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Month: May 2023

Meta sells Giphy for $53M to Shutterstock after UK blocked GIF platform purchase

WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shutterstock said Tuesday it’s buying Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million, the final step to unwind the deal blocked by British regulators, who prevented the Facebook owner from purchasing the GIF-sharing platform over competition concerns. The stock image service said it’s paying cash for Giphy, which has

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Meta sells Giphy for $53M to Shutterstock after UK blocked GIF platform purchase

WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Shutterstock said Tuesday it’s buying Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million, the final step to unwind the deal blocked by British regulators, who prevented the Facebook owner from purchasing the GIF-sharing platform over competition concerns. The stock image service said it’s paying cash for Giphy, which has

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GOP megadonor Harlan Crow declines to answer Democrats’ questions about financial ties to Clarence Thomas

By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A lawyer for GOP megadonor Harlan Crow told Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin that his committee did not have “the authority to investigate Mr. Crow’s personal friendship with Justice Clarence Thomas,” in a letter Monday night obtained by CNN. Crow declined to answer specific questions

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How DeSantis plans to jolt the GOP presidential primary and seize back the narrative

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In the early days of his governorship, Ron DeSantis, still largely unknown to even the people who elected him, barnstormed across Florida’s 65,000 square miles, popping up almost daily in a different community to announce new initiatives or unexpected actions. News outlets, opposition Democrats and fellow Republicans unaccustomed to

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Damar Hamlin ‘has not been practicing,’ says Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott; safety continues ‘to take it one day at a time’

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Damar Hamlin “has not been practicing” but is “in the building working,” Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott said in a press conference on Tuesday. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest after making a tackle and appearing to be hit with a helmet in his chest during the first quarter

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Tesla might have just released its first-ever ad

CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla has released what is possibly its first-ever commercial, a week after Elon Musk announced the company was going to “try a little advertising and see how it goes.” The 2-minute video, posted on the Twitter account for Tesla Asia, is a driver testimonial

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