A U.S. district judge temporarily halted the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger on Monday, after a coalition of states sued to block the deal. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect for 14 days, with a hearing set for Aug. 3. The states’ lawsuit “presented compelling evidence that the combined firm resulting from the … Read more
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Corey Booker grilled Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about his meeting with Jeffrey Epstein ally and convicted criminal Ghislaine Maxwell during a Senate panel hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Booker also pressed Blanche about attending a dinner hosted by David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount Skydance, as a Paramount-Warner Bros. … Read more
A coalition of a dozen states on Monday sued to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, posing a new challenge to the $110 billion deal that would unite two of the nation’s largest media companies. Paramount Skydance is the parent company of CBS News. CBS News’ Jo Ling Kent reports. Source link
A coalition of a dozen states on Monday sued to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, posing a new challenge to the $110 billion deal that would unite two of the nation’s largest media companies. Attorneys general from the 12 states, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, claim that the merger would … Read more
Federal antitrust enforcers on Friday cleared Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. In a statement, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division said it had closed its probe of the acquisition after determining that the transaction “is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.” “The extensive investigatory record … Read more
The Justice Department has signed off on Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News, clearing the way for a merger that will unite two historic Hollywood studios and reshape the American entertainment industry. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free … Read more
On an April evening last year, 54-year-old Micky Small headed to the beach for a sunset date with a fellow Los Angeles-based writer named Aven. But her date never showed. “I was flipping out,” she said. “I was bawling, I was shaking.” Small wasn’t stood up — her “date” was a nonexistent character conjured by … Read more
The biggest media merger in years is inching closer to the finish line. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted Thursday to approve the company’s acquisition by Paramount Skydance, a tie-up that would unite two of Hollywood’s most storied film studios under … Read more
The remains of three young children, believed to be between the ages of 3 and 7, were discovered in Memphis after likely having been in a wooded area for years, officials announced Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It’s believed the remains were in the … Read more
The era of ‘static’ AI is ending. We’ve all seen what happens when you ask a standard AI a complex question: it either misses the point or gets lost in the weeds. Even with the recent evolution of AI Search models capable of much deeper analysis – such as the Higher-Quality Verification in GPT 5.4, … Read more