David Ellison Goes Nuclear With Threat to Move Paramount Out of California — Is It a Stunt?
If Paramount actually relocates, the film industry loses its last argument that geography still matters, which is either liberation or surrender depending on what you build next.
- 02WGA Says David Ellison's Threat That Paramount Will Leave California Over AG's Antitrust Lawsuit 'Proves The Danger Of Its Outsized Power'
Ellison's threat to move Paramount out of California over an antitrust suit is a power play that confirms exactly what the WGA fears, a studio willing to weaponize relocation against a state regulator.
Deadline2026-08-12 - 03Data centres drive up US emissions
US data centres now consume enough power to rival small nations, which means the infrastructure keeping AI hype operational is itself a climate liability, and nobody's pricing that into the venture math.
Macrobusiness2026-08-12 - 04South Korea's AI Investment Plans
South Korea is bankrolling its AI bet with up to a trillion won next year, a fiscal commitment that reads less as infrastructure and more as a wager that the country cannot afford to sit still.
Bloomberg Technology2026-08-12 - 05Rutschman activated, making debut for Red Sox
Rutschman's Red Sox debut is a midseason gamble on catching depth, not a win-now move, which means Boston is still building around September rather than August.
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