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Netflix stock rises 10% after bailing on Warner Bros. deal

1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (735+ words) A bidding war is a funny way to learn what a company thinks it is. Netflix $NFLX flirted with becoming the new steward of old Hollywood, then snapped back to its natural habitat: the place where it controls the product,…...

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Amazon's Ring cancels Flock deal as Super Bowl ad bites back

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (208+ words) Future Publishing via Getty Images Amazon $AMZN subsidiary'Ring spent Super Bowl money to sell reassurance. A lost dog, a worried family,'a neighborhood of helpers" the kind of civic-group-chat fantasy America still likes to imagine it is. A story to…...

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7 of the best cities in the world for book lovers

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (75+ words) Pauline Loroy / Unsplash What unites these cities is not nostalgia. Reader's Digest emphasizes that literary culture here is active, not museum-sealed. Used bookstores thrive alongside modern chains. Canonical authors coexist with contemporary scenes. Readers are not tourists passing through. They…...

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Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for more than $80 billion

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (153+ words) Netflix has struck a deal to buy the film studio and streaming business of Warner Bros. Discovery, putting an end to one of the most competitive bidding wars in media. Netflix beat out competing bids from Paramount Skydance and Comcast…...

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Bids for Warner Bros. Discovery are due Thursday

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (334+ words) As Warner Bros. Discovery considers its next steps, the first round of bids are due Thursday for the entertainment giant. And, so far, there's no clear frontrunner. Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast are all said to be planning to submit offers....

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BTS is back. What it means for South Korea's GDP — and beyond

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (334+ words) Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images After almost three years on hiatus, BTS is about to make noise " not just on the charts, but in the global markets. By the time all seven members of the K-pop group…...

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Taylor Swift buys her early work, puts bad blood behind her

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (332+ words) All the music I've ever made now belongs to me," wrote Taylor Swift on her website on Friday. That might seem like an odd statement from one of the biggest pop stars in the U.S., whose Eras tour was the highest-grossing…...

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AMC stock surges on record-breaking Memorial Day weekend sales

9+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (476+ words) For those who love buttered popcorn and Milk Duds in front of the big screen, Memorial Day weekend was a good weekend. It also was good for AMC Entertainment (AMC), which operates 10,000 screens in 900 theaters across the globe. AMC Chairman…...

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HBO is returning after Max rebrand flopped — and the company knows it seems absurd

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (271+ words) Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced on Wednesday that it's bringing the "HBO (WBD)" back to its streaming service Max, following the disastrous rebrand that had baffled industry experts and users alike.Read more... Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced on Wednesday…...

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Disney to bring a sprinkle of its theme park magic to Abu Dhabi

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (687+ words) Disney is headed to Abu Dhabi " but it's not picking up the bill.Read more... Disney is headed to Abu Dhabi " but it's not picking up the bill. In a deal announced Wednesday, The Walt Disney Company (DIS) revealed plans…...