Why subscriptions make everything more expensive

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Subscription services exist for nearly everything consumers buy. Many, like Netflix or Spotify, start out affordable, but the cost adds up over time. And while signing up is effortless, canceling can be difficult.

Netflix beats on earnings, but shares dip as the streamer's forecast for Q1 falls short of Wall Street expectations

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos' company reported a solid quarter, but investors don't seem impressed.

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Netflix strengthens its Warner Bros. bid as Paramount's David Ellison tries to wreck its deal

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Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters (left) and Ted Sarandos (right) have made an all-cash offer to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav (center).

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Matt Damon says Netflix wants to make action movies differently to account for shorter attention spans

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Costars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck pose with Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos for their latest film, "The Rip."

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos tries to solve his movie problem

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has spent years people should be able to see big movies at home, without going to theaters. Now he's changing his tune.

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David Ellison's Paramount suffers a setback in its legal fight with Warner Bros. Discovery

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David Zaslav is chief of Warner Bros. Discovery, left, which just rejected Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's latest bid for Warners.

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The Bears-Packers game on Amazon set a record — and showed us just how mainstream streaming has become.

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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams playing against the the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field on January 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
Most people in the U.S. needed to subscribe to Amazon Prime in order to watch the Chicago Bears/Green Bay Packers wild card playoff game.

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David Ellison's Paramount is now suing Warner Bros. Discovery. Here's why.

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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is standing by his $30-per-share offer for all of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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What will happen next in the war for Warner Bros. Discovery? Here are Paramount's options.

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Paramount Skydance's David Ellison might not give up his dream of buying Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Why Paramount is now saying the TV networks it wants to buy from WBD are worth $0.00 per share

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Warner Bros. Discovery will spin out its television networks. But how much they're worth depends on the bidder.

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