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Warner Bros. Discovery plans to split into two public companies by next year, the media giant announced Monday, the latest upheaval in the industry as consumers transition from cable to streaming.WBD will separate into a streaming and studios company, which will include its movie properties and streaming service HBO Max, and a global networks company, which will include CNN, TNT Sports and Discovery, among other businesses.CEO David Zaslav will lead the streaming and studios company. Current CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels will become CEO of the global networks business.Warner Bros. Discovery expects to complete the split by the middle of 2026.”By operating…

Staying current in a world that’s rapidly evolving isn’t easy. Just ask Google Cloud’s chief technology officer, Will Grannis, who says he’s been at it for a few decades.Keeping up with the times amid the AI revolution doesn’t mean ditching what you’ve learned in the past, though. Grannis said a lot of the “core pillars” that prior generations learned are still relevant, even if the modality has shifted.”You still have to understand, you know, how computers work, how data stores work,” the Google Cloud CTO told Business Insider in an interview. “Because that context will allow you to think about…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristina Bouweiri, owner of Reston Limousine. It has been edited for length and clarity.I never planned on being in the limousine industry. I thought I’d follow in my father’s footsteps and join the Foreign Service. I was born in Japan and spent 20 years living overseas because of his job. I studied international affairs in college, worked on women’s empowerment projects in Somalia, and planned to make an impact in the nonprofit world.But when I returned to the US, the only job I could find was 100% commission sales. One of…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Risher, the 59-year-old CEO of Lyft based in San Francisco. It’s been edited for length and clarity.After I joined the board of Lyft four years ago, I was asked to apply to be CEO. At first, I said no, but the more I thought about it, the more excited I got.I wanted to bring the competitive spirit I learned at Microsoft, where I’d started my career and the customer obsession I’d learned from working with Jeff Bezos at Amazon, where I was a VP of product development. I also wanted to bring…

Federal judges have stood as checks on President Trump’s power — but law clerks say behind closed doors, some created toxic, fear-driven workplaces where speaking out could end a career. Xinyue Chen for NPR hide caption toggle caption Xinyue Chen for NPR There are unwritten rules for some young law clerks who go to work for federal judges. One of them is an expectation to eat lunch together every day. Another is to stay for drinks, often late into the evening, when the judge says so. Some nights stretch past midnight. And those social settings can be anything but relaxed.…

Donald Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days in office than any other modern president has done during the same time period. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The United States is currently dealing with multiple emergencies at once, according to President Trump’s administration. There’s a national emergency at the southern border, an energy emergency and an economic emergency, to name a few — and the president has used these to enact some of his most wide-reaching policies, from pushing fossil fuel production to seeking to complete the…

Shaffan Mustafa was laid off for the first time in 2020. Four years later, in January 2024, the software engineer in Ohio was laid off again. Then, in September, he was let go from a contract job. “I wish I could say I didn’t have experience with layoffs, but unfortunately, I have a bit too much,” he tells me.The first time, he found it depressing. It took him 10 months of scouring job boards and hundreds of unanswered applications before he landed his next role at a local consulting company. The second time, says the 29-year-old, “I was still sad…

When people think of the Jersey Shore, the MTV reality show might come to mind. Gym, tan, laundry; fist pumping, and nightclubs. But a small beachside city is drawing a more chic crowd to the beaches of New Jersey, and redefining what the shore looks like in the process.Long Branch, New Jersey, which is an hour’s drive from Trenton and a similar distance from Manhattan, has largely kept its small-town charm. But a transformation is afoot, and sisters Jennifer and Michele Maybaum have seen it up close.”We’ve really seen the evolution of Long Branch going from a, you could say,…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldUS state and local governments are selling municipal bonds at a record pace on fears that Congress could partially pay for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” by cutting a tax break for airports, hospitals and affordable housing projects.Tax-exempt US municipal bond sales were estimated at $19bn in the past week, according to JPMorgan. That marks the second-best week on record and keeps municipal issuers, which have already sold more than $220bn in debt so far in 2025, on pace…

For about 2,000 artists and creative arts workers in Ireland, a weekly stipend provided through a basic income program has been a lifeline for years.Now, it’s almost over.The pilot program began in 2022 under Catherine Martin, Ireland’s former minister for tourism and culture. Martin allocated about $28 million to the arts sector following the COVID-19 pandemic.Participants were randomly chosen and given an unconditional stipend of €325, or about $370, weekly for three years. During that time, participants met periodically via Zoom to discuss how the additional income had affected their livelihoods, careers, and ability to meet basic needs.The final session…