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Thursday, April 30

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Netflix's copyright win over Tiger King funeral footage handed docuseries filmmakers a playbook for using found material without friction, while Paramount+ subscribers filed suit to block the Skydance-Warner Bros. merger on consumer standing grounds. One case clears the path for what gets made. The other tests whether audiences have legal weight to stop what gets bought. The merger will move forward or it won't, but the copyright ruling already changed the game.

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Sources: Anthropic potential $900B+ valuation round could happen within two weeks

Anthropic is moving a $900 billion round in 48 hours, collapsing months of negotiation into days and forcing every other AI company to recalibrate what a valuation actually means.

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    The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room

    Elon's own fixer may have handed opposing counsel the testimony that changes the case, turning courtroom procedure into the real liability.

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    Alphabet hits a milestone as it closes in on Nvidia

    Alphabet added $421 billion in a single day as cloud infrastructure and AI inference finally started moving the same needle at the same time, collapsing the gap between two tech companies the market had considered separate bets.

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    NBA calls for tighter prediction market restrictions

    The NBA wants to fence in prediction markets before they become the next vector for inside information, a recognition that integrity now lives downstream of where money actually moves.

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    Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus Makes Wall Street Cameo With Words Of Wisdom From Tim Cook

    Tim Cook brought his successor to earnings like a handoff in the open, signaling continuity through visibility instead of waiting for the official date.

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Sugar Rush is the daily commerce + culture brief from Sugar Capital, a seed-stage venture firm investing at the intersection of consumer, commerce, and culture.

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