Massive Media Merger, Twitter’s Subscription Service and Cannabis Consolidation

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Massive Media Merger, Twitter’s Subscription Service and Cannabis Consolidation

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AT&T spinning off WarnerMedia to form a new company with Discovery. We'll get a look at the massive media merger and the companies that could be ripe for the next deal.
And Twitter goes blue, Tim Cook takes the stand and millennials hate home ownership. That's in today's Rapid Fire.
Plus, cannabis company Columbia Care posted record profits as marijuana use soared in 2020...the CEO weighs in on its retail revamp, industry consolidation and legalization.

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