Brie Manakul

Monetization. Fmr. @tiktok_us @mashable / @nick. Advisor @rebelgirlsbook. From the city of fountains. Probably out for a run.🏃🏽‍♀️

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

Paramount is prepared — if necessary — to divest some children’s TV network assets to help win EU approval of its $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. https://t.co/liRmX12Bov

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Breaking: Anthropic has filed for an IPO, setting it on a path to go public as early as this fall https://t.co/kw0oQUgS4d

[Alex Sherman @sherman4949]

Vox Media deal is done. James Murdoch’s Lupa is acquiring New York Mag, the Vox Media Podcast Network, and Vox. Those properties will form a new media company under Lupa ownership, which will carry the Vox Media. Jim Bankoff will serve as its CEO when the transaction closes.

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

Brilliant move on @PublicisGroupe’s part. https://t.co/CsFqBFpYzH

[ADWEEK @Adweek]

.@TikTok_US will begin welcoming third-party AI agents that allow advertisers to use AI agents for autonomous campaign development and management. https://t.co/HfIUVOeL6a

[Variety @Variety]

Byron Allen is buying BuzzFeed — investing $120 million in the digital media company — and will become CEO.

BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti will be succeeded by Byron Allen, while Peretti transitions to a newly created role as president of BuzzFeed AI.

https://t.co/3G2XyaJUPe

[Myles @MylesEhrlich]

INBOX: Roku announced the launch of the WNBA Zone, a new, streamlined destination created in partnership w/ the W. The Zone centralizes live matchups, scores, highlights & more in one intuitive location, making it easier than ever for streamers to find league content. Avail. now!

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

OpenAI launches self-serve ad platform https://t.co/qwwRyYtkH2

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year that has since fallen from public view. https://t.co/1ecNQpiOI8

[Jessica Lessin @Jessicalessin]

Exclusive.

Kalanick is preparing a new self-driving car company with backing from Uber and with Anthony Levandowski.

This was not on my bingo card.

Developing and will update.

https://t.co/gtDxSpLsmz

[Trishla Ostwal @trishlaostwal]

Scooplet: @OpenAI is testing an Ads Manager with a small group of partners as its ChatGPT ads pilot takes shape. Early data: some brands see CTRs below 1%, far behind Google Search.
Still, its early days for OAI's ads to be as effective as Google’s.

https://t.co/4rgouH7O4M

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

@CoinDesk @Meta @moltbook Congrats @benparr!

[Catherine Perloff @catherineperlo1]

Scoop: The Trade Desk and OpenAI are in talks for an ad sales partnership.
W/@srimuppidi

https://t.co/gldClsKCE5

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has injected $1 billion into Pinterest, which Pinterest will use to help fund a $3.5 billion share-buyback program https://t.co/F9nGWkcXVZ via @WSJ

[Sara Fischer @sarafischer]

Paramount says it will combine HBO Max and Paramount+ after merger https://t.co/nn1Ig1qccJ

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

@film_girl Amen

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

The revised proposal includes an increased purchase price of $31.00 per WBD share in cash, plus a daily ticking fee equal to $0.25 per quarter beginning after September 30, 2026, as well as a $7 billion regulatory termination fee payable by PSKY in the event the transaction does not close due to regulatory matters, payment by PSKY of the $2.8 billion termination fee that WBD would be required to pay to Netflix to terminate the existing Netflix Merger Agreement, an obligation to contribute additional equity funding to the extent needed to support the solvency certificate required by PSKY’s lending banks, and a “Company Material Adverse Effect” definition that excludes the performance of WBD’s Global Linear Networks business https://t.co/ldJNSVcWeP

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

Amazon Gives Entertainment Giants a New TikTok-Fighting Tool: AI-Powered Vertical Video Tech https://t.co/febTqOVApk via @thr

[Brie Manakul @Brie]

Exclusive: Candle Media sells ATTN: back to its co-founders https://t.co/ULrxceFbWU

[Lucas Shaw @Lucas_Shaw]

Your next Disney CEO: Josh D’Amaro, barring a surprise twist.

The Disney board has aligned behind the theme parks chief and is expected to vote him in this week, per @tgbuckley

https://t.co/2kOpbVAu6k