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Warner Bros. Discovery Likely to Take New Paramount Skydance Offer Under Review While Still Recommending Netflix Pact to Shareholders

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance leaders spent a busy week in negotiations, and now the WBD board is likely to tell shareholders before the market opens on Tuesday that...

Trump-Appointed FCC Chairman Calls on TV Networks to Pledge to Air ‘Patriotic, Pro-America Content’ for U.S.’s 250th Birthday

Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the FCC, wants TV broadcasters to rally around the American flag in celebration of the U.S.’s 250th anniversary this year — suggesting that, for example,...

Senate Democrats Demand Answers From David Ellison About Paramount Skydance’s Dealings With Trump in Warner Bros. Takeover Bid, Accuse CEO of ‘Pattern of Evasion’

A group of eight Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter to David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance, asking that he “preserve all records related to the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros....

CBS ‘Censorship’ of Stephen Colbert Slammed by Democratic FCC Commissioner as Latest ‘Corporate Capitulation’ to Trump Administration

Stephen Colbert said CBS’s legal department spiked his interview with a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate because of the FCC chairman’s recent warning that the agency would pursue enforcement of...

Apple Podcasts Is Launching New Video Features, Looking to Keep Pace With YouTube and Spotify

Apple Podcasts is finally giving video a full embrace. The tech giant, which pioneered the podcast audio format and helped popularize it, has faced stepped-up competition from video podcast viewing on...

Paramount Sends ByteDance Cease-and-Desist Letter Over Seedance AI Videos, Alleging Intellectual Property Infringement

Paramount Skydance accused ByteDance of engaging in “blatant infringement” of its intellectual property with its Seedance video and Seedream image generative AI platforms, alleging the Chinese internet giant is illegally ripping...

Hearst Magazines Union Authorizes Strike for 410 Members if It Fails to Reach New Deal With Company

More than 400 union employees at 29 Hearst Magazine publications including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar and Good Housekeeping are ready to hit the picket lines if the Writers Guild of...

Warner Bros. Discovery Says Its Board Will Review Paramount’s Upgraded Hostile Takeover Offer

Warner Bros. Discovery said its board will review Paramount Skydance‘s latest hostile takeover offer — which includes some new financial commitments — before it officially accepts or rejects the rival...

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