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4 days agoPress Freedom Groups Accuse Larry Ellison of Promising Trump Admin He'd Fire CNN Anchors if He Acquires Warner Bros
Press freedom groups allege Larry Ellison promised favors to the Trump administration to secure regulatory approval for a CNN parent takeover.
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5 days agoMark Ruffalo Calls on State AGs to Stop Paramount-WBD Merger
Hollywood consolidation into larger corporate giants enables harmful cost-cutting, and blocking the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger on antitrust grounds can protect competition and creative risk-taking.
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2 months agoWho Gets to Run CNN? Iran War Media Fight, Hegseth Problems
Media industry speculation centers on who will lead CNN after the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, with Bari Weiss emerging as the likely choice despite concerns about her management capabilities and punctuality.
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4 months agoNetflix and Paramount deals are both wrong for Warner Bros Discovery and democracy
Donald Trump wants CNN sold. He has said so repeatedly and publicly, demanding it should be sold in any deal involving Warner Bros Discovery. Now one of America's largest media companies is racing to oblige him, while another looks to consolidate its power. Wednesday's House judiciary hearing on streaming competition where lawmakers voiced concern over the Trump administration's influence and a potential merger's toll on consumers made clear just how dangerous both options are for free speech, audiences and democracy itself.
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4 months agoNetflix co-CEO says he doesn't read business books-instead, he reads one 1902 novella about a ship and its captain 'over and over again' | Fortune
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos uses Joseph Conrad's Typhoon as a recurring leadership guide, valuing fiction's lessons over traditional business books.
fromDigiday
4 months ago'The year where the dust settles': Digiday editors share 2026 predictions
Joseph: The big one is OpenAI and their long-gestating advertising plans. Will be interesting to see if they're too late on that, given that Google is set to launch their own play at some point this year. And unlike OpenAI, they have a playbook that is tried and tested - battle hardened. That will be the big thing.
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fromBusiness Insider
4 months agoRead the letter Netflix's co-CEOs sent staffers to reassure them about its bid to buy Warner Bros.
A combined Netflix and Warner Bros. will expand consumer choice, strengthen creative distribution, and protect jobs while promoting growth and innovation across the entertainment industry.
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5 months agoA bidding war for one of America's biggest media companies is colliding with Trump-era power - Poynter
Paramount launched a hostile $30-per-share all-cash bid valuing Warner Bros. Discovery at just over $108 billion, directly challenging Netflix’s earlier $83 billion offer.
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fromFast Company
5 months agoParamount Skydance launches a hostile takeover bid in last-ditch effort to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount Skydance launched a hostile takeover bid to block Netflix's planned $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., escalating a multi-billion media acquisition battle.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 months agoDaily Mail owner strikes 500 million deal to buy The Telegraph
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At
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6 months agoThey wanted him to fail': CBS staff reacts to huge loss' as John Dickerson exits
The Independent depends on donations to fund on-the-ground, paywall-free journalism across political lines, enabling reporters to investigate and report developing stories.
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6 months agoEx-60 Minutes Producer Reveals Blunt Reply to Bosses' Demand After Kamala Harris Interview
Paramount pressured 60 Minutes to apologize over a Kamala Harris interview amid a Skydance merger, prompting executive Bill Owens to resign over editorial interference.
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7 months agoAlways Be Closing; 'Sadsung' Fridges | AdExchanger
During an Air Force One press briefing on Thursday, President Trump criticized network evening shows, complaining that "all they do is hit Trump. They're licensed. They're not allowed to do that." And back in July, Trump responded to Colbert's cancellation by saying that Kimmel was next. Not for nothing, but it was also in July when Paramount narrowly won approval from the FCC for its now-completed merger with Skydance.
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7 months agoTrump suggests a TikTok deal is close as he reveals crunch talks with Xi Jinping while the Ellisons wait in the wings | Fortune
U.S. and Chinese officials reached a deal enabling TikTok's sale to American interests, potentially involving Larry Ellison and the Ellison family's expanding media acquisitions.
fromVulture
8 months agoWhat Paramount Buying Warner Bros. Could Mean for Hollywood
Paramount Skydance, backed by the family of CEO David Ellison, is getting ready to make a bid to take over all of Warner Bros. Discovery before the two companies can go through with their plan to split, per a new report from The Wall Street Journal. If such a deal happens, it would put networks as diverse as CBS, CNN, TCM, and MTV under one roof and result in the combination of two historic Hollywood studios, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros.
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