| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2026 | FCC grants Paramount’s indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyout | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
CHICAGO (AP) — As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countri... |
| 12.09.2026 | Oracle is betting big on AI and debt. Now Larry Ellison could cash in $7.5 billion | Larry Ellison has adopted a trading plan that could allow him to sell as many as 50 million Oracle shares, worth about $7.5 billion at the current price, CNBC reported. Oracle's aggressive push into artificial intelligence infrastructure is... |
| 28.08.2026 | Imax says it’s open to a sale. Why is no one buying? | In December, Imax CEO Rich Gelfond opened the door to a sale. Yet, no major suitors have appeared despite the company’s record box office success and strong stock growth.
Major studios, including Disney, Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros... |
| 26.08.2026 | California AG says no settlement talks scheduled with Paramount | Previous
FILE PHOTO: The Paramount logo is shown on a structure at the Paramount studio lot in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: California Attorney General Rob Bonta hold... |
| 26.08.2026 | Lost in limbo: Where the Paramount merger delay leaves WBD, and what may come next | Warner Bros. Discovery’s fate has been in limbo for more than a year — from an initial move to split the company to a tense sale process to the now-delayed closing of its acquisition by Paramount Skydance.
While the company can run its busi... |
| 25.08.2026 | 5 Things to Know
U.S. economic offense, Lego’s record revenue, Nvidia’s losing streak and more in Morning Squawk | This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.
Happy Tuesday. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is having trouble with the last step of his Warner Bros. Discovery purchase, as a group o... |
| 24.08.2026 | California AG Rob Bonta cancels Paramount settlement meeting, citing ‘lack of good faith’ | California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled a Monday meeting with Paramount to discuss its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Bonta is leading a group of states in suing to block Paramount Skydance’s planned merger with WBD on antitrust... |
| 24.08.2026 | 5 Things to Know
Canada tariffs, Bessent’s buyback funding, Scott Kirby’s plans for United and more in Morning Squawk | This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.
Happy Monday. As Coca-Cola works to automate dirty soda and refreshers, CNBC’s Amelia Lucas takes readers inside the secretive labs where the... |
| 24.08.2026 | Paramount CEO David Ellison is at the final hurdle before buying WBD. So far, he can’t clear it | An antitrust challenge by a group of state attorneys general has left Paramount CEO David Ellison hunting for avenues to get his deal for Warner Bros. Discovery done.
Ellison, who has taken his argument public in a New York Times op-ed, has... |
| 24.08.2026 | A media M&A chill: The Paramount-WBD antitrust challenge may hold up more deals than one | Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been delayed by an antitrust lawsuit brought by state attorneys general, led by California’s Rob Bonta.
Media executives and onlookers say the threat of in... |
| 22.08.2026 | Paramount, California AG office reportedly plan to meet Monday to discuss settling WBD lawsuit | Representatives for Paramount Skydance and the State of California are set to meet Monday to discuss a settlement of the antitrust lawsuit aimed at blocking Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, The New York Times reported.
It is ... |
| 21.08.2026 | 5 Things to Know
Bessent’s ‘toolkit,’ American brands in China, data center backlash and more in Morning Squawk | This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.
Happy Friday. Another week, another ownership deal for a major league sports team. Two sources told CNBC that private equity firm Arctos agre... |
| 20.08.2026 | California AG tells CNBC that settling Paramount-WBD lawsuit would require ‘robust structural remedies’ | California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he believes a lawsuit he filed with other states seeking to block the Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is a “black-and-white” antitrust case.
Bonta said the states’ main argume... |
| 17.08.2026 | What will TV look like in three years? Media insiders share their predictions | CNBC asked media executives, including Jimmy Pitaro, Chris Winfrey, Anjali Sud and Jeff Zucker, for their predictions about what the TV market will look like in three years.
These insiders weighed in on government regulation, sports ratings... |
| 17.08.2026 | Paramount seeks $1.88 billion bond from state AGs to cover costs of WBD merger delay | Paramount is requesting a judge force the states that filed an antitrust lawsuit against its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to pay the fees associated with delaying the close of the deal.
A trial between Paramount and the group of state... |
| 17.08.2026 | Prediction market traders see roughly 1-in-4 odds Paramount’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery fails | Traders on prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket think there’s about 1-in-4 likelihood that Paramount Skydance fails to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery by July 2027.
Those odds are higher than they were before 12 states sued to b... |
| 06.08.2026 | Warner Bros. Discovery reports 10% jump in streaming revenue ahead of proposed Paramount combination | Warner Bros. Discovery reported strong revenue growth with HBO Max in its second-quarter earnings Thursday.
The company is under increased scrutiny ahead of its proposed merger with Paramount Skydance.
Paramount CEO David Ellison has said h... |
| 06.08.2026 | Fox won’t renegotiate NFL media rights before current deal expires, CEO Lachlan Murdoch says | Sign up today for the CNBC Sport Newsletter
Fox will not renegotiate with the NFL on a new media rights deal until closer to 2030, when the league can opt out of its current deal.
The NFL has held talks with Fox and CBS-parent Paramount on ... |
| 06.08.2026 | UK won’t intervene in Paramount’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
British regulators on Thursday gave Paramount the greenlight for its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, with some new assurances from the... |
| 05.08.2026 | Disney weighs free, ad-supported streaming, says it has sold out Super Bowl ad spots | Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro said during an earnings call with investors the company is exploring a free, ad-supported streaming product for consumers.
The consideration comes as advertising has taken a bigger role in making streaming profitable... |
| 05.08.2026 | 5 Things to Know
SpaceX’s spending surge, the S&P 500′s new record, Chipotle’s salmonella scare and more in Morning Squawk | This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.
Happy Wednesday. My home state of Michigan had a big election yesterday. While we wait for the race to be called, read why the word “communis... |
| 30.07.2026 | Markets Roil: AI Tech Falters, Oil Swings, Fed Holds Firm Amid Global Tensions | Markets reel from deep AI stock sell-offs this week. Major indexes saw mixed results, with oil prices volatile due to Mideast conflict. The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates, fueling market uncertainty. Corporations now question AI'... |
| 30.07.2026 | How NBCUniversal’s deal with YouTube could jump-start the next chapter of the streaming wars | NBCUniversal’s deal with YouTube Premium cements Peacock’s willingness to strike wholesale content deals with streaming platforms if the economics are favorable.
Disney and Netflix are open to the idea of adding other media companies’ conte... |
| 26.07.2026 | Federal Judge Halts Paramount-Warner Megamerger; States Cite Antitrust Concerns | A federal judge issued a temporary halt to the massive $81 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Twelve states, spearheaded by California, successfully argued for the pause. They contend the entertainment industry giant would cru... |
| 24.07.2026 | Paramount delays closing Warner buyout while judge considers states’ challenge | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that a... |
| 22.07.2026 | EU antitrust regulators clear Paramount-WBD merger as it faces challenge by U.S. states | Paramount Skydance won approval from European regulators for its proposed acquisition of WBD, a major milestone for the $110 billion deal.
The EU said Paramount has agreed to certain concessions in order to make the deal move forward.
The m... |
| 20.07.2026 | Judge says Paramount and Warner must halt merger for at least two weeks, granting states’ request | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to halt their $81 billion merger for at least two weeks, allowi... |
| 20.07.2026 | Paramount and Warner Bros. merger hit with temporary restraining order | The proposed Paramount-WBD merger has been hit with a temporary restraining order, putting the deal on pause for 14 days.
The move comes after state attorneys general led by California’s Rob Bonta brought a lawsuit against the deal due to a... |
| 20.07.2026 | Netflix заплатил $587 млн за стартап Бена Аффлека, занимающийся ИИ-генерацией фильмов | Netflix раскрыл в новой регуляторной отчетности, что заплатил $587 млн наличными за приобретение стартапа InterPositive, основанного актером и режиссером Беном Аффлеком. Ранее сумма сделки не разглашалась: в марте 2026 года стриминговый сер... |
| 16.07.2026 | FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount As The Company Needed Approval For Billion-Dollar Deals |
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
The rich and famous who filed into the Kennedy Center’s opera house in December were there to enjoy one of the nation’s most exclusive celebrat... |
| 15.07.2026 | Funflation Hits Home: America's Entertainment Landscape in Flux | "Funflation" has invaded American homes. Streaming and gaming prices are skyrocketing. Tech and media giants like Netflix, Apple, and Microsoft hike costs, blaming rising component prices and energy inflation. Consumers are tighte... |
| 15.07.2026 | Media Giant Under Fire: States Challenge Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger | US states sue to block Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition. Twelve states allege the merger creates a media giant, stifling competition across film distribution and pay TV. They claim the deal reduces consumer choice... |
| 15.07.2026 | States Blockbuster Lawsuit Targets Paramount-WBD Merger | A coalition of twelve U.S. states launched a lawsuit. They aim to block the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. State attorneys general, led by California, cite profound antitrust concerns. They argue the massive consolidation... |
| 15.07.2026 | States Sue to Block Paramount-WBD Merger Amid Antitrust Fears | Twelve U.S. states sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. California leads the antitrust challenge. States fear reduced competition, higher prices, and fewer content options for consumers and industry. The Justice Departm... |
| 14.07.2026 | Paramount still plans to close WBD merger by end of September despite lawsuit | Paramount lead trial counsel Jeffrey Kessler defended the company’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Tuesday, calling it “pro-competitive.”
Earlier this week, state attorneys general led by ... |
| 14.07.2026 | 5 Things to Know
Bank earnings, Warsh heads to the Hill, Chipotle’s Mexico push and more in Morning Squawk | This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.
Happy Tuesday. As a native Michigander, I’ve been following the cyclospora outbreak for a while. If you’re just getting caught up, CNBC’s Ren... |
| 13.07.2026 | Paramount enfrenta ação de 12 estados dos EUA por compra da Warner | Estados tentam barrar compra da Warner pela Paramount (imagem: divulgação/Paramount) Resumo
Califórnia e outros 11 estados dos EUA entraram com uma ação judicial contra a compra da Warner Bros. Discovery pela Paramount.
Os estados alegam qu... |
| 13.07.2026 | Paramount, WBD hit with lawsuit from 12 states, including California, to block merger | Multiple state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in a move to challenge the proposed Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading the group of 12.
The U.S. Department of Justice ... |
| 09.07.2026 | Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Micron, Paramount Skydance, Mara Holdings, PepsiCo & more | - |
| 02.07.2026 | USA Unpacked: Corporate Divides, Legal Exposures, and Environmental Threats | Comcast will split its media and cable businesses. Stock markets remain volatile. A US-Iran truce offers cautious optimism. Alex Murdaugh faces a new murder trial. Fugitive Nicholas Rossi died in prison. An attorney faces massive immigratio... |
| 02.07.2026 | Comcast Redefines Future with Major Spin-Off | Comcast announced a transformative spin-off. It will separate NBCUniversal and Sky from its core cable and broadband operations. This strategic maneuver addresses intense media industry challenges. It targets a new era dominated by streamin... |
| 02.07.2026 | Analysis:Britain's Paramount-Warner review may be aimed at commitments, not a veto | LONDON, July 2 : Britain's threat to intervene in the $110 billion Paramount-Warner deal could be less about blocking the transaction than extracting commitments on UK news, children's TV and investment, with the cost of any delay increasin... |
| 29.06.2026 | Comcast jumps 9% after announcing it will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky from cable business | Comcast plans to spin off its NBCUniversal and Sky businesses into a new publicly traded company, just months after completing its separation of the Versant brands.
Comcast co-CEO Mike Cavanagh will become CEO of NBCUniversal, while Comcast... |
| 25.06.2026 | TikTok and YouTube are reinventing sports viewership. Broadcasters are taking note | Sign up today for the CNBC Sport Newsletter
The NBA Finals just scored some of its biggest viewership numbers in decades, on both TV and social media, according to the league.
Leagues and rights holders are increasingly using social media a... |
| 22.06.2026 | Fox Transforms Streaming Landscape with Roku Acquisition | Fox acquires Roku for $22 billion. This bold move reshapes Fox's streaming strategy. It gains platform ownership, vast user data, and strengthens its ad-supported streaming presence with Tubi. The deal boosts Fox's sports rights leverage an... |
| 18.06.2026 | Chinese regulators clear Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros Discovery merger, source says | LOS ANGELES, June 17 : Chinese regulators have cleared the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros Discovery merger, according to a source familiar with the decision.
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| 17.06.2026 | CNN Resident Fact Checker Disappeared From Air As Company Waited For Trump Merger Approval | CNN brass have been waiting to get federal approval of their problematic $111 billion merger with Paramount. As we’ve detailed exhaustively, the high debt load from the CBS/Paramount and Warner Brothers merges is going to result in mass lay... |
| 16.06.2026 | How Roku fits into Fox’s future — and what investors are missing about the deal | Fox agreed to buy Roku for $22 billion this week, giving the legacy media company a new position in the streaming wars.
Analysts were surprised by the deal, as it arguably pivots Fox into a new strategic direction. Investors appeared shaken... |
| 13.06.2026 | Paramount wins DOJ approval for Warner Bros. Discovery merger as $7 million daily fee deadline looms | The US Department of Justice has formally approved David Ellison's Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for approximately $110 billion, clearing the most significant federal regulatory hurdle in a merger that would rank amon... |
| 13.06.2026 | Electric SUV showdown: Edmunds compares the revamped Toyota bZ to the Tesla Model Y | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By BRADLEY IGER of Edmunds
Once you’ve decided to buy an electric vehicle, the exciting but tricky part is choosing which one to get. For a growing number of car shoppers, an electric SUV makes the... |
| 12.06.2026 | How can I illustrate our financial position to a spouse who shows little interest? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By AMY C. ARNOTT of Morningstar
Reader question: My spouse has little interest in our financial position. As we age, this concerns me. I try to share some basic information (income, spending, accou... |
| 12.06.2026 | Paramount-WBD merger wins approval from DOJ | The Department of Justice has approved Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
The $110 billion deal could still face challenges from state attorneys general.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has told investors that the merge... |
| 12.06.2026 | Patagonia is suing Pattie Gonia, a drag queen performer with an environmental message | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By BRITTANY PETERSON
DENVER (AP) — Days before the beginning of Pride Month in June, a glamorous drag queen with long, wavy red hair, a matching mustache and carabiner earrings stared into a camera... |
| 12.06.2026 | Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros. Discovery won’t harm competition, consumers, DOJ says | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writer
An investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has determined that the mammoth Hollywood ... |
| 12.06.2026 | Ford recalls more than 250,000 Focus models because engines can stall unexpectedly | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Ford is recalling more than 250,000 vehicles that were incorrectly repaired under a previous recall meant to fix a problem that caused the engine to stall while driving. Related Articles
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| 12.06.2026 | What Elon Musk’s trillion means in real terms | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Catapulted by the market debut of his rocket company SpaceX, Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire.
That level of wealth, al... |
| 12.06.2026 | SpaceX stock soars in debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By BERNARD CONDON, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after shares of his rocket company SpaceX soared in Wall Street’s biggest initial public offeri... |
| 12.06.2026 | Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
WASHINGTON (AP) — AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administrat... |
| 09.06.2026 | CMA launches antitrust probe into Hollywood’s mega merger | The UK’s competition watchdog has launched a formal merger enquiry into Paramount Skydance’s anticipated $110bn (£86bn) acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, escalating the regulatory hurdles facing a deal that has already triggered a fierc... |
| 08.06.2026 | Несколько американских штатов готовят иски, чтобы заблокировать сделку Paramount по поглощению Warner Bros | Калифорния, Нью-Йорк и другие штаты США готовят иски для блокировки сделки Paramount Skydance по приобретению Warner Bros за $110 млрд, пишет Reuters со ссылкой на источники. По их словам, документы поступят в суд до конца текущего месяца. ... |
| 03.06.2026 | Scott Pelley fired from ‘60 Minutes,’ deepening turmoil at CBS News | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its n... |
| 28.05.2026 | New ’60 Minutes’ head Nick Bilton says Paramount’s CBS News hired him to pivot the show before ratings decline | CBS News announced Nick Bilton will become the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” replacing Tanya Simon.
Bilton is a former New York Times technology columnist and has made several documentaries for Netflix, where he worked with CBS Ne... |
| 27.05.2026 | Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
NEW YORK (AP) — The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave th... |
| 23.05.2026 | Stephen Colbert returns to TV in appearance on local Michigan station | One day after his appearance run on “The Late Show” ended, Stephen Colbert returned to television through a Michigan public access station.
The former late-night talk show host’s appearance on “Only in Monroe” wasn’t his first: he previousl... |
| 14.05.2026 | U.S., EU lawmakers pledge European scrutiny of Paramount’s WBD deal | A group of U.S. and EU lawmakers said European regulators will “closely examine” Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery.
The lawmakers sent a joint letter to Paramount CEO David Ellison shared exclusively with CNBC.
T... |
| 14.05.2026 | Gamers, developers protest Saudi Arabia’s bid to acquire Electronic Arts | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times
As Electronic Arts moves closer to closing a sale of the gaming company to Saudi Arabian investors, it’s facing backlash from a group of protestors who are callin... |
| 11.05.2026 | At TV upfronts, AI is in and corporate shuffles are reshaping the lineup | This week kicks off media and tech giants’ annual pitch to advertisers to buy spots for the year ahead.
NBC, Fox, Disney and WBD, along with Amazon’s Prime Video, Netflix and Google’s YouTube will hold presentations, while Paramount just fi... |
| 04.05.2026 | 5 Things to Know
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Happy Monday. Congratulations to Golden Tempo on winning the Kentucky Derby. However, as a financial journalist, I felt inclined to root for ... |
| 08.04.2026 | Jeff Shell leaves Paramount after allegations of SEC violations; company calls claims ‘baseless’ | Paramount President Jeff Shell is leaving his position after a lawsuit accused him of violating SEC rules.
The company said in a statement that the claims were “baseless.”
Shell previously departed his role as NBCUniversal CEO in 2023 after... |
| 29.03.2026 | Hollywood's New Giant: Paramount-Warner Bros. Confronts Animation Challenge Amid Streaming Wars | The impending Paramount-Warner Bros. merger creates a formidable studio. It faces a critical animation deficit. Disney and Universal dominate family films. This gap hurts box office potential. PG-rated content drives modern success. The com... |
| 27.03.2026 | Netflix raises subscription prices across all plans in US | March 26 : Netflix has increased prices on all its plans in the U.S., as the streaming giant pushes into new programming formats such as video podcasts and live sporting events.
The company's ad-supported tier will now cost $8.99 a month, c... |
| 16.03.2026 | 5 Things to Know
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Happy Monday. CNBC’s Brian Sullivan sat down with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this morning in Paris, where Bessent just met with his Chi... |
| 09.03.2026 | Tencent weighs investment in Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery deal | Tencent is considering investing several hundred million dollars in Paramount Skydance Corp.’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to people familiar with the matter. The Chinese company would participate as a passive financial... |
| 05.03.2026 | Global Turmoil Rocks Markets, Energy, and Tech | Global tensions escalate. The US-Iran conflict intensifies, sending crude oil prices soaring and threatening a 1970s-style energy shock. Middle East airspace is closed; the Strait of Hormuz faces disruption. Markets face extreme volatility;... |
| 03.03.2026 | 5 Things to Know
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Good morning. While the war in Iran continues to unfold, today also brings the first midterm primary elections in the U.S. Here are the races... |
| 27.02.2026 | WBD and Paramount may have an easier time winning regulatory approval than Netflix | With Netflix out of the picture, a Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery deal might have fewer obstacles to regulatory approval.
Netflix dropped its bid for WBD’s company’s studio and streaming assets on Thursday after WBD determined Paramou... |
| 26.02.2026 | Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. bidding war after Paramount raises offer
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| 23.02.2026 | Epstein files: Longevity guru Peter Attia quits CBS News after email fallout | Longevity guru Dr. Peter Attia resigned as a contributor to CBS News amid fallout over his past email correspondence with convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein being made public.
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| 12.01.2026 | Paramount’s next target in hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. is a board of its own making | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount Skydance is taking another step in its hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying Monday that it will name its own slate of directors before the next sharehold... |
| 09.12.2025 | Netflix, Paramount fight for Warner Bros Discovery in Hollywood power tussle | Dec 8 : Paramount Skydance launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, challenging a rival offer from Netflix and injecting uncertainty into the future of Hollywood's storied media company.
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| 08.12.2025 | Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Paramount Skydance, Wave Lifesciences, Confluent & more | - |
| 05.12.2025 | Netflix anuncia aquisição da Warner Bros. Discovery por US$ 72 bilhões | A Netflix formalizou nesta sexta-feira (5) proposta para adquirir os estúdios de cinema, televisão e a divisão de streaming da Warner Bros. Discovery por US$ 72 bilhões, equivalentes a 382 bilhões de reais. O anúncio marca uma das maiores t... |
| 17.11.2025 | Former FCC Officials Push To Kill Dated ‘News Distortion’ Rule Trump Abused To Bully CBS And ABC Into Feckless Compliance | A coalition of former FCC officials are pushing for the elimination of a longstanding FCC rule the Trump administration abused to “bully” ABC and CBS into kissing the president’s ass (I’ll use the term bully loosely since both companies see... |
| 11.11.2025 | Stocks making the biggest moves midday: CoreWeave, Fermi, Paramount Skydance, Gemini and more | - |
| 06.11.2025 | Paramount+ to stream PBR's 'Unleash the Beast' in new five-year deal | Skydance-owned Paramount and Professional Bull Riders have signed a five-year media rights agreement that would bring PBR's "Unleash the Beast" league series on Paramount+ starting in December, the companies said on Wednesday.
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| 03.11.2025 | 60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris | 60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is currently being described as “nuts.” There are all sorts of crazy moments to call out, bu... |
| 31.10.2025 | A Call Of Duty movie is in the works, spearheaded by duo behind Oscar-nominated Hell Or High Water | Call of Duty, one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation, Paramount Pictures and Activision said Thursday (Oct 30).
Berg and Sheri... |
| 28.10.2025 | Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently | By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a tough time for the job market.
Amid wider economic uncertainty, some analysts have said that businesses are at a “no-hire, no fire” standstill. That’s caused many to limit ... |
| 28.10.2025 | Paramount Skydance layoffs: US media company planning 1,000 job cuts; more likely to follow—what we know | - |
| 28.10.2025 | PARAMOUNT AND UFC EXPAND PARTNERSHIP TO LATIN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA STARTING IN 2026 | Watch Australia Announcement HERE
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LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) and UFC, the world's premier mix... |
| 23.10.2025 | Warner Brothers Is For Sale (Again): Prepare For More Pointless, Disastrous Media Mergers | I’ve written a lot about the AOL–>AT&T–>Time Warner–>Discovery mergers simply because I think they perfectly encapsulate the pointless, destructive incompetence at the heart of modern media consolidation, and the cannibalistic ... |
| 22.10.2025 | Warner Bros Discovery rejects Paramount offer, considers full sale amid media shakeup | WASHINGTON: Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday (Oct 21) that its board had rejected a buyout offer from Paramount Skydance valued at nearly US$60 billion, as the media giant weighs a possible full sale following unsolicited interest from... |
| 21.10.2025 | Bari Weiss Gets To Work ‘Fixing’ CBS ‘Bias’ — By Making It More Biased | For more than fifty years the U.S. right wing has embraced a neat trick: by claiming that literally anything in factual opposition to their beliefs is “biased” and therefore must be discarded as unreliable, they’ve bullied U.S. media into b... |
| 07.10.2025 | Paramount Formally Hires Bari Weiss To Turn What’s Left Of CBS News Into A Soggy Right Wing Propaganda And Troll Farm | It’s super curious how the folks most vocal about being cancelled or having their “Conservative viewpoints silenced” now own or control most major U.S. media companies. Almost as if their claims of being silenced have always been a bullshit... |
| 03.10.2025 | Rebranded Channel 5 returns to profit despite advertising hit | Broadcaster 5 returned to profit despite its turnover falling by almost £80m during its latest financial year, it has been revealed.
The business, which is owned by Paramount, has posted a pre-tax profit of £30.6m for 2024, new accounts fil... |
| 01.10.2025 |
Cramer says that Q3 winners may keep inching higher but the biggest gains may ‘have already been made’ | Monday - Friday, 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET
Cramer said that the biggest winners of the third quarter may keep inching higher but the biggest gains may have already been realized.
Stocks like AppLovin, Western Digital and Warner Bros. Discovery led ... |
| 27.09.2025 | Nexstar, Sinclair to end boycott of Kimmel show on its ABC stations Friday | Nexstar, Sinclair to end boycott of Kimmel show on its ABC stations Friday
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| 24.09.2025 | How media consolidation silences free speech (Opinion) | By LZ Granderson
The latest smartphone from Apple hit stores this weekend and reportedly the bell of the ball is the iPhone 17 Pro Max. Customers want it for its advanced telephoto lens, large display and battery life. Investors want it to ... |
| 22.09.2025 | U.S. Media Under Siege: Consolidation and Control Reshape Free Expression | Trump’s administration exerts unprecedented control over U.S. media. It weaponizes the FCC and legal challenges. This pressure drives a stark rightward shift. Jimmy Kimmel’s abrupt suspension signals this new era. Major media entities conso... |
