Paramount Skydance’s top executives aren’t looking to follow moves by NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery to spin off their company’s cable channels into a separate entity. That should not, however, be taken to mean that they’re just fine with the status quo. “There’s no question that [cable is] a super challenging business,” George Cheeks, chairman of TV media at the …
Read More »Just how big of a surprise was the UFC’s bombshell $7.7 billion deal with Paramount and CBS? So big that even UFC CEO Dana White didn’t see it coming. “No, I didn’t think this is where we’d end up,” White said Monday during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” to discuss the new broadcast rights deal. “But this is …
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Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer project is reportedly over. Bloomberg reports that CEO Elon Musk is killing the project after a mass exodus of talent from the Dojo team to a competing startup. Dojo was the name of Tesla’s in-house AI chip development to create supercomputers to train its AI models for self-driving. Tesla hired a bunch of top chip architects and …
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New Paramount CEO David Ellison said that he had “no interest” in wading “into the political spectrum” with CBS News, as he and other executives addressed the independence of the news division under the new company. Although Ellison did not directly say whether the company would refrain from meddling in 60 Minutes, Redbird founder and managing partner Gerry Cardinale, the …
Read More »After Terry McLaurin’s trade request, NFL execs still expect him to stay The Washington Post Terry McLaurin requests trade: Six teams that could pursue two-time Pro Bowl WR NFL.com Making sense of Terry McLaurin’s trade request: Pay up … or move him now? Why it’s complicated ESPN Terry McLaurin requests trade: Top landing spots as Commanders’ WR seeks exit amid stalled contract talks CBS …
Read More »Scoop: Astronomer execs on leave after viral Coldplay concert scandal Axios Viral Coldplay concert ‘couple’, Astronomer issues a statement about what’s next for them KOMO Are they ‘having an affair’ or just shy? The couple caught on Coldplay’s kiss cam The Guardian Exclusive | Ex-employee of tech CEO Andy Byron claims he was a ‘toxic’ boss before Coldplay drama New York Post Astronomer investigating …
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Lamar Jackson Isn’t Ranked a Top Three Quarterback in New League Poll Coming off a historically good season, Lamar Jackson isn’t even ranked as a top-three quarterback in his own conference in the eyes of NFL executives, coaches, and scouts. In this year’s ESPN poll, Jackson came in behind Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes (No. 1), Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen …
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Key Takeaways MoonPay got hit by a high-profile scam targeting its CEO and CFO, despite its recent expansion into all 50 U.S. states, highlighting the other side of crypto adoption. An elaborate online scam recently tricked two top MoonPay executives into losing over $250,000, according to a U.S. Department of Justice filing. The filing states that the scam involved 40,350 …
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Jeremy FowlerJul 12, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Jeremy Fowler is a senior national NFL writer for ESPN, covering the entire league including breaking news. Jeremy also contributes to SportsCenter both as a studio analyst and a sideline reporter covering for NFL games. He is an Orlando, Florida native who joined ESPN in 2014 after covering college football for CBSSports.com. …
Read More »Google hires Windsurf execs in $2.4 billion deal to advance AI coding ambitions Reuters Google Hires A.I. Leaders From a Start-Up Courted by OpenAI The New York Times OpenAI’s $3 Billion Deal to Buy AI Startup Windsurf Falls Apart Bloomberg Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, others in $2.4 billion AI talent deal CNBC Exclusive | Google to Pay $2.4 Billion in Deal to …
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