Cable

Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Streamers Cracked Live Programming

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For years, traditional cable had one trump card against the upstart streamers devouring their business: live programming. Not anymore.

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Media & Entertainment

2024: The Year Legacy Media Gave Up on Cable

In 2024, legacy media giants like Disney and NBCUniversal finally had enough with cable — and started making their own off-ramps.

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Media & Entertainment

Comcast Might Spin Off Its Cable Business

Comcast’s president floated the idea that the telecom giant and NBCUniversal parent company might spin off its portfolio of cable channels.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Less You Know, the Better: Tech Moves Toward Data Minimization

‘At the end of the day, wherever that data is, it has to be protected’

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Consumer

Amazon, Starbucks Both Hit with Holiday Strikes

Though small compared to each company’s total workforces, work stoppages have set uncomfortable precedents for management.

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Markets

Stock Buybacks are the Ultimate Gift for Companies in Record Year

This month marks the end of what Goldman Sachs estimates will be a record year for stock buybacks, with a volume of roughly $930 billion.

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