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How Versant Is Letting Its ‘Entrepreneurial’ Spirit Take the Lead Post-Comcast
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Versant Completes 2026 Distribution Renewal Cycle With Verizon Deal
The multi-year agreement keeps MS NOW, CNBC, USA Network, Golf and other channels available to Fios customers
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Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. to Be Called Skydance, David Ellison Reveals
“We never wanted a new corporate identity to diminish, alter or overshadow either one. Instead, we wanted a name that would give the combined company an identity of its own,” the CEO says
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Warner Film Chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy to Exit Ahead of Paramount Merger
The fate of the studio heads had been unclear as the merger is set to close next week
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RedBird Founder Says Majority of Paramount-WBD Merger Cost Savings Won’t Come From Jobs
“The notion that $6 billion of cost-related synergies means the firing of all these people is just completely antiquated,” says Gerry Cardinale
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Raine Group Close to Sale of Majority Stake in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment | Exclusive
The legendary production company, once home to hits like “Friday Night Lights” and “The Grinch,” hasn’t had a runaway success in a decade
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Hollywood Dealmakers Eye Creators as Mega-Merger Options Dwindle
TheGrill 2026: Traditional talent’s move to YouTube is opening new investment opportunities in creators and IP
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim, California AG Rob Bonta Get Candid on Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
TheGrill 2026: The two appeared (separately) on stage on the same day the antitrust settlement was officially approved
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Mark Ruffalo Bemoans Paramount Getting Approval for Warner Bros. Merger: ‘An Incredibly Disappointing Outcome’
“This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech and cost people their jobs,” the actor adds
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim Says Threat to Move Out of California ‘Was Not a Bluff’
TheGrill 2026: The media giant’s chief legal officer unpacks how the settlement with 12 state AGs came together and addresses concerns around politics and CNN’s independence
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Judge Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
The move clears the final hurdle for the $110 billion deal’s closing
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Rob Bonta ‘Vehemently and Respectfully Disagrees’ That He ‘Caved’ on Warner Bros.-Paramount Suit
TheGrill 2026: The California Attorney General says David Ellison’s threat to move out of the state, as well as calls to settle from Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass and Xavier Becerra, had “no influence” on his decision
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California AG Rob Bonta ‘Concerned’ About CNN’s Future Under Paramount: ‘Our Information Ecosystem Is Broken’
Speaking at TheWrap’s TheGrill conference, Bonta points to editorial safeguards for CNN and CBS News
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Ynon Kreiz to Serve as Co-CEO of Combined Paramount-Warner Bros.
Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch is succeeding Kreiz as chairman and CEO of the toymaker
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Casey Bloys to Run Combo HBO Max-Paramount Streamer, Cindy Holland Exits Ahead of Merger
The former Netflix and Sister exec has run Paramount+ since the closing of the Paramount-Skydance merger
