The Ellisons moved closer to capturing Warner Bros., and control of a massive news, sports, and entertainment content stream.
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Paramount-Warner Would Create a Hollywood Jobs Apocalypse
The deal comes complete with so much debt that it would almost certainly lead to mass job loss. That could prove to be an argument against the deal in court, too.
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States Can Block the Paramount-Warner Deal
But thanks to some clever maneuvering, they are already running out of time.
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The Wild Card in Trump’s Attempt to Control the News
State attorneys general will have a say in whether Paramount ultimately succeeds in taking over CNN, HBO, and the rest of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Why Is Warner Bros. for Sale at All?
Its product has never been more critically or financially successful. Why is it auctioning itself off?
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Netflix Aims for Entertainment Domination
Fewer streaming options, or a streaming landscape where two of the three largest outlets have the same corporate parent, likely means a continuation of the price hikes that we’re already seeing.
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A Feel-Good Movie That Almost Makes You Feel Bad
‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ is uplifting and happy-sad. It was a more innocent time.
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Harbinger in Hollywood
A tattered entertainment industry is hoping to solve its problems with mergers. Will Biden’s aggressive antitrust enforcers force a Plan B?
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What Might Finally Resolve the Hollywood Strikes
The unions raised the need for antitrust enforcement, and the Biden administration’s top antitrust cops paid attention.
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What’s at Stake in the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Streaming has given the studios one more way to exploit writers—and the writers are pushing back.