Inside the rise of Trump's favorite online brawler

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics, Business
Alex Bruesewitz speaks into a microphone, wearing a suit with an American flag pin on its lapel.
Alex Bruesewitz, 29, is a key cog in the Trump media machine.

AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

Here's what smart people are saying about OpenAI's head-turning TBPN acquisition

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Sam Altman TBPN
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went on TBPN less than two months before buying the tech livestream.

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OpenAI owns tech's favorite talk show. Will its rivals still show up?

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Sam Altman TBPN

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Get ready for a wave of TBPN clones after its blockbuster OpenAI deal

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TBPN
TBPN popularized a new mainstream media format.

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  • OpenAI acquired the buzzy media startup TBPN on Thursday.
  • TBPN inspired a set of new digital talk shows covering tech, advertising, and politics.
  • OpenAI's deal could spark more livestream copycats.

Get ready for a bumper crop of TBPN-style shows.

The OpenAI/TBPN deal is a shocker that makes sense

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
TBPN hosts talk on the NYSE floor
Jordi Hays and John Coogan film their daily tech show, TBPN.

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OpenAI just bought tech talk show TBPN: 'This is not an April Fools joke'

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The logo for TBPN, a tech talk show.
OpenAI just bought TBPN.

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Paramount just hired a former Google exec to help level up its tech

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Paramount Ellison
Paramount Skydance is investing heavily in technology under CEO David Ellison.

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Why Disney's parks business could boom this year despite the Iran war rocking the economy

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Disney's Josh D'Amaro and Bob Iger
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro (center left) recently took over for Bob Iger (center right).

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A New York Times reporter went to South Dakota to report on Kristi Noem's husband. Then the story broke.

Tech Insider : Politics, Business
Bryon Noem listens as his wife, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a Senate committee, May 2025.
Gossip about the marriage of former Homeland Security boss Kristi Noem and her husband Bryon Noem, seen here listening to her speak to a Senate committee in 2025, has become a national news story.

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From Madonna photo ops to bankruptcy: The publisher that owes Bob Dylan blames 'predatory' lenders

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Nicholas Callaway and Madonna.
Publisher Nicholas Callaway and singer Madonna.

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