Jury hears how Netflix director lost a fortune on options trades — days after streamer sent him $11M for 'visionary' show

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Director Carl Erik Rinsch at a 2015 event in Los Angeles.
Director Carl Erik Rinsch at a 2015 event in Los Angeles.

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MrBeast is building a platform to connect creators and big advertisers

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 03: (L-R) Andrew Ross Sorkin, MrBeast, and Jeff Housenbold speak onstage during The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City.

MrBeast is planning to launch a phone service called 'Beast Mobile'

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YouTuber MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and his company's CEO Jeffrey Housenbold
YouTuber MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and his company's CEO Jeffrey Housenbold.

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YouTube star MrBeast is moving into financial services

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MrBeast at the 2025 Joy Forum at SEF Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 16, 2025.
Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast.

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Spotify Wrapped has given us all a 'listening age' — and it's making some people mad

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Taylor Swift and Spotify Wrapped Listening Age poster
Spotify Wrapped is humiliating some of us with its new "listening age." Taylor Swift probably skews young, but that didn't stop my age from being much older than I am.

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Paramount's Larry and David Ellison might look to Middle East petrostates to help finance a deal for WBD. That's tricky.

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President Donald Trump welcomes Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House, November 18, 2025
Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House in November. Now bin Salman's country is reportedly backing Larry and David Ellisons' bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

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How does your Spotify Wrapped get made? 3 Spotify leaders break down the yearlong process.

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A billboard for Spotify Wrapped 2025 is pictured.
Three Spotify leaders explained their yearlong process to build Wrapped.

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A Koch-funded group is tapping star marketers for a $250 million push to 'reignite the American spirit'

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Charles Koch
Charles Koch founded Stand Together, a philanthropic community that's behind a new campaign to unite America.

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TikTok Shop crossed $500 million in US sales during the Black Friday Cyber Monday week

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TikTok Shop logo

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Why Tubi's CMO sees opportunity when phone-obsessed millennials and Gen Z scroll while they watch

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Siena Agudong and Noah Beck
Gen Z actors Siena Agudong and Noah Beck star in Tubi's new football rom-com, "Sidelined 2: Intercepted." The free streamer is responding to second-screen viewing by getting brands to sponsor ad breaks.

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