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David Zaslav may be persona non grata the next time he shows up to an NBA game. Warner Bros. Discovery, which Zaslav runs, filed suit Friday against the league over its rejection of WBD’s offer to renew its longstanding deal to air NBA games. Whatever the merits of WBD’s argument, this doesn’t seem likely to end well for Zaslav.The fundamental issue...
Logistics startup Stord is acquiring the e-commerce fulfillment services operations of publicly traded shipping services company Pitney Bowes, according to an internal memo sent to Pitney Bowes staff. It’s the second acquisition so far this year by the Kleiner Perkins– and Founders Fund–backed startup, which aims to help merchants better compete...
Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a lawsuit against the NBA, arguing that the league violated its existing media rights contract with WBD by rejecting the company’s proposal to match the rights that were awarded to Amazon in the league’s new deals that begin in 2025. The NBA signed 11-year deals ...
In January, after members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had spent hours grilling tech CEOs about their platforms’ effects on children, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley pounced on Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Hawley, a Republican firebrand and a vocal tech critic, accused Zuckerberg of ignoring internal company data that suggested Meta’s Instagram...
In the world of online lenders, Enova International stands out. It has been growing rapidly, lending more money last year than ever before even as rising interest rates caused competitors to cut back. Meanwhile, Enova executives have repeatedly argued the company’s stock was “undervalued,” and the company has spent heavily on buying back its stock....