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Tencent Considers Investing in Paramount’s $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal
The Chinese tech giant previously committed $1 billion to fund David Ellison’s bid, but backed out to avoid raising national security concerns with U.S. regulators
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Paramount President Jeff Shell Sued for $150 Million Over Alleged Contract for PR Services
R.J. Cipriani alleges that he’s owed after the executive refused to help produce a TV show in exchange for crisis communications services
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Mike Flanagan Inks Multi-Year Overall TV Deal With Amazon MGM Studios
The “Carrie” showrunner will develop and produce original series exclusively for Amazon
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YouTube Is the World’s Largest Media Company, MoffettNathanson Says
The firm, which previously declared the Google-owned video platform the “new king of all media,” estimates it is worth up to $560 billion
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Radial Entertainment Adds Parrot Analytics as Enterprise Analytics Partner | Exclusive
The partnership will leverage Parrot’s demand analytics to inform M&A and maximize Radial’s 70,000-title library
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ESPN Adds 6 Sports Writers From the Washington Post
The hires come a month after the Jeff Bezos-owned paper ended its sports section during mass layoffs
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James, Elisabeth and Prudence Murdoch No-Show at Rupert Murdoch’s 95th Birthday Bash
A cast of Fox and News Corp characters flocked to a New York restaurant to celebrate the media leader
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Can Ben Affleck Lead Hollywood’s Embrace of AI? | Analysis
Netflix’s acquisition of the star’s venture InterPositive signals a smart path to AI — if it actually has the goods
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The Media Front: TV Correspondents Bear Witness During Iran War
In this week’s edition: TV correspondents abroad, New York Times’ suit against the Pentagon and Trump’s muddled Iran message
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Everyone Agrees Social Media Is Bad for Kids, but No One Can Agree on How to Fix It
Some countries have implemented bans, others are using age-verification, but a universal solution to protect kids and teens’ mental health is proving difficult
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Paramount Mulls Studio Lot Changes After Warner Bros. Merger | Report
“We’re going to optimize the combined real estate footprint and corporate overhead,” Gerry Cardinale says
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‘Monsters Inc. 3’ and an Untitled Musical Among Pixar’s New Films in the Works
“Ono Ghost Market,” a movie inspired by Asian myths about supernatural bazaars, is also under way
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Quentin Tarantino Wrote a British Farce Play for the West End, Eyeing Fall Premiere
“It is absolutely the next thing I’m going to do,” Tarantino says
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James G. Robinson, Morgan Creek Co-Founder and Producer of ‘Major League’ and ‘Ace Ventura,’ Dies at 90
His other credits include “Dead Ringers,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” and “True Romance”














