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Warner Bros. Discovery Board to ‘Carefully Review and Consider’ Paramount Takeover Bid
“The Board is not modifying its recommendation with respect to the agreement with Netflix,” the media giant adds in a Monday statement
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Trump Mocks ‘Terrible’ Jimmy Kimmel Ahead of Kennedy Center Honors Hosting Gig | Video
“If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don’t think I should be president,” Trump jokes
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Paramount CEO David Ellison Lays Out Vision for CNN After Launching Hostile Takeover of WBD | Video
Ellison tells CNBC he wants a combined CNN-CBS to appeal to “the 70% of Americans that are in the middle”
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‘The Daily Show’ Host Jordan Klepper Tells ‘Morning Joe’ He’s Not Seeing Trump Earn His ‘President of Peace’ Title | Video
“You see what’s happening at these cabinet meetings, you see what’s happening with FIFA. What you’re watching is people capitulating,” the Comedy Central star says
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Paramount’s Warners Bid Includes $24 Billion From Middle Eastern Funds, Backing From Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners
The company’s hostile takeover attempt also includes $1 billion from the Chinese technology company Tencent
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Piers Morgan Raises $30 Million for ‘Uncensored’ Brand
The deal values Morgan’s enterprise at around $130 million and will help launch new programs like “History Uncensored”
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Trump Attacks ‘60 Minutes’ and Paramount Over MTG Interview Minutes After Hostile Takeover Announced
Paramount on Monday announced a public bid for Warner Bros. Discovery at $30 a share
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Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Jumps 7% as Paramount Announces Hostile Takeover Bid
After Netflix won the bidding war last week, Paramount countered Monday with $30 per share for the entire company
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Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal Doesn’t Get CNN Out of ‘Purgatory’
Even as CEO Mark Thompson spoke positively about increased investment in CNN as it spins out next year with Discovery Global, the specter of another shakeup remains
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TheWrap Wins Best Website, Takes 8 Top Honors at National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
The site won Best Entertainment Blog for WaxWord, Best Film Criticism, Film Features, Business coverage and more
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Trump Calls Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos ‘Fantastic,’ Says He’ll Be Involved in Decision on Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover
The president confirmed reports that he met with Sarandos during remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors red carpet
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Tucker Carlson Says He Plans to Buy Home in Doha, Defends Qatar Hosting Hamas: ‘I’m an American … I’ll Be Wherever I Want’ | Video
Carlson made the declaration in a wide-ranging interview with Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
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‘SNL’ Cold Open Tells Netflix C-SPAN Is for Sale, Too, After WBD Deal | Video
Meanwhile, Trump is too busy dreaming about Zohran Mamdani to have Pete Hegseth’s back
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Sen. Chris Murphy Shreds Potential Netflix Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery: ‘A Classic Antitrust Violation’
“It’s patently illegal,” Murphy writes, “but there are some quietly rooting for it because a Paramount takeover (that includes CNN) would be worse”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Trump ‘Was Furious’ With Her for Signing the Epstein Files Discharge Petition | Video
“He said that it was going to hurt people,” the congresswoman adds
