For months, the assumption in both political and media circles was that the Netflix-Warner Bros-Paramount throuple’s argument would end in a bidding war. Paramount made an offer for Warner Bros. Netflix retained the contractual right to match. Paramount nudged its bid up by another dollar per share this week. Netflix had every legal right — […] The post KASSAM: Why Netflix Turned Tail and Abandoned Its Warner Bros Bid. appeared first on The National Pulse .
For months, the assumption in both political and media circles was that the Netflix-Warner Bros-Paramount throuple’s argument would end in a bidding war. Paramount made an offer for Warner Bros. Netflix retained the contractual right to match. Paramount nudged its bid up by another dollar per share this week. Netflix had every legal right — and more than enough cash — to respond. But in the end, Netflix backed down, in a victory for antitrust policy that will be studied and cited for years, perhaps decades, to come. Netflix has held more than $9 billion in cash for three consecutive years, so none of its retreat was about balance sheet capacity. Indeed, it was about a regulatory reality set in place by figures like the recently…Open
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Federal agencies may now have a Claude problem after President Trump's order to blacklist Anthropic from all government work amid a dispute over how the Pentagon can deploy its AI. Why it matters: If Trump's demands hold, Anthropic's federal business could stall overnight — and leave agencies scrambling to unwind major AI projects and pilots. Driving the news: Besides the Pentagon, public reports show that Claude is being used or piloted at: - The Department of Health and Human Services: Staff can securely query Claude, per FedScoop . - The Office of Personnel Management: Claude is listed in its AI inventory as in a pilot phase as of last year. - The Department of Energy: It's available across the Lawrence Livermore National…
Federal agencies may now have a Claude problem after President Trump's order to blacklist Anthropic from all government work amid a dispute over how the Pentagon can deploy its AI. Why it matters: If Trump's demands hold, Anthropic's federal business could stall overnight — and leave agencies scrambling to unwind major AI projects and pilots. Driving the news: Besides the Pentagon, public reports show that Claude is being used or piloted at: - The Department of Health and Human Services: Staff can securely query Claude, per FedScoop . - The Office of Personnel Management: Claude is listed in its AI inventory as in a pilot phase as of last year. - The Department of Energy: It's available across the Lawrence Livermore National…Open