Paramount president Jeff Shell is stepping down from his post amid a legal battle Longtime media executive Jeff Shell is leaving Paramount The Independent UK · Apr 8
Trump threatens CNN over its Iran coverage moments after announcing ceasefire plan FCC boss Brendan Carr said CNN must face ‘accountability’ for a report he claims is inaccurate without providing evidence The Independent UK · Apr 8
Paramount Skydance Stock Jumps 9% on $24B Gulf Funding for Warner Bros Takeover Bid Paramount Skydance Corp. shares surged nearly 9% in morning trading Tuesday as the newly formed media giant moved closer to securing $24 billion in equity commitments from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds to finance its ambitious $81 billion to $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, a deal that could… International Business Times · Apr 7
David Ellison says 70% of Americans are centrist. Surveys tell a different story Paramount Skydance CEO has repeatedly cited the statistic when laying out the approach that CBS News and potentially CNN would take The Guardian - US · Apr 6
Trump is remaking the US media in his own image – and smashing accountability with it This is the point of absurdity we have reached: on March 15, US President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, asserted that American news organisations were running AI-generated Iranian propaganda, and should be charged with treason for the dissemination of false information. One of the instances he cited was… The Conversation · Mar 25
‘It’s going to upset the balance’: how will Paramount buying Warner Bros change Hollywood? Warner Bros might have swept the Oscars with Sinners and One Battle After Another, but the impending merger has those in the industry worried about the future The Guardian - US · Mar 17
Trump Threatens to Ban Major US News Outlets Over Coverage of 'Fake' Iran Strikes on US Planes The Trump administration escalates its campaign against independent journalism by threatening to revoke US broadcasters' licenses over alleged 'fake news' war reporting. International Business Times UK · Mar 16
Trump Bought Over $1.1M in Netflix Bonds While Criticising Media Merger, Government Filings Reveal New government filings reveal President Donald Trump invested over £850,000 in Netflix bonds while publicly attacking the streaming giant's multi-billion-pound merger plans. International Business Times UK · Mar 16
Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars Joke Comparing CBS to North Korea Stuns Crowd Television host Jimmy Kimmel returned to the Oscars stage on Sunday night and used the moment to deliver a series of sharp jokes, The Fashion Central · Mar 16
Trump officials target media over Iran war reporting The FCC chair threatened broadcast licenses over Iran coverage. Axios · Mar 16
FCC chair threatens to throttle news broadcasts over ‘hoaxes’ about Iran war Brendan Carr posts that he may cancel spectrum permits of ‘mainstream news’ outlets for ‘misleading’ coverage The Guardian - US · Mar 14
After his shocking demand over ‘unflattering’ photos, Pete rips into journalists for not being ‘positive enough’ about US attacks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth barred print photographers and certain journalists from a Pentagon press briefing on Friday, reportedly due to past “unflattering” photos of him. This bizarre move came as Hegseth launched into a sharp critique of news coverage regarding US military operations in Iran. He accused reporters of downplaying… The Mary Sue · Mar 14
Pete Hegseth attacks media for not being positive enough about US attacks on Iran US defense head is eager to frame operation as a success – and slam journalists for not portraying it in a positive light The Guardian - US · Mar 13
The Oscars make it clear: Hollywood is in a death spiral "The sunny version of Detroit": Inside the slow-motion disintegration of America’s most famous industry cluster. Fortune · Mar 13
International Business Times UK · Mar 12 Paramount-Warner Bros Merger: Ellison Family's $111B Deal to Control CNN, CBS, TikTok Sparks Sanders' 'Oligarchy' Warning How the Ellison family's $111 billion media merger could reshape American media, controlling networks like TikTok, CBS, CNN, and HBO. Learn about the implications and concerns of this historic deal.
International Business Times UK · Mar 12 Bernie Sanders' Media Monopoly Alert: Right-Wing Ellisons to Control TikTok, CBS, HBO & Dozens More Bernie Sanders raises concerns over the Ellison family's increasing control over America's media landscape, including potential acquisitions of major networks
Cinemablend · Mar 6 Netflix Has Been Vilified By Hollywood For A While, But There Are Signs That's Changing The times, they are a-changing
Axios · Mar 6 Behind the Curtain: Trump's power play The president has set out to unilaterally impose his will on every vector of American power.
International Business Times UK · Mar 6 Paramount and Warner Bros Merge: Why Your Favourite Shows Could Disappear and Thousands Could Lose Jobs Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros merger could reshape Hollywood, impacting jobs and streaming giants like HBO and Paramount+—and changing your favorite shows.
Cinemablend · Mar 5 HBO Max And Paramount+ Are Merging, And I've Got Some Very Practical Streaming Questions We gotta know!
The Guardian - US · Mar 5 Paramount-Warner Bros mega-merger could still face ‘real threats’, antitrust experts say The $110bn deal will require approval from regulatory authorities in the US, the EU and the UK
The Conversation · Mar 3 Paramount acquires Warner Bros Discovery in mega deal: the winners, losers and Trump’s man in the middle Netflix’s planned acquisition of Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has fallen apart at the eleventh hour, as Paramount Skydance has made a “superior” proposal to buy the conglomerate for A$156 billion.
Tom’s Guide · Mar 3 HBO Max and Paramount+ will soon merge into one mega streaming service — here's what you need to know As Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery prepare to merge, CEO David Ellison has revealed that HBO Max and Paramount+ will be combined into a single platform.
The Guardian - US · Mar 2 Paramount+ and HBO Max to become one streaming service, Ellison says Billionaire Paramount Skydance chief announces plan days after winning takeover battle for Warner Bros Discovery
Inverse · Mar 2 What Does Paramount Buying Warner Bros. Mean For You? The buzziest corporate merger of 2026 will likely have some big effects on the average viewer's experience.