A key Paramount ally makes the case for using Middle East money to buy Warner Bros.: 'The world is changing.'

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Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (middle) sits next to Elon Musk (right) and U.S. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent (left) at a U.S.-Saudi business conference in Washington, DC., November 2025.
In the second Trump administration, American businesses and government officials have been eager to do deals in the Middle East. Paramount's deal to acquire Warner Bros.

NBC says Savannah Guthrie plans to return to 'Today' show as the search for her mother drags on

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Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have issued a video plea for their mother's safe return home.
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have issued a video plea for their mother's safe return home.

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A top TikTok marketing exec is leaving to take a 'deliberate exhale'

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Sofia Hernandez, TikTok's global head of marketing and partnerships.
Sofia Hernandez, TikTok's global head of marketing and partnerships.

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We answered 11 big questions about the Paramount-WBD deal and what happens next

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Aspiring media mogul David Ellison's Paramount Skydance plans to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, which is led by David Zaslav.

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Online ads just became the internet's biggest malware machine

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There's another reason for consumers to dislike online ads.

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An OpenAI ad hoax mystery just got a new twist

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A still from what OpenAI said is a fake ad
A Reddit user claimed to have footage of an alternative OpenAI Super Bowl featuring Alexander Skarsgård. OpenAI has said it is fake.

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9 rising stars of brand marketing share how they're using AI and their advice for entry-level marketers

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Photo collage featuring Rising stars of brand marketing (Katie Parkes, Zuri Godfrey, Bita Jedo and Benny Gee).
Business Insider's 2026 Rising Stars of Brand Marketing honorees are using AI to pressure-test ideas and spruce up presentations.

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YouTube juggernaut Dude Perfect hired its first content chief as it strives to build a Disney-style flywheel

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SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 16: (L-R) Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones, Tyler Toney, and Coby Cotton attend the world premiere of
The Dude Perfect guys on tour.

I'm a CMO who uses a '10-80-10' rule with AI. It's transformed everything from photo shoots to customer feedback.

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Empire Portfolio Group CMO Alan Magee is going deep on AI, using the tech to generate customer review feedback, spot data trends, and replace some photoshoots.

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Feds point to Taylor Swift ticket fiasco as evidence of Live Nation and Ticketmaster's monopoly

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A 2024 billboard shwoing Live Nation concerts
A 2024 billboard showing Live Nation concerts

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