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Sources: after the Netflix-WBD deal was announced, Larry Ellison called President Trump about how the transaction would hurt competition — David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal
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Paramount launches a hostile bid to acquire WBD, offering WBD shareholders $30/share in a $108.4B all-cash deal; sources say WBD rejected the same bid last week — Paramount Skydance is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after it lost out to Netflix in a months-long bidding war …
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Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
WSJ: during a recent Washington visit, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump admin officials that if Paramount bought WBD, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN — New WSJ reporting: “During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said. Trump has
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Filing: Paramount's outside partners for its WBD bid include Saudi Arabia's PIF, Abu Dhabi's L'imad, Qatar Investment Authority, and Jared Kushner's Affinity — Paramount on Monday launched a hostile takeover bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, going directly to shareholders with an all-cash, $30-per-share offer.
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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: Paramount's Gulf sovereign funding, accounting for ~30% of the deal's value, and potential political scrutiny led WBD to reject Paramount's initial bid
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Ted Sarandos says Paramount's “move was entirely expected”, but Netflix is “super confident” that it will get the WBD deal “across the line and finish”
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast President Mike Cavanagh says the company did not have a “high likelihood of prevailing” in its WBD bid but believed the attempt was worthwhile
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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Paramount's WBD bid is backfiring in DC; a Trump official says Paramount seems to “believe the worst possible tropes” about corruption in the administration
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: ABC extended Jimmy Kimmel's deal until May 2027; the deal was reached months ago, but the announcement was delayed out of respect for Stephen Colbert — Walt Disney Co. is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back for at least one more year. — The late-night star, who was suspended in September …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump attacks Paramount owners as “no better than the old ownership”, demanding an apology from 60 Minutes and Lesley Stahl for Marjorie Taylor Greene interview — Donald Trump said that the Ellison-owned Paramount is “no better than the old ownership,” as he lashed out at the company …
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Mark Kennedy / Associated Press:
The Golden Globes' inaugural best podcast award nominations avoided controversy by passing on popular politics-related podcasts and personalities like Joe Rogan — The Golden Globes this year introduced a best podcast category and, predictably, the nominees announced Monday will get people talking.
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Netflix scores the most 2026 Golden Globe nominations, with 35 nominations across film and TV; Warner Bros. and HBO got a combined 31 nominations
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The Guardian:
Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion bans Guardian reporters from its stadium after the Guardian reported on allegations against the club's owner — - Reporters and photographers barred from Amex Stadium — Guardian says reporting is in the public interest
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
TikTok announces Shared Collection, to organize and share saved videos, and plans to launch Shared Feed, a daily curated selection of 15 videos, globally — The first tool is similar to something Instagram introduced earlier this year. — TikTok just announced a couple of updates that that should make the app a bit more social.
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Social Media Today, MediaPost, TikTok and TechCrunch
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
MoffettNathanson: US pay-TV subscriptions grew by 303,000 in Q3 from Q2 2025, the first increase since 2017, and the overall rate of decline improved to 5.8% — U.S. pay-TV subscriber levels posted their first increase since 2017 during the third quarter, according to a new report from Wall Street research firm Moffett Nathanson.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Tony Dokoupil is set to be the next CBS Evening News anchor beginning in the new year, despite an external search for a high-profile star — Earlier this fall, on the second Sunday of September, David Zaslav welcomed David Ellison to his Beverly Hills home.
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Newley Purnell / Bloomberg:
Reddit is rolling out new safety features globally for all users under 18, ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s taking effect on December 10 — Reddit Inc. is launching new safety features globally for all under-18s on its popular online forums ahead of Australia's groundbreaking social media ban.
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PodcastingToday:
Piers Morgan's Uncensored launches its first spin-off, History Uncensored, hosted by former CNN anchor Bianca Nobilo, airing weekly on YouTube and as a podcast — Piers Morgan Uncensored is launching its first ever spin-off series, History Uncensored, presented by former CNN anchor and reporter Bianca Nobilo.
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