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Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness booking marketplace, raised $80M from KKR's growth equity arm at a $1B valuation, bringing its total raised to $285M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/booki…

Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1B valuation with KKR backing | TechCrunch
Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha says it has raised $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth fund, KKR's growth equity arm.

Cuts at ESPN are part of larger Disney layoffs; sources: some corporate functions, film studios, and Disney Entertainment Television are expected to be impacted (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Disney Cutting Hundreds More Jobs in New Round of Corporate Streamlining
Pixar and Nat Geo are said to be hit particularly hard in the latest round of cuts, with some high-profile talent also being let go at ESPN.

ONS have released the latest stats on AI use in business.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/articles/artificialintelligenceinukbusinesses/2023to2026

Hacker group RansomHouse claims responsibility for cyberattack on Nichirei
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/22/companies/nichirei-cyberattack-ransomhouse/

Hacker group RansomHouse claims responsibility for cyberattack on Nichirei
RansomHouse has previously claimed responsibility for attacks on several Japanese businesses, including a ransomware attack in October on office-supplies retailer Askul.

Take-Two reports Q4 bookings flat YoY at $1.58B, forecasts FY 2027 bookings below est., reiterates GTA VI's November 19 launch date; TTWO jumps 6% after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/take-two-

SEC filing: Primordial Soup, Darren Aronofsky's AI film and content studio, is raising $15M in cash, selling over $11M in equity so far since July 1 (The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busi…

Darren Aronofsky Raising Cash For His AI Film Studio (Exclusive)
Primordial Soup, which launched last year, quietly filed with the SEC for a $15 million raise.

Sources and documents detail Satya Nadella's effort to revamp Microsoft's senior leadership, creating a startup-style operating model to compete in the AI race (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/satya-nadella-microsoft…

Satya Nadella is reorganizing Microsoft around AI — and changing who holds power
Microsoft is reshaping its leadership for the AI era as CEO Satya Nadella pushes flatter teams, faster decision-making, and AI-focused executives.

A Q&A with Mike Richards, the Daily Wire's new CEO following the abrupt departure of Caleb Robinson, on the Daily Wire's continued entertainment push and more (Seth Abramovitch/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/b…

The “Canceled” Man in Charge: Mike Richards Takes the Wheel at The Daily Wire
Four years after a scandal ended his 'Jeopardy!' career, the former game show wunderkind has rebuilt himself inside the conservative media company — and is now its CEO. In his first interview since the promotion, he talks layoffs, Ben Shapiro's numbers, Jonathan Majors' action-hero rebirth ... and why the exile economy has become a business model.

Memo: Yusuf Mehdi, a 35-year Microsoft veteran who has been its commercial chief marketing officer since 2023, will leave the company after the next fiscal year (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-yusu…

Microsoft veteran executive Yusuf Mehdi is leaving after the next fiscal year, an internal memo shows
Microsoft executive vice president Yusuf Mehdi is leaving after 35 years. He wrote that he plans to help "reimagine Windows for the agentic era."

Japan's top five chip equipment makers posted their first-ever fall in combined China sales, down 10% in the year ended March 31, as China boosts local players (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semi…

Japan chipmaking equipment suppliers report 10% drop in China sales
Foreign companies lose market share as Beijing boosts local players