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Trump Interview Eats Up Nearly Half of ‘CBS Evening News’ Broadcast With Tony Dokoupil

Tony Dokoupil, newly installed anchor of “CBS Evening News,” landed an interview with President Donald Trump — and the news program aired Trump’s comments uninterrupted for almost half the broadcast. Dokoupil...

Netflix Prepping All-Cash Bid for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO Max Amid Paramount Skydance Pressure: Report

Netflix is readying a revised offer — in all cash — to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery‘s streaming and studios businesses, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Under the...

Apple to Launch ‘Creator Studio’ Bundle Including Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, Priced at $13/Month

Apple is pulling together 10 different creative apps into a single bundle for the first time — making them available for one monthly subscription price. The tech giant announced Apple Creator...

Warner Bros. Discovery Calls Paramount Lawsuit ‘Meritless,’ Says David Ellison-Led Company ‘Has Yet to Raise the Price’ of Its Takeover Bid

Warner Bros. Discovery clapped back at Paramount Skydance’s lawsuit seeking more financial details on WBD’s deal with Netflix and said Paramount’s continued campaign to try to convince Warner Bros. shareholders that...

Key Takeaways From Variety’s Business of Creators Summit at CES 2026

The bustling and booming creator economy was in the spotlight at the first-ever Variety Business of Creators Summit presented by Samsung Ads at CES. The half-day program on Thursday, Jan. 8,...

New CBS Evening News Anchor Tony Dokoupil Claims He’ll Be ‘More Accountable Than Cronkite,’ Denies Bari Weiss Wrote Message Criticizing Legacy Media: ‘Writing Is...

Tony Dokoupil, Bari Weiss‘ pick to try to turn around the ratings-challenged “CBS Evening News,” vowed that the nightly news program he will anchor starting next week will be “more accountable...

CBS Evening News Says ‘We Love America’ Is Now One of Its Guiding Principles

Under the oversight of Bari Weiss, CBS’s newly revamped weeknight news program is waving the American flag — and it’s not apologizing for its pro-U.S. editorial stance. On Friday, the program...

Media Stocks 2025: Warner Bros. Discovery Shares Soared Over 170% Amid Netflix-Paramount Bidding War

This year, David Ellison managed to do for Warner Bros. Discovery what WBD CEO David Zaslav had struggled to do for more than three years: dramatically boost the market value of...

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