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Nicole Sperling, a Times reporter who covers Hollywood and the streaming revolution, breaks down the competing bids from Netflix and Paramount to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.

Caren Bohan, who was named editor in chief in September 2024, will no longer continue in her role “effective immediately,” the company told employees.

The tug of war for Warner Bros. Discovery echoes an earlier clash of media titans.

As Gen Alpha’s attention drifts from TV and movies, video creators like Alan Chikin Chow are eager to fill the void.

He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” became a flashpoint about free speech in the country after it was temporarily suspended this year.

The president has shattered norms by pledging to “be involved” in the regulatory fate of a transaction that could reshape the news and entertainment industries.

Mr. Kushner’s private equity fund is one of the many groups helping Paramount mount a hostile bid to buy the group, whose holdings include CNN.

Though its stars are up for acting prizes, the film is not in the running for best musical or comedy, only for box office achievement.

The studio’s film “One Battle After Another,” and an HBO show it owns, “The White Lotus,” scored the most nominations for movies and television shows.

A sale of insider shares at $421 a share would make Mr. Musk’s rocket company the most valuable private company in the world, as it readies for a possible initial public offering n

Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“I’m told that Australian teens, in preparation for this ban, have been exchanging phone numbers with each other.”

Lightspeed Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley venture firm, has amassed more than $9 billion to invest in artificial intelligence. That is its biggest haul.