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HBO Max Enters Hall of Fame of Corporate Brand Reversals Alongside Netflix, Coca-Cola
Wednesday’s name change adds Warner Bros. Discovery to an infamous list of prominent companies that have made well-publicized pivots
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Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump Is ‘Famously Too Stupid’ to Keep His Stories Straight on Qatari Jet Gift | Video
The $400 million gift would be “the biggest payoff in the history of the presidency,” the MSNBC anchor says
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HBO Max’s Latest Rebrand Gets Dragged on Social Media, but the Streamer Has Jokes Too
Even HBO’s own social media accounts got in on the ribbing, offering a meme from “Euphoria”: “Bitch, you better be joking”
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Skybound Entertainment Acquires Digital Creator Firm Nine Four Entertainment
Both companies will partner to launch a new incubator focused on developing and financing creator-led brands
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Jake Tapper Admits There Was ‘Not Enough’ Media Coverage of Biden’s Mental Decline
The CNN anchor says criticism of how he and the press covered the former president is warranted
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NYT Publisher Blasts Trump for Anti-Media Rhetoric, Says Free Press Is ‘Under Direct Attack’
A.G. Sulzberger praised President Trump for making himself available to reporters, but said he’s also making journalists less safe both in the U.S. and abroad
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New CNN Streaming Service to Launch This Fall With Free Subscriptions for Cable Subscribers
Warner Bros. Discovery will unveil details about the platform during its upfront presentation Wednesday
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Rachel Maddow Explains How Trump Is ‘Personally Benefiting’ From Fed Medical Funding While ‘Destroying It for Everyone Else’ | Video
“His administration is doing so much to hurt regular Americans’ opportunity to achieve those same good health outcomes,” Maddow says
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Jon Stewart Blasts Trump for Accepting $400 Million Qatar Jet: ‘He’s Like the Reverse Oprah’ | Video
“It’s not a free jet. That’s the point,” the “Daily Show” host says
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WHCA ‘Disturbed’ Trump Excluded Wire Services From His Flight to Middle East
The Trump administration traveling without the AP, Reuters or Bloomberg is a “disservice” to the American public, the White House Correspondents’ Association says
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With Film Tariff Threat, Trump Takes Hollywood for a Ride on the ‘Tweet Now, Think Later’ Train
The frenzy caused by the president’s social media posts gave studios a crash course in his carousel of news-cycle craziness
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Ben Shapiro Slams Trump Acceptance of Qatar Jet as ‘Political Poison’ | Video
“This kind of shady behavior undermines his agenda and credibility. Even if it’s not criminal, it’s bad optics,” the conservative commentator says
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Pete Buttigieg Defends His Reasons for Going on Fox News — but Understands Why More Democrats Don’t
“You can’t blame somebody for not embracing your message if they’ve literally never heard it,” the former transportation secretary tells the “Smartless” podcast
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Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content Acquires Social Media Talent Firm Parker Management
“Digital creators have fundamentally transformed the media landscape and how audiences consume content,” the co-founder says