The automaker formerly known as Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday announced plans to invest $13 billion over four years in the U.S. and add more than 5,000 jobs here.
Why it matters: Stellantis is moving to mitigate the impact of President Trump's tariffs on its business by locating more production locally.
BDG Media, the parent company to fashion and lifestyle publications such as Bustle, Nylon and Scary Mommy, expects to be profitable this year and earn up to $130 million in revenue, its CEO and founder Bryan Goldberg tells Axios.
Last year it earned around $110 million in revenue, he said.
Why it matters: A few years ago, Goldberg was focused on scaling his portfolio to take the company public or sell it. Now, he's leaning into BDG's niche brands to grow memberships around social influencers.
The New York Sun, which relaunched under its new owner and publisher Dovid Efune in 2022, is reviving the storied paper's print edition for the first time since 2008.
Why it matters: Print has seen a resurgence in magazines in recent years, but newspapers have rarely revived print editions in an era of declining circulation.
Never has communicating internally and externally been more important to U.S. companies. Never has it been harder.
And never have most people been worse at it.
Why it matters: Our minds and attention are so scattered, so hypnotized by our phones — and so atomized across social media, podcasts and web-based platforms — that grabbing them is virtually impossible.
Netflix has partnered with Spotify to bring select video podcasts to its platform starting in early 2026, the companies announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: The deal brings a new content category to Netflix and creates another distribution model for Spotify's growing video podcast business as the format grows in popularity.
Two conservative newsrooms — Newsmax and the Washington Times — so far have joined a slew of national news organizations in refusing to sign an agreement with the Pentagon that could limit journalists' rights to gather or report information not officially authorized for release.
Why it matters: Press freedom groups decried the Pentagon's new media restrictions, arguing they appear "designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution for simply doing our jobs," per the Pentagon Press Association.
Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, on Tuesday joined a chorus of news outlets refusing to sign an agreement with the Pentagon that could limit journalists' rights to gather or report information not officially authorized for release.
Why it matters: It's a huge rebuke of the Pentagon's efforts to silence the press. In addition to Fox News, other conservative-leaning outlets, including Newsmax and the Washington Times, have also indicated they won't sign the pledge.
All it took was one post from President Trump to send the crypto market into a spiral Friday, driving $19 billion in liquidations against people making future bets in the market.
Why it matters: Friday's shock was bad, but the real extent of any lasting damage will likely become clearer over the next few days — if battered trading firms are forced into more large-scale selling.
Buying a car is the second-biggest purchase most Americans will ever make — and it can be one of the most complicated. Between choices in models, financing and paperwork, the process can be overwhelming.
The Los Angeles Times aims to raise up to $500 million by selling private shares to accredited investors ahead of its plans to go public by 2027, according to a public investor presentation.
Why it matters: The paper would need to convince investors that its future plans are compelling and lucrative in order to survive a challenging public market for media companies.
Glue, an aspiring Slack killer co-founded last year by White House AI czar David Sacks, has raised $20 million in Series A funding.
What they're saying: CEO Evan Owen explains that Glue has refocused around MCP (model context protocol), after learning that it was an "uphill battle" to get all of a company's internal information synced.
Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay upwards of $965 million to acquire Industry Ventures, a 25-year-old firm that focuses on direct VC, indirect VC, and VC secondaries.
Why it matters: Wall Street keeps digging deeper into alternatives, particularly as successful startups shun the public markets.
Walmart is teaming up with OpenAI to turn shopping into a conversation — letting customers plan meals, restock essentials and check out directly through ChatGPT.
Why it matters: The world's largest retailer's new OpenAI partnership signals the arrival of "agentic commerce" — where AI doesn't just answer questions but anticipates what shoppers need next.
A new report from JPMorgan Chase warns that AI will shake up global alliances, stoke fresh populism and change the rules of war in the century ahead.
Why it matters: The report, first seen by Axios, says the U.S. is dominating the worldwide AI race. Efforts to maintain that dominance are ushering in new, uncomfortable norms.
Visa is prepping for AI holiday shoppers with a new "Trusted Agent Protocol" that helps retailers distinguish legitimate AI shopping agents from malicious bots, the payments giant exclusively told Axios.
Why it matters: AI-fueled shopping is rising fast and Visa's move could lay the groundwork for "agentic commerce" — when your digital assistant can safely browse, compare and buy on your behalf.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is set to announce the Trump administration's fusion roadmap at a Tuesday industry gathering, according to DOE officials.
Why it matters: Fusion — the power of the stars — is still early in its development, and federal government support will likely be essential for it to ever actually exist.
New articles generated by AI briefly outnumbered those written by humans online, but the two are now roughly equal, per a new report from SEO firm Graphite.
Why it matters: Researchers have long feared that if AI-made content online overwhelms human-created material, large language models could choke on their own exhaust and collapse.
