Three Former Netflix Engineers Are Charged in $3 Million Insider-Trading Ring
Three former Netflix Inc. software engineers and two of their close associates were charged with insider trading, the U.S. Securities...
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Major Newspapers Push to Get Workers Out of Afghanistan
Top news organizations are continuing efforts to get their journalists out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Axel Springer in Talks to Buy Ownership Stake in Politico
Axel Springer SE is in talks to purchase an ownership stake in Washington, D.C., publisher Politico, according to people familiar...
Who Controls ‘Cruise’ Name? GM and Ford Battle It Out
A dispute between General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. over the name of their hands-free driving offerings has escalated...
NBC Draws Its Lowest Summer Olympics Ratings Ever for Tokyo Games
Olympic athletes like Caeleb Dressel, Suni Lee and Sydney McLaughlin helped the U.S. win the most gold medals at the...
In the Streaming Wars, Sony Stands on the Sidelines
In Hollywood’s streaming wars, the only major studio that doesn’t have its own service might also be the biggest arms...
Roku Pays to Be a Player
Investors got a painful reminder Wednesday that Roku is still in the hardware business. It has been easy to forget....
Facebook Cuts Off Access for NYU Research Into Political-Ad Targeting
Facebook Inc. cut off a New York University research project’s accounts and access to the platform, effectively shutting down a...
Tencent Sinks After China Denounces Online Gaming
Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. and rivals fell Tuesday after a state-owned Chinese newspaper criticized online gaming as “opium for...
Cable, Internet Companies Stand to Gain From Broadband Funding in Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON—The $1 trillion infrastructure bill moving through the Senate this week stands to be a windfall for cable and fiber-optic...
Masks Are Back On at Home Depot, McDonald’s and Target
The masks are back. On Monday, Home Depot Corp. , McDonald’s Corp , Target Corp. and Facebook Inc. said they...
Succession Drama Grips Scholastic: CEO’s Sudden Death, an Office Romance and a Surprise Will
The longtime head of Scholastic Corp., M. Richard Robinson Jr., died suddenly in June on a walk in Martha’s Vineyard....
Walmart, Disney to Require Vaccines for Certain Workers
Walmart Inc. and Walt Disney Co. are requiring certain workers to get vaccinated for Covid-19 amid a shift in federal...
WSJ News Exclusive | MyPillow to Pull Ads From Fox News in Disagreement With Network
The chief executive of MyPillow Inc., one of Fox News’s big advertisers, said he is pulling his ads from the...
Ratings for Olympics Opening Ceremony Fall 36% From 2016
The kickoff of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo drew about 17 million viewers in the U.S. on Friday on NBC,...
Netflix Signals No Acquisition Plans as It Adds 1.5 Million Subscribers
The streaming giant told investors Tuesday that while its competition is growing and rivals are combining to create more formidable...
Toyota Scraps Plans for Olympics Ads in Japan During Games
TOKYO— Toyota Motor Corp. TM -1.03% said Monday that it wouldn’t run advertisements in Japan connected to the Olympics during...
AT&T, Dish Strike $5 Billion Deal to Support Boost Mobile
AT&T Inc. T -2.17% struck a deal to carry Dish Network Corp.’s DISH -0.81% existing cellphone customers over its wireless...
AMC Settles ‘Walking Dead’ Lawsuit for $200 Million
The complaint against AMC Networks regarding profits from the hit show ‘The Walking Dead’ was filed in 2013. Photo: Gene...
WSJ News Exclusive | Facebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data Laws
HONG KONG— Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they could...
