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OpenAI paid $100 million for a talk show. James Murdoch is eyeing an even bigger deal. The hot new asset class is humanity

The biggest deals in media in the dawning age of AI now aren't content acquisitions, but bets on something innately human.

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Cannes Film Festival opens as Hollywood blockbusters stay away

The 79th Cannes Film Festival has commenced on the French Riviera, featuring 12 days of world premieres and culminating on 23 May with the presentation of the prestigious Palme d’Or. The festival opened with the French period-comedy The Electric Kiss and an honorary Palme d’Or was awarded to Lord of…

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CNN was Ted Turner’s brainchild. It faces a precarious future

Turner’s original vision is under serious threat these days

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CNN legend Christiane Amanpour expresses concern about Ellison takeover

Ahead of Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros Discovery, Amanpour talks ‘ideological realignment of CBS’

The Guardian - US

'Block The Merger': Celebrities react as shareholders approve Paramount takeover of Warner Bros

The $111 billion deal that would see Paramount Skydance take over Warner Bros. Discovery took another step closer to reality after WBD shareholders voted in favour of the merger. This has only amplified the opposition to the controversial deal...

Euronews

Congress members join protest against ‘oligarch’s dinner’ for Trump thrown by Ellisons

Paramount Skydance CEO fetes administration as it weighs $110bn merger with CNN parent WarnerBros Discovery

The Guardian - US

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approve Paramount Skydance deal

Shareholders did not approve the executive compensation package presented at the meeting.

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Warner Bros Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Paramount Takeover

Warner Bros shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the $81 billion offer from Paramount to take over the Hollywood giant, a deal that will reshape the media landscape in the U.S.

International Business Times

Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance

The merger will still require governmental approval and could be delayed by a lawsuit seeking to block it

The Guardian - US

What a combined Paramount-Warner would mean for streaming, news and film

HBO Max, "Harry Potter," and CNN could soon find themselves under the ownership of Paramount, following a significant vote by Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders.

The Independent UK

CBS News Rebrand Continues To Stumble Despite Whiskey Fridays

CBS News’s rebrand is hitting choppy waters after the latest ratings numbers rolled in. It turns out the people don’t want “Whiskey Fridays.”

The Mary Sue

I'm Against Scott Bakula's Star Trek Enterprise Sequel Pitch. Here's Why

Let's talk about this.

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Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes Got Real About The Franchise's 60th Anniversary: 'Very Unfortunate Irony'

The longtime collaborator lamented the current situation.

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Why I'm More Bummed About Star Trek's Latest Movie Update Than Even The Recent Cancellations

I can't stop shaking my head.

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Reed Hastings’s planned exit from $455 billion Netflix ‘had nothing to do with’ the failed deal for Warner Bros., says Ted Sarandos

Netflix’s stock price sank 9% in after-hours trading on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Paramount boss David Ellison to host dinner honoring Trump while awaiting federal approval to buy CNN: report

The federal government is currently weighing whether to approve Ellison’s $111 billion agreement to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery

MarketBeat

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Blockbuster Deal Faces a Hostile Rewrite

Warner Bros. Discovery is navigating a shifting landscape as elite Hollywood creators unite to oppose the massive consolidation with Paramount Skydance.

Cinemablend

Star Trek's Tim Russ Didn't Hold Back Speculating Why Paramount+ Canceled Starfleet Academy

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Euronews

‘Block the merger’: Thousands of industry professionals speak out against Paramount-Warner deal

More than 1,000 film and TV stars and creatives, including Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Thompson and Javier Bardem, issued an open letter opposing Paramount Skydance’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Joaquin Phoenix joins more than 1,000 film and TV figures in signing protest over proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger

Alongside fellow big-screen stars including Ben Stiller and Kristen Stewart, actor Joaquin Phoenix has joined more than 1,000 film and television figures who have signed an open letter opposing the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Independent UK

More than 1000 Hollywood stars declare ‘unequivocal opposition’ to Paramount Warner Bros merger

‘The result will be fewer opportunities for creators, fewer jobs across the production ecosystem, higher costs, and less choice for audiences in the United States and around the world’

The Independent UK

Hollywood heavyweights voice 'unequivocal opposition' to Paramount-Warner merger in open letter

SUMMARY: More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros

The Mary Sue

Is the Warner Bros./Paramount Deal Not as Set in Hollywood Stone As We Thought?

Shareholder advisory firm ISS just recommended that Warner Bros. Discovery investors vote against CEO David Zaslav’s massive “golden parachute” payout, calling the over half-billion-dollar package “unwarranted.” This comes ahead of the company’s April 23 special shareholder meeting, where the proposed merger with Paramount Skydance will also be on the table.

Fortune

Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav’s $887 million ‘extraordinary’ golden parachute gets ripped by proxy advisory firm ISS

International Business Times

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…

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