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Spotify hikes U.S. Premium subscription price months after last rate increase

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Spotify Premium subscriptions are getting more expensive. The subscription price will rise from $11.99 per month to $12.99 per month in the U.S., Estonia and Latvia for the February bill, the streaming platform said in a blog post. Users will get an email with the update sometime […]

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Elon Musk’s xAI probed by California DOJ over Grok’s deepfake explicit images

Technology News

In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone showing Ani, a virtual anime-style assistant character featured in the Grok 4 AI chatbot developed by xAI, with the Grok logo visible on a screen in the background on July 16, 2025 in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI is now facing

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WBD once again rejects Paramount offer in favor of Netflix deal

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An American flag flies at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California, on Sept. 12, 2025. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Warner Bros. Discovery board on Wednesday once again unanimously recommended that WBD shareholders reject a hostile takeover offer from Paramount Skydance. The board said it continued to believe the Paramount bid is “inferior” to

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Comcast spinoff Versant to start trading on Nasdaq

Business News

Versant signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Versant Media Group, the portfolio of cable TV networks and digital assets spun off by Comcast, joins the small cohort of public media companies as the industry reckons with ongoing disruption. Versant begins

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Free streaming service Tubi is rivaling major players for viewership. Here’s how it’s winning

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Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Tubi hit profitability this year doing what other streaming services are trying to: attract younger audiences who are willing to sit through ads. The Fox Corp.-owned free streaming platform has long been among a sort of second tier of streaming services alongside lower-budget and less popular offerings like

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Why Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders might opt for Paramount’s offer — and why they might not

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Ted Sarandos, CEO of Netflix and David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. Mario Anzuoni | Mike Blake | Reuters Hours before Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell its studio and streaming assets to Netflix, Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of Netflix, called WBD CEO David Zaslav to inform him Netflix wouldn’t be bidding any higher.

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Paramount guarantees Larry Ellison backing in amended WBD bid

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US film producer David Ellison arrives for Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts” premiere in New York City on June 5, 2023. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Paramount Skydance on Monday guaranteed the backing of billionaire Larry Ellison in an amended offer for Warner Bros. Discovery — a clear response to questions raised

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What’s ahead for media in 2026? Anonymous executives make bold predictions

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CEO and President of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav and CEO of Paramount Skydance, David Ellison. Mike Blake | Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s time for everyone’s favorite holiday tradition — CNBC’s annual anonymous media executive predictions! CNBC spoke with 16 of the most powerful and influential executives in U.S. media, sports and entertainment, who

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OpenAI poaches Google executive to lead corporate development

Finance News

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images OpenAI has hired Google’s Albert Lee to lead corporate development, a spokesperson for the artificial intelligence startup confirmed to CNBC. Lee previously led corporate development for Google Cloud and Google DeepMind. He worked on several of Google’s high-profile acquisitions, including its $32 billion purchase of the cloud security

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CNBC Daily Open: Record high U.S. stocks as investors rotate out of tech

Technology News

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced on Thursday, with both hitting fresh closing records. The Russell 2000 index also ended the session at a new high, following the

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Spotify hikes U.S. Premium subscription price months after last rate increase

WBD once again rejects Paramount offer in favor of Netflix deal

Comcast spinoff Versant to start trading on Nasdaq

Free streaming service Tubi is rivaling major players for viewership. Here’s how it’s winning

Why Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders might opt for Paramount’s offer — and why they might not

Paramount guarantees Larry Ellison backing in amended WBD bid

What’s ahead for media in 2026? Anonymous executives make bold predictions

OpenAI poaches Google executive to lead corporate development

CNBC Daily Open: Record high U.S. stocks as investors rotate out of tech

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