June 2019

J.J. Abrams Said to Be Near $500 Million Deal With WarnerMedia

LOS ANGELES — Sign with us. We can offer you spectacular opportunities. Have I mentioned how brilliant you are? So went the courtship of the producer J.J. Abrams by Apple, NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia and other entertainment companies over the past six months, as the companies scrambled to secure creative content for their streaming services. The contest […]

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LAPD investigates officer’s actions in Costco shooting

The Los Angeles Police Department is gathering evidence and video footage in an administrative investigation into an off-duty officer who shot and killed a man authorities say attacked him inside a Southern California Costco Wholesale warehouse store. Authorities remained tight-lipped Sunday, not responding to requests for comment about what provoked the Friday night confrontation and

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The U.S. Has Its Eye on Big Tech. Will Criminal Inquiries Result?

Get the DealBook newsletter to make sense of major business and policy headlines — and the power-brokers who shape them.__________ With the federal government ramping up scrutiny of the power, influence and market dominance of the world’s largest technology companies, one interesting question will be whether any of the inquiries develops into a criminal investigation.

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