Bob Iger, CEO of Disney (L), and Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast (R). Getty Images Ho, ho, ho! It’s a CNBC holiday tradition: Anonymous media executives make their 2025 industry predictions. In honor of the 12 days of Christmas, we give you 12 predictions from some of the most powerful media and entertainment executives in […]
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The year was 1985. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev led the world’s superpowers. Madonna and Duran Duran topped the pop charts. The smell of neon and capitalism was in the air. While yuppies and suburbanites waged backyard cola wars, a small group of computer scientists worked diligently, creating the infrastructure for the first wave of
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Remote Year said it was closing after nearly a decade as a month-to-month work-and-travel services provider for digital nomads, as Skift reported Saturday. Over a dozen affected customers told Skift that they were affected, with several saying they’ve paid for upcoming trips and are afraid they won’t get their money back. Skift spoke to two
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The year is closing with a slew of generative AI updates from OpenAI, Google, and Meta. It’s a big end to a year of huge advancements for the new tech and the way it relates to travel. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, said this year that the company’s goal is for a “universal agent
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Remote Year, the travel startup that pioneered month-to-month work-and-travel programs, is shutting down after nearly a decade in operation. The company shared the news in a statement on its website, citing “circumstances beyond our control” and attributing the closure to new ownership, Collective Hospitality, which it says “blocked our last opportunity to continue.” The abrupt
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An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly‘s blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound for treating patients with the most common sleep-related breathing disorder, the drugmaker announced
Donald Trump will return to office facing far fewer constraints than when he entered the White House in 2017. The political, legal, institutional, and civic forces that restrained and often frustrated Trump during his first term have all palpably weakened. That will be a mixed blessing for him and for the Republican Party. There’s less
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A sign in a Party City store in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 18, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Party City on Friday announced it will close all of its stores and has initiated corporate layoffs effective immediately, according to a CNN report. CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees in a meeting viewed by CNN
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The global travel industry made significant strides in 2024, emerging from the aftermath of the pandemic and seeing significant growth from the previous year. However, the industry still faces several challenges. So what are the biggest challenges the travel industry faces going into the new year? We posed that question to our answer engine. Ask
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Esther Gonzalez of Spain kisses the FIFA Women’s World Cup Trophy after the team’s victory in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023. Alex Pantling – Fifa | Fifa | Getty Images Netflix on Friday announced it has secured
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