Warner Bros. Discovery goes up for sale, if you’ve got a spare $45 billion

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), one of the world’s largest media conglomerates, has announced it is putting itself up for sale (thanks, NBC). A press release announced “a review of strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value” following “unsolicited interest” from “multiple parties for both the entire company and Warner Bros.” The news caused an immediate spike…

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In case we needed a visceral reminder just how screwed memory prices are thanks to AI, Samsung and SK hynix are apparently raising prices by up to 30%

I don’t own a crystal ball, but if I did, I’m sure it would be telling me all about memory prices continuing to climb. No doubt those will be the words tumbling along the semiconductor industry winds for some time. The latest on this front, in case we needed any more evidence, is that according…

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As FBC: Firebreak fails to recover from its disastrous launch and profit warnings are issued to shareholders, the CEO of Remedy Entertainment is stepping down

It’s been a strange few years for Remedy Entertainment. On the one hand, it’s more independent and successful than ever before. With less reliance on publisher investment, it’s been able to develop and expand its studio-owned properties into a connected universe, and move towards self-publishing. And it’s produced some of its most critically acclaimed games…

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