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February 25, 2020 at 1:10 pm

Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down in surprise announcement

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney CEO Bob Iger, who steered the company's absorption of Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel and Fox's entertainment businesses and the launch... Updated 1:55 pm

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February 11, 2020 at 10:53 am

What the T-Mobile takeover of Sprint means for you

NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint could mean higher or lower phone bills, depending on whom you ask. A federal judge...

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FILE — Pedestrians outside a T-Mobile store in New York on June 11, 2019. The Justice Department on Friday, July 26, 2019, approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, the third- and fourth-largest wireless companies in the U.S., moving the deal one crucial step closer to completion years after the two carriers first explored joining forces. The combined company could potentially lead to higher prices, improved service and faster deployment of 5G network technology. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times) XNYT100 XNYT100

February 11, 2020 at 5:42 am

Price worries remain after judge OKs T-Mobile’s Sprint deal

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has cleared a major path for T-Mobile to buy Sprint for $26.5 billion, citing T-Mobile's track record in...

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February 7, 2020 at 2:25 pm

Barr’s call for U.S. control of 5G providers quickly rebuked

NEW YORK (AP) — Trump administration officials, increasingly intent on preventing Chinese global technological domination, keep floating the idea that the U.S. government should take...

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February 6, 2020 at 10:29 am

NY Times publisher’s 4Q profit grows as it adds subscribers

NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of The New York Times posted a 20% gain in fourth-quarter profits as the paper continued to add digital...

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FILE – In this Sept. 22, 2016 file photo, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner speaks during a product announcement at his company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Weiner will become executive chairman after 11 years as CEO of the Microsoft-owned business. Ryan Roslansky, senior vice president of product, will become CEO as of June 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) NY114 NY114

February 5, 2020 at 8:34 am

LinkedIn CEO steps aside after 11 years, says time is right

NEW YORK (AP) — The LinkedIn professional networking service is getting a new CEO. Jeff Weiner will become executive chairman after 11 years as chief...

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February 4, 2020 at 1:34 pm

Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start...

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February 3, 2020 at 3:48 pm

2 top execs stepping down at publisher Tribune amid turmoil

Two top executives at newspaper publisher Tribune are stepping down as the company deals with its largest shareholder, a hedge fund known for cutting newsroom...

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January 29, 2020 at 9:28 am

Keeping ‘Friends’ for itself at HBO Max dings AT&T profit

As entertainment companies roll out new streaming services, they're stocking them with the goodies from their own content archives, hoping that the loss of income...

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January 16, 2020 at 8:58 am

NBC hopes ‘free’ makes Peacock stand out in streaming era

NEW YORK (AP) — NBCUniversal is launching a new streaming service that will have a large part available for free, an approach it hopes will...

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