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Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery Gives Paramount (Yet) Another Chance

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Netflix retains the ability to match any Paramount offer moving forward, and WBD shareholders won’t vote on either bid until April.

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Mattel Struggles As Hasbro Wins With Adults

Shares of Barbie-maker Mattel plunged 25% on Wednesday following a massively disappointing after-the-bell earnings call the day before.

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DraftKings is Taking The Prediction Market Industry Head-On

In December, DraftKings launched a predictions market platform of its own, turning the disruptors like Kalshi into direct competitors.

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Media & Entertainment

Does Spotify Still Have the (Pricing) Power?

Earlier this month, Spotify’s monthly Premium subscription fee for US users went up $1 to $12.99 per month.

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Super Bowl Puts Up-for-Sale Seahawks in a Prime Time Showcase Showdown

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Paul Allen bought the Seahawks way back in 1997 for just $194 million. Nearly 30 years later, the franchise is worth some $6.6 billion.

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Consumer

Vice Stocks Enter ’26 With a Harsh Hangover

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It’s easy to see how investors in vice stocks could develop a severe case of the spins from 2025 since their performance was rarely in sync.

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In Casinos, the House Always Wins. What About Prediction Markets?

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Can Kalshi and Polymarket become the massive, all-purpose financial vehicles envisioned by backers or will they be disrupted by regulators?

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