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‘GameStop: Rise of the Players’ Is the Underdog Doc of 2022
Director Jonah Tulis and producer Blake J. Harris reveal how their documentary, produced on a tight timeline, managed to beat competing Hollywood projects to the punch.
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William Ackman’s Hedge Fund Takes Stake in Netflix
Pershing Square has purchased more than 3.1 million shares of the streaming service
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Microsoft stuns with $96 billion takeover
Microsoft has made its largest ever deal buying Activision Blizzard for almost $100 billion and following months of scandal.
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Music catalogs are fetching huge deals. Are they overvalued?
That has led some insiders to suggest that investors are overpaying.
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Netflix Hikes Prices in U.S., Canada for Most Subscription Plans
Netflix Hikes Prices in U.S., Canada for Most Subscription Plans
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John Legend Sells His Music Catalog to KKR, BMG
Firms struck deal for R&B crooner’s publishing last fall, according to regulatory filings, amid year-end rush to transact
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AT&T Shed Media Assets in 2021. This Year It Wants to Add Investors.
Telecom giant’s stock slump last year shows that investors have yet to buy into management’s promise to reinvigorate the company
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General Motors 90-year streak as top US car seller ends
US car giant General Motors has lost its title as America's top car seller for the first time in 90 years.
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Huawei suffers biggest-ever decline in revenue after US blacklisting
Chinese smartphone maker’s earnings fall 29% as sanctions imposed by Washington choke off supply of parts
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Square to acquire Afterpay for $29bn as ‘buy now, pay later’ booms
Jack Dorsey’s deal in fast-growing fintech sector is largest in Australia’s history
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Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg Has Been Helping His Boss Lie For Years
There’s probably no one who knows the truth about Trump’s finances better than Allen Weisselberg. Not that he has always told it.
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TikTok Names ByteDance Finance Chief As New CEO
Shou Zi Chew to retain post at TikTok’s parent company
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Obi-Wan, She-Hulk and a new Pinocchio: Disney+ is about to get a lot bigger, and more expensive
Disney will beef up its original content library with reboots and spinoffs
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Hulu Gets Sidelined in Disney’s Global Streaming Ambitions
Disney executives are nervous about how much they will owe Comcast if its streaming service for adults grows much bigger.
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Microsoft's offer to buy US TikTok is rejected
The deal represents a symbolic loss for Satya Nadella’s Microsoft, which has an advertising business that Nadella once worked on.
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Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Transactions With TikTok Parent Starting In 45 Days
U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders on Thursday banning any U.S. transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, owner of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days.
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Happiest place on Earth? Only if you’re Bob Iger! Disney stops paying 100,000 workers while top exec takes 3% pay cut
The Walt Disney Company has said it will stop paying nearly half of its workforce this week. Disney theme parks and hotels have been shut in Europe and the US for almost five weeks due to worldwide Covid-19 lockdowns.
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How Bob Iger Unified Disney’s New Magic Kingdom
The ex-chief executive of Walt Disney Co. cast himself in the role of a brand manager as he amassed a stable of beloved characters ranging from Princess Leia to Bart Simpson
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