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Elon Musk has not purchased CNN. The news behind that claim is narrower: executives at Paramount have discussed asking Musk to join a group of investors as the company moves toward acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company. According to Semafor, which first reported the discussions, Musk was being considered as a potential investor. The report did not establish that he had agreed to invest, how much he might contribute or what rights he would receive. The distinc

A successful YouTube channel once meant a camera, a creator and enough advertising revenue to keep making videos. Today, a channel can be the foundation of a media company, with employees, sponsors, product lines and an audience larger than many television programs. For creators who find the right format, the jump from side project to substantial income can happen quickly. The scale is already significant. YouTube says its creative ecosystem contributed more than $60 billion

TAMPA — For decades, the American rental market revolved around a simple formula: one household, one apartment or one house. But soaring housing costs and changing lifestyles are helping revive an old concept with a modern business model—renting individual bedrooms instead of entire homes. Rooming houses, sometimes marketed today as co-living, shared housing or rent-by-the-room properties, are attracting both tenants looking for affordable housing and investors searching for

Julia Stewart’s career in the restaurant industry reads almost like a Hollywood screenplay: a teenage waitress works her way through corporate America, is passed over for the job she believes she was promised, walks away — and years later returns as the CEO of the company buying her former employer. Long before she was one of the most powerful women in the restaurant business, Stewart was a 16-year-old waitress at IHOP. The experience gave her an early education in customer s

TAMPA, Fla. — For decades, Tampa Bay's economy has been associated with tourism, real estate, health care, finance and the steady stream of new residents arriving in Florida. But a new national ranking suggests another industry is becoming increasingly important to the region: technology. Tampa-based nonprofit Tampa Bay Wave has been ranked the No. 3 startup accelerator in the United States in TIME's inaugural 2026 ranking of America's best startup incubators and accelerators

SpaceX has spent more than two decades transforming the economics of spaceflight, but its emergence as a publicly traded company has presented investors with a different challenge: determining how much that extraordinary growth is actually worth. Following its highly anticipated 2026 initial public offering, SpaceX shares experienced the kind of volatility often associated with companies surrounded by enormous expectations. The stock initially surged as investors rushed to ga

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Florida’s Space Coast is preparing for another major expansion as Blue Origin moves forward with a $600 million investment that could strengthen the state’s position not only as America’s premier launch destination, but also as a major center for aerospace manufacturing. The project, known as Project Horizon, calls for construction of an approximately 830,000-square-foot upper-stage manufacturing facility at Blue Origin’s Rocket Park campus near Cape Ca

For generations, building a successful business typically meant creating a product, opening a storefront, or providing a professional service. Today, an entirely new class of entrepreneurs has emerged—one that doesn't manufacture goods or operate retail locations. Instead, they build audiences. In the digital age, attention has become one of the world's most valuable commodities. Platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, podcasts, and email newsletters have transformed mi

Tampa's downtown waterfront is set to grow taller. Real estate developer Strategic Property Partners, backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' Cascade Investment LLC, filed plans this week for a new 33-story luxury residential tower at the corner of Water Street and Cumberland Avenue — the latest addition to the sprawling Water Street Tampa district. The 400-foot tower, which has not yet been named, will rise across the street from Predalina restaurant and Synovus Bank. Acc

When the streaming wars began, the battle appeared to be a race between Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Max, Hulu, Apple TV+, and a growing list of competitors. Nearly a decade later, the competition has become far more complex. Subscriber growth is slowing, prices are rising, and streaming companies are increasingly focused on profitability rather than simply adding customers. By most traditional measures, Netflix remains the industry leader. The company continues to h

For decades, industries such as print newspapers, DVD rental stores, traditional cable television, and brick-and-mortar video rental chains dominated the American economy. Today, many of those businesses are shrinking as consumers shift to digital services, streaming platforms, and online shopping. Retailers that failed to adapt to e-commerce have struggled, while businesses built around outdated technology continue to lose market share. As automation and artificial intellige

For decades, Lockheed Martin has been synonymous with cutting-edge military technology. As the world's largest defense contractor, the company continues to play a central role in developing the aircraft, missile systems, satellites, and advanced technologies that support the United States and its allies. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is best known for producing the F-35 Lightning II, one of the most advanced multirole fighter aircraft ever built. The st