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  1. 1d ago

    Paramount-Warner Bros. Judge Pauses Deal With Serious Issues

    The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.A federal judge temporarily paused Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. saying it “likely” violates antitrust law.US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in Oakland on Monday ordered the companies to hold off on consummating the deal for 14 days. Paramount and Warner Bros. hoped to close as soon as July 22.California and 11 other states sued to block the Hollywood mega-merger on July 13. The states allege the deal, which seeks to combine two of the five largest studios, would harm competition for film and cable TV distribution.Paramount said it will continue to vigorously defend against the suit.“We are confident the evidence will demonstrate that the state AGs’ antitrust arguments are without merit as their alleged markets and claims of anticompetitive effects are without any basis in modern market realities,” the company said in a statement. “This merger is lawful, pro-competitive, and will benefit consumers, creators, workers, and the entertainment industry.”The judge scheduled an Aug. 3 hearing on whether to extend the hold for longer. The judge will decide whether to pause completion of the deal until after a trial to decide whether it is illegal under federal antitrust law.On this episode, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with: Chris Palmeri, BN Media & Entertainment Team Lead Dina Esfandiary, Bloomberg Economics Middle East Geoeconomics Lead on 1,000 Days of War and Upheaval That Reshaped the Middle East Isabelle Lee, Bloomberg News Cross-Asset Reporter on Peptide ‘Wild West’ Pushes Everyday Americans Into Crypto Avalon Pernell BN Equities Reporter on Martin Shkreli Is Back and Primed to Fight ‘To the Bitter End’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 4d ago

    China’s Moonshot Unveils AI Model, Fueling Tech Rout

    The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Chinese AI pioneer Moonshot unveiled a new model that it claims performs on par with some of the top-tier platforms from OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, the latest sign that the Asian country’s artificial intelligence labs are closing a technology gap with the US. Moonshot released Kimi K3 Friday, touting benchmarks comparable to some of the US labs’ best offerings. The model is open weight, meaning its parameters are available for users to download and customize, and outperforms all rivals except Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on overall capability, it said. Moonshot’s latest platform underscores how rapidly China’s AI race is evolving beyond a competition on price alone. Moonshot priced Kimi K3 at roughly Anthropic Sonnet levels, showing the company believes it can charge a premium to other Chinese models given its capabilities. On this episode, Carol Massar and guest host Emily Graffeo speak with: Mandeep Singh, Bloomberg Intelligence Global Head of Technology Research Seth Fiegerman, Bloomberg News AI Editor Miguel Lorenzo, Senior Vice President of Sports Content, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises on NBCU Telemundo's and Peacock's FIFA World Cup success, ratings performance and overall strategy Jason Leopold, Bloomberg News Senior Investigative Reporter, FOIA Files newsletter author and executive producer on the Paramount documentary 'The Real Wolf of Wall Street' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen for reporting from the magazine that helps global leaders stay ahead. Hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec cover the changing world of money, power and technology. You can watch and listen to Businessweek LIVE on YouTube, weekdays from 2PM to 5PM ET: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. 

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