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has urged its shareholders to reject an amended hostile bid by Paramount Skydance while maintaining its unanimous support for a rival offer by Netflix. A letter to investors said the updated $108.4bn all-cash offer from Paramount, for the whole business, involved an “extraordinary amount of debt financing” that…
In a bid for greater user engagement, Walt Disney Co. will introduce vertical videos to its Disney+ app over the next year, a company executive said Wednesday. The move is part of the Burbank media and entertainment companyβs effort to encourage more frequent app usage, particularly on smartphones. βWe know that mobile is an incredible…
Sir Keir Starmer has set out his position on Greenland in a call with US President Donald Trump, Downing Street says. Mr Trump has been vocal about his desire to annex the territory, despite it being part of Denmark – a NATO ally. A spokesman for the prime minister said the call also included a…
President Trump on Wednesday withdrew the United States from 66 international organizations and treaties, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In a presidential memorandum, Trump said it is βcontrary to the interests of the United States to remain a member of, participate in, or otherwise…
The decision by Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. to enter the transfer portal shocked and angered the Huskies because only days earlier the sophomore breakout star had signed a lucrative name, image and likeness deal to remain in Seattle. Legal action by Washington would be no surprise two weeks after similar events prompted an exchange…
The owner of Waterstones is close to hiring bankers to work on a multibillion-pound listing of the transatlantic bookseller. Sky News has learnt that Elliott Management is preparing to appoint Rothschild to act as an independent adviser on its flotation options, with a public market debut likely to take place as soon as the second…
There are some things that make a person happy theyβre not a millennial mom. Ashley Tisdaleβs mommy group drama is one of those things. Because Tisdale β now Ashley Tisdale French β sounds like she might be stuck in her own βHigh School Musical,β and it looks as if Hilary Duffβs husband just threw a…
Criminals have used Grok, Elon Musk’s AI, to create child sexual abuse imagery, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has reported. For days, the IWF has been receiving reports from internet users that Grok had created child abuse images, but that content hadn’t crossed the threshold into illegal content. Now, it has, says the IWF. It…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Lawmakers are returning to Washington this week confronting the fallout from the stunning capture of Venezuelan President NicolΓ‘s Maduro β and familiar complaints about the Trump administration deciding to bypass Congress on military operations that have led to this moment. Democratic leaders are demanding the administration immediately brief Congress. Republican leaders indicated over the weekend…
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