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Paramount agrees to acquire WBD, paying $31 per share in cash, giving WBD an enterprise value of $110B; Paramount paid a $2.8B breakup fee to Netflix (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

It’s a Deal: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Unveil $111 Billion Megamerger
In a major turn of events, Netflix backed away from its $87.2 billion deal on Thursday.

Paramount agrees to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, paying $31 per share in cash, giving WBD an enterprise value of $110B (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/para…

It’s a Deal: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Unveil $111 Billion Megamerger
In a major turn of events, Netflix backed away from its $87.2 billion deal on Thursday.

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Bankruptcies Rising Across US Economy, From Households to Mom-and-Pops - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/bankruptcies-across-economy-small-business-households-corporate-2025-12

An interview with Substack CEO Chris Best about the new TV app, how videos and livestreams complement editorial content, plans for audio posts, and more (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/substa…

Substack CEO Unpacks Logic of Launching a TV App
On the heels of Instagram rolling out a Reels app for connected TV, newsletter creators can now offer videos and livestreams to subscribers via Apple TV and Google TV.

ASML reports Q4 bookings of €13.2B, beating analyst estimates of €6.32B, and projects its 2026 full-year sales of between €34B and €39B, compared with €35B est. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/asml-q4-bookings…

Duolingo reports Q4 revenue up 35% YoY to $282.9M, forecasts FY 2026 bookings below est. as it shifts focus to faster user growth; DUOL drops 20% after hours (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/d

Amazon appears to mistakenly alert some AWS employees about planned layoffs in an email invite to a Wednesday "Project Dawn" meeting about company efficiency (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-staff-calen…

Some Amazon employees get 'Project Dawn' calendar invitation discussing upcoming job cuts
The invitation was written by Amazon executive Colleen Aubrey. It was cancelled soon after being sent, stoking confusion among some employees.

Clawdbot creator Peter Steinberger says he is changing the name of the viral AI agent to Moltbot after he "was forced to rename the account by Anthropic" (Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/clawdbot-changes-na…

Clawdbot creator says Anthropic 'forced' him to rename the viral AI agent: 'Wasn't my decision'
Clawdbot, the viral AI agent that caused techies to buy up Mac Minis, is now Moltbot after Anthropic reached out about name and mascot similarities.

Sources: two members of Thinking Machines Lab's founding team, Christian Gibson and Noah Shpak, left the startup and have been working at Meta for a few weeks (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/thinking-machines-lab-loses-2-fo…

Thinking Machines Lab loses 2 founding members to Meta
Thinking Machines Lab, led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, sees key members depart to Meta, highlighting talent retention challenges.