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fromFortune
5 days ago
Business

Meet Larry Ellison: the 81-year-old tech billionaire-turned-media mogul whose family could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN, and TikTok | Fortune

fromFortune
5 days ago
Business

Meet Larry Ellison: the 81-year-old tech billionaire-turned-media mogul whose family could soon own CBS, Paramount, CNN, and TikTok | Fortune

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E-Commerce
fromForbes
6 days ago

Wirecutter's Path To $1 Billion In Commerce, One Product Review At A Time

Wirecutter became a major commerce engine for The New York Times, driving over $1 billion GMV annually and expanding the Times' lifestyle offerings.
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

CBS Is About to Hand Over Its Newsroom to an Anti-Woke Crusader. You Should Be Worried.

On Monday morning, the Wall Street Journal confirmed that the Paramount-Skydance behemoth, headed by tech scion David Ellison, had acquired Weiss' Substack-based publication the Free Press for a $150 million valuation, about 10 times the revenue the platform brought in last year. The "anti-woke" newsletter will now join the suite of brand-name properties under the merged-media umbrella, including BET and MTV, while Weiss herself will become editor in chief of CBS News-which is about to lay off 10 percent of its very worried staff.
Media industry
Business
fromTheregister
4 weeks ago

Even fantasy money can buy lots of power - ask Larry Ellison

A 40 percent Oracle stock surge driven by AI cloud optimism inflated Larry Ellison's paper wealth, enabling major media acquisitions and plans for large UK investments.
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Good Morning, News: Portland's Hefty Festival Fees, Oregon's Newspapers are Dwindling, and Workers are Staying in Jobs They Hate, For Now

Carpenter Media's acquisition of Pamplin Media Group and EO Media Group has led to severe reductions in staffing and print publications, significantly impacting local news coverage in Oregon.
Portland
Digital life
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Hulu's days look numbered, but there's reason for Disney to keep it around

Disney is integrating Hulu into Disney+ to enhance user experience and drive engagement, with expectations for increased profitability.
Tech industry
fromFast Company
3 months ago

What happened at Sun Valley 2025?A roundup of the biggest news and deals

The Sun Valley conference facilitates networking among influential business figures, leading to potential significant business deals.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 months ago

US investment Firm RedBird to buy UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper

"The sale marks the start of a new era for The Telegraph as we look to grow the brand in the UK and internationally, invest in its technology and expand its subscriber base."
UK news
Media industry
fromABA Journal
5 months ago

SCOTUSblog will expand offerings, keep 'unbiased coverage' after acquisition by Dispatch Media

Dispatch Media's acquisition aims to enhance SCOTUSblog while preserving its unbiased Supreme Court coverage.
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