Three Democratic U.S. senators are urging the FCC to prevent Paramount Skydance from closing its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until the government’s national security review of the foreign investors in the deal has run its course. In a letter dated June 18 sent to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, the lawmakers — Sens. […]
Defenders of the UFC Freedom 250 were right when they said the MMA event was watched by as many people than an annual football bowl; they just got the game wrong. The June 14 White House-hosted UFC fight drew an impressive audience on Paramount+, averaging 7 million viewers in the United States, according to Nielsen…
It isn’t a massive surprise to learn that The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart would take issue with the UFC Freedom 250 card at the White House, but it was interesting to see Stewart take the opportunity to twist the knife on his bosses at Paramount, who aired the event. The comedian and Comedy Central host, weighing…
El éxito final depende ahora de la luz verde de los reguladores en la Unión Europea y el Reino Unido, quienes evaluarán si el impacto de esta fusión afecta la competencia en sus respectivos mercados regionales.
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Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery took a major step towards being finalized on Friday. The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division reportedly signed off on the company’s purchase of WBD, per Politico and other outlets. The decision is expected to be announced officially soon. DOJ approval, while expected, doesn’t close the door on legal…
The $111 billion deal would unite two major movie studios and put CNN under the same roof as CBS News.
The Department of Justice has unconditionally approved the proposed Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The decision clears one of the largest remaining hurdles facing the estimated $111 billion transaction and moves the merger significantly closer to completion. If finalized, the deal would create an entertainment giant unlike anything currently operating in Hollywood, bringing…
The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly approved Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, giving the $111 billion deal a major victory after months of political pressure, industry lobbying, celebrity activism, and organized opposition campaigns. According to reports, the DOJ's Antitrust Division approved the merger without requiring divestitures, behavioral…
David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has cleared a big regulatory hurdle in advancing toward completing its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery — although it’s still not a done deal and could face other legal challenges. The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has approved the deal, Variety has confirmed. As first reported by Politico, the regulator […]
The battle over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger has been framed by its opponents as a grassroots movement focused on protecting workers, preserving competition, and preventing further consolidation in Hollywood. A new report from the New York Post, however, is raising questions about whether the campaign is really as grassroots as its supporters claim. […]
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Reports that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss could soon gain editorial oversight of CNN have triggered a familiar reaction from large segments of the media industry. Almost immediately, critics began portraying Weiss as a conservative operative, a Trump ally, or evidence that CNN could be headed toward a right-wing transformation if Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition […]
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Bari Weiss will be in charge of editorial at far-left CNN after Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros-Discovery is complete, a report says.
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The battle over Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is getting increasingly ugly. Just days after Paramount Skydance chief legal officer Makan Delrahim accused opponents of the deal of engaging in “fear-mongering,” the company’s top lawyer is now directly accusing Netflix of orchestrating a campaign designed to derail the merger. Netflix, for its part, […]
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Former Biden administration official Shuwanza Goff is joining Paramount Skydance as VP of U.S. government affairs, coming amid Paramount’s massive pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Goff will be based in Washington, D.C., and “she will be our lead Democrat government affairs official,” according to a memo sent Tuesday to staff about her hiring by […]
Paramount Skydance’s top lawyer claims Netflix is so worried about the prospect of competing with a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery that the streaming company is going all-out to try to “poison regulators and other stakeholders” against the pending $111 billion deal. Netflix clinched a deal to buy Warner Bros.’s streaming and studios businesses in late […]
Seeking: Business executive to help manage one of nation’s best-known news brands. Must enjoy long hours, a fluid work schedule — and an editorial chief with predilection for generating controversy. Paramount Skydance has been on the hunt for a business executive who can work with Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, who […]
Grupo avalia possíveis medidas para atender exigências regulatórias da União Europeia antes da análise final da operação
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an exclusive interview with the now-former CBS News correspondent.
Senior officials in roughly 10 states are drafting an antitrust complaint to block Paramount Skydance’s (NASDAQ: PSKY) $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD), with a potential filing as soon as this month. State officials have been focused on how the combined company would affect its bargaining power over filmmakers and TV producers. […]
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In April, five streaming subscribers filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion deal to swallow up Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds. Paramount on Thursday (June 3) filed a motion with the court seeking to have the case dismissed, arguing that the plaintiffs’ allegations that the merger violates antitrust laws “do […]
The chief legal counsel of Paramount Skydance, Makan Delrahim, has alleged that some opponents of the David Ellison-led company’s pending $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery are motivated by “antisemitic views.” In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Delrahim spoke about the backlash in the industry to the Paramount-WBD deal. To date, more […]
Ator afirma que estrelas apoiam oposição ao acordo, mas temem rejeição dos estúdios
A Paramount Skydance trabalha para finalizar a compra da Warner Bros. Discovery até setembro de 2026. A informação foi divulgada pelo portal Status e reforça a corrida da empresa para concluir uma das maiores fusões da história recente do entretenimento. Segundo o relatório, o grupo liderado por David Ellison estabeleceu internamente o dia 15 de [...]
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Democratic senators are again urging the FCC to not rubber-stamp Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery — citing concerns over foreign investors, including Middle Eastern wealth funds, that are backing the pact. The pending Paramount-WBD merger “raises national security alarms,” according to the senators, led by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), […]
S&P Global Ratings already has placed Paramount Skydance’s credit rating in junk-status territory — indicating that the media conglomerate’s debt securities are considered speculative-grade. But if and when Paramount completes its megadeal for Warner Bros. Discovery, the credit-rating firm will take it down another notch. Currently S&P Global has a “BB+” issuer credit rating on […]
According to reports, Paramount is looking at a target date in July to finalise the $111 billion deal
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David Letterman joined The Late Show in a spiteful sendoff for Stephen Colbert as the two took to the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater to throw CBS property to the ground.
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President Donald Trump disclosed thousands of financial transactions for the first quarter of 2026 with a total value of at least $220 million (and as much as $750 million), including those involving securities from major media and tech companies. The reports, released May 14, reveal that Trump bought at least $571,000 of securities in Netflix […]
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Paramount Skydance is continuing to argue that the David Ellison-led company’s $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery will bring “new competitive energy to the entertainment ecosystem,” in the words of its top lawyer — not reduce competition. On May 7, Paramount chief legal officer Makan Delrahim sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob […]