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Back to news homeDiscovery and AT&T: How a Huge Media Deal Was Done
Deals are rarely smooth, and an anomaly with Discovery’s share price dovetailed with the negotiations. Discovery’s stock began to inexplicably rocket in February and March to $75 from $45 because […]
How a Megadeal Reunited CNN’s Jeff Zucker With a Powerful Old Friend
All agreed that Mr. Zaslav’s takeover raised the odds that Mr. Zucker would stay put, perhaps in an expanded role that encompasses more of Discovery and Warner’s combined news and […]
AT&T’s WarnerMedia Group to Merge With Discovery
It’s as if Logan Roy, the fictional patriarch of the Waystar Royco media empire on HBO’s popular series “Succession,” masterminded the deal himself: AT&T has thrown in the towel on […]
Communications, Marketing, Media | Day 2 | 2021 Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Conference
2021 LEW Conference | Day 2 | Tuesday, June 22 9:40 AM The future of Communications Matt Griffin, Founder & CEO, 311 Institute 10:00 AM TBA Taylor Shanklin, founder & […]
AT&T, in Abrupt Turn, Will Shed Media Business in Deal With Discovery
AT&T, the wireless carrier that thundered its way into the media business three years ago with grand visions of streaming video on millions of its customers’ cellphones, wants a do-over: […]
AT&T-Discovery Deal Would Create a Media Juggernaut
“AT&T didn’t know what they were buying,” said Brian Wieser, a longtime Wall Street analyst. “The strategy underpinning” the acquisition “was probably flawed.”Mr. Wieser said AT&T deserved credit for slimming […]
5 ways to raise your startup’s PR game
Adam LaGreca Contributor Adam LaGreca is the founder of 10KMedia and previously led communications for DigitalOcean, Datadog and Gremlin. More posts by this contributor Dear Google, the future is fewer […]
Substack acquires team from community consulting startup People & Company
New media poster child Substack announced today that they’ve added a small community-building consultancy team to its ranks, acquiring the Brooklyn-based startup People & Company. The small firm has been […]
YouTube announces a $100M fund to reward top YouTube Shorts creators over 2021-2022
YouTube is giving its TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, an injection of cash to help it better compete with rivals. The company today introduced the YouTube Shorts Fund, a $100 million […]