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Canada Drops Digital Services Tax at 11th Hour, Backing Down After Trump Terminated Trade Talks Over the Issue

Just hours before Canada’s new Digital Services Tax was set to go into effect, the Canadian government announced that it rescinded the levy “in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade...

Trump Angrily Calls for CNN to Fire Reporter Over Story on Iran Nuclear Strikes: She Should Be ‘Thrown Out Like a Dog’

President Trump has again lashed out at media outlets that have reported things he doesn’t like — and he’s now singled out one CNN reporter, whom he says should be fired...

Disney Hires Nike Veteran Ron Faris to Head Consumer Products Marketing

Nike alum Ron Faris is trading in sneakers for mouse ears. Disney hired Faris as senior VP of global marketing for Disney Consumer Products, the company’s division that produces...

Trump Is ‘Flouting the Law’ in Delaying Enforcement of TikTok Ban, a Top Senate Democrat Says

President Trump on Thursday officially issued his third executive order delaying enforcement of a law that effectively bans TikTok in the U.S. unless its Chinese parent company sells a controlling stake...

Midjourney, the AI Company Being Sued by Disney and NBCU, Launches First Video-Generation Tool (WATCH)

Midjourney has released version 1 of its AI video model, coming a week after the start-up was targeted in a copyright-infringement lawsuit by Disney and NBCUniversal. At launch, Midjourney will charge...

Trump Says David Ellison ‘Is Great, He’ll Do a Great Job’ Running Merged Skydance-Paramount, as FCC Deal Approval Is Still Pending

President Trump praised David Ellison, CEO of Skydance Media, as “great” and said that “he’ll do a great job” as head of the merged Skydance-Paramount Global — but his administration has...

Trump Will Delay Enforcing TikTok Ban for a Third Time, White House Says

Under a U.S. law that went into effect Jan. 19, 2025, it is illegal for American companies to host or distribute TikTok in the country as long as it remains controlled...

Who Is Gunnar Wiedenfels? WBD’s Cost-Cutting Finance Exec Picked as CEO of New TV Networks Spin-Off Comprising CNN, TBS, TNT, Discovery+ and More

Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have a name for its planned stand-alone TV-centric biz, but it does have a proposed CEO: Gunnar Wiedenfels, WBD’s iron-fisted money manager. As CFO at Warner Bros....

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