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Foursquare Helped Define the Social Internet. Seventeen Years Later, Its Shareholders Got Nothing.
Once a symbol of startup innovation, Foursquare has been acquired by an advertising technology company. Co-founder Dennis Crowley says the deal paid its shareholders nothing, raising uncomfortable questions about how the technology industry measures success.
By Social Storytellers Collective News Desk · October 20, 2026
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The Warner Bros. Deal Is Closed. Now the Consolidation Starts.
Paramount won Warner Bros. Discovery with a $111 billion deal. The next phase is less about who owns HBO, CNN and Paramount+…
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Apple Didn’t Buy Huxe. It Hired the People and Licensed the Technology.
The deal gives Apple access to talent and technology behind personalized AI audio as Spotify and other platforms push podcasting beyond shows…
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Paramount and Warner Bros. Are One Company. Now Comes the $6 Billion Savings Plan.
Skydance brings major studios, streaming services and news networks under one owner. The next decisions will determine who keeps a job, who…
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People Don’t Experience the Economy Through a Spreadsheet. They Experience It at the Pump.
Gasoline, eggs and groceries have become everyday measures of economic confidence. With Election Day next week, their political power comes from how often Americans see those prices, not from how…
By Will Davison Jr. · October 29, 2026
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Once a symbol of startup innovation, Foursquare has been acquired by an advertising technology company. Co-founder Dennis Crowley says the deal paid its shareholders nothing, raising uncomfortable questions about how the technology industry measures success.
IonQ is using a $1.3 billion deal to build out the security side of its quantum-computing strategy.
Paramount won Warner Bros. Discovery with a $111 billion deal. The next phase is less about who owns HBO, CNN and Paramount+ than what happens when one company starts eliminating overlap across all of them.
The deal gives Apple access to talent and technology behind personalized AI audio as Spotify and other platforms push podcasting beyond shows made for mass audiences.
Skydance brings major studios, streaming services and news networks under one owner. The next decisions will determine who keeps a job, who gets a project funded and how much choice survives the consolidation.