Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid and says shareholders should go with Netflix

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav didn't choose the offer from Paramount Skydance and CEO David Ellison.

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Jared Kushner's Affinity is stepping away from the Paramount-Warner Bros. bid

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russia's President at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 2, 2025.
Jared Kushner's private equity firm is stepping away from the Paramount bid for WBD.

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Netflix has done its second big podcast deal as it prepares to launch a slate of shows in early 2026

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 09: Charlamagne tha God speaks onstage during Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Fan Screening at Paris Theater on December 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Netflix)
Coming soon to Netflix: Charlamagne Tha God's video podcast and other iHeartMedia shows.

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Fluency wants to use AI agents to transform advertising. See the pitch deck that helped it raise $40M.

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The Fluency team, from left: Mike Lane, CEO; Brian McVey, chief revenue officer; Eric Mayhew, president; and Scott Gale, chief technology officer.

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Netflix's bid to buy Warner Bros. hinges on a key question: Who does it actually compete with?

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"Stranger Things" maker Netflix could face regulatory scrutiny as it looks to buy Warner Bros.

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TikTok restructured its e-commerce product and data teams amid the busy holiday shopping season

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Read the letter Netflix's co-CEOs sent to reassure staffers about its bid to buy Warner Bros.

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Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO, Netflix, Bela Bajaria, CCO, Netflix, Greg Peters, Co-CEO, Netflix and Cody Rhodes attend Netflix's Debut of WWE Monday Night Raw at Intuit Dome on January 06, 2025 in Inglewood, California.

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6 brands that influencers got you to buy in 2025

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J. Crew was the most-shopped brand on ShopMy this year. The retailer has embraced influencers like Delaney Rowe, pictured, as part of its holiday campaign.

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Netflix paid $55 million for a 'visionary' sci-fi epic that was never finished. We saw a glimpse of it at the director's criminal trial.

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Carl Rinsch's sci-fi epic "White Horse" turned into a debacle for Netflix. Until his criminal trial, the public hadn't seen any footage from the project.

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When Netflix executives first saw a glimpse of "White Horse" in 2018, they were blown away.

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