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Netflix has announced the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery assets in a major cash and stock deal valued at about 82.7 billion dollars, marking one of the biggest takeovers in the entertainment industry. Both companies announced the agreement on Friday, confirming that Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and TV studios, HBO and HBO Max. The deal will only be completed after Warner Bros. Discovery separates its Global… Read the full article here

“By copying The Times’s copyrighted content and creating substitutive output derived from its works, obviating the need for users to visit The Times’s website or purchase its newspaper, Perplexity is misappropriating substantial subscription, advertising, licensing, and affiliate revenue opportunities that belong rightfully and exclusively to The Times,” the lawsuit states.The NYT is seeking damages and is also asking the court to permanently block the AI startup from engaging in its… Read the full article here

US attorneys representing the federal government have requested that a judge send Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to prison for 12 years at his sentencing hearing next week.In a Thursday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, prosecutors asked that a judge sentence Kwon “to a term of twelve years’ imprisonment and finalize the forfeiture of his criminal proceeds.” The filing came about four months after the Terraform co-founder pleaded guilty to two… Read the full article here

Dorit Kemsley and Kyle Richards have been joined at the hip throughout The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — but their friendship has taken quite the turn. Season 13 followed the cracks in their relationship, with Dorit expressing concerns that Kyle was prioritizing other friends over her. The following month, things between the Bravo stars started to escalate when Kyle suggested that Dorit was exaggerating the nature of their friendship, citing a… Read the full article here

The world will turn to Washington, D.C., today (Friday) as FIFA conducts the Final Draw for the 2026 World Cup. Unfortunately, one of the sport’s traditional heavyweights is missing from the excitement — Nigeria. For the second consecutive time, the Super Eagles will watch the biggest showpiece from afar, reduced to spectators while nations with far fewer resources take their place on the global stage. A draw without the Super Eagles Today’s ceremony at the John F…. Read the full article here

TikTok has announced the lineup of music stars and creators set to ignite the 2025 TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa, scheduled for Saturday. The platform promises an evening of high-energy performances, cultural celebration, and creator brilliance, as some of the most influential voices on TikTok this year take the stage. Attendees, drawn from across the continent’s top creators, brand partners, and media, will be treated to live performances from breakout artists whose sounds… Read the full article here

The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has announced plans for a nationwide unclad protest to demand payment of outstanding pension increment arrears and palliative allowances. Mr. Mukaila Ogunbote, the coalition’s National Chairman and Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NIPOST Chapter, said the protest is scheduled for December 8 unless the Federal Government settles the arrears of a N32,000 pension increment and a N25,000 palliative allowance approved in… Read the full article here

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared that he’s still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike’s comment followed his expulsion from the party by the faction led by National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki. Turaki had formally dispatched expulsion certificates to 11 prominent party chieftains, including Wike, former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, Umaru Bature, Kamarudeen Ajibade, SAN, Abdurahman… Read the full article here

The Department of State Services has arrested a medical doctor ferrying drugs from Sokoto to kidnappers in parts of Kwara State. Security sources disclosed that the doctor was intercepted in the Jebba area of Moro Local Government of the state, following intelligence reports about the activities of the kidnappers and their couriers. The secret service revealed that the criminal gangs appear desperate for medical care following gunshot wounds sustained in encounters with… Read the full article here

Nigerian Afrobeats singer Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has taunted his colleague Davido after his album Morayo emerged as Apple Music’s most streamed album of 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa. Morayo beat Davido’s 5ive, which ranks at number two on the list. Before the release of his project, Davido had boasted that his album would overshadow those released before it. Many believed it was a shade at Wizkid, who had released an album during the same… Read the full article here