WTF is AI citation tracking?
Publishers are tracking AI citations to understand visibility, attribution gaps and referral traffic in these tools and platforms.
Digiday 
Ad Tech Briefing: Platforms’ measurement transparency moves into view
Zefr plans to make viewability free to advertisers in the industry’s walled gardens amid growing calls for more thorough verification.
Paramount's $108 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is big — but not the biggest-ever hostile takeover attempted
In seeking to buy Warner Brothers for $108 billion, Paramount is making one of the top ten largest hostile takeover bids in history.
Business Insider 
FDA recalls blood pressure medication over cholesterol drug contamination
Glenmark's Ziac blood pressure tablets contaminated with cholesterol drug ezetimibe prompts FDA recall affecting multiple bottle sizes nationwide.
FOX Business 
Google Cloud CEO lays out 3-part strategy to meet AI’s energy demands after identifying it as the ‘most problematic thing’
Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm AI conference, Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian discussed how the company thinks about energy and data centers.
FORTUNE 
Paramount rips Warner’s sale ‘process’ as it reveals 2-year-long pursuit, escalating bids before going hostile
Warner "did not provide a single markup of a single transaction document" or engage in any back-and-forth negotiation for months, its jilted suitor said.
Pepsi to cut product offering nearly 20% in deal with $4 billion activist Elliott
In a joint statement, Elliott Partner Marc Steinberg said it is confident that PepsiCo can create value for shareholders as it executes on its new plan.
Trump greenlights Nvidia AI chip exports to China, touts 25% US share
Trump partially reverses Biden-era restrictions, allowing NVIDIA to export H200 AI chips to China under national security conditions in major policy shift.
Trump Insists Tariffs Will Buoy the Economy and Ease Cost Concerns
The president rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers as he makes the case that his policy is working — or will soon.
NYT Business 
Cursor developed an internal AI Help Desk that handles 80% of its employees’ support tickets says the $29 billion startup’s CEO
The AI coding-assistant start-up isn't just using artificial intelligence to help developers write code, it's deploying AI across its own internal operations, CEO Michael Truell said at Fortune's Brainstorm AI conference.
Trump says he’ll allow Nvidia to sell advanced chips to ‘approved customers’ in China
Trump said on social media that he had informed China's leader Xi Jinping about his decision and “President Xi responded positively!”
Jimmy Kimmel signs ABC extension through 2027
ABC has aired Kimmel's late-night show since 2003, during a time of upheaval in the industry and, recently, much criticism from President Trump.
How to get Luke Combs tickets: Las Vegas, Nashville, London, and more
Luke Combs' My Kind of Saturday Night world tour kicks off next March in Las Vegas. Ticket prices start at $71.
Federal Judge Finds Trump’s Halt on Offshore Wind Is Illegal
The president ordered a stop to permits for all wind farms in federal waters. A judge called that “capricious.”
Netflix CEO brushes aside Paramount’s ‘entirely expected’ hostile bid, ‘super confident’ of closing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery
The Netflix Co-CEO also said he's talked with the president "many times" since the election and he'll be good to movie theaters once he’s running a studio.
Exclusive: Glean hits $200 million ARR, up from $100 million nine months back
Glean, an enterprise AI unicorn, has hit $200 million in annual recurring revenue, CEO Arvind Jain said at Fortune's Brainstorm AI conference.