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Netflix-Warner Bros. Combo Would Eclipse Disney’s 18% Share of TV Demand | Chart
A Paramount-WBD merger, meanwhile, would create an even larger conglomerate with 27% share of demand for TV series
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Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholder Harris Associates ‘Very Open’ to Revised Paramount Bid
Warner’s fifth largest shareholder says the Netflix deal is “superior on deal terms” but “comparable on value”
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Actors’ Equity Chief Slams Trump’s ‘Lawless’ Move to Rename Kennedy Center
Al Vincent Jr. urges Congress to affirm the “proper name” and for the organization’s board to focus on addressing its “recent decline in ticket sales and loss in audiences”
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The Rise of ‘Heated Rivalry’: What Hollywood Can Learn From Canada’s Gay Hockey Smut Phenomenon | Analysis
HBO Max, Crave execs and GLAAD tell TheWrap why stories about sex, underrepresented communities and romance are still a recipe for success on TV
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Hollywood’s AI Hype Hit Reality in 2025. Next Year, It All Moves Faster
Despite some hiccups this year, AI adoption will continue to grow, even as the prospect of legal battles loom
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Sylvester Stallone Walked Away from ‘Cliffhanger’ Reboot Over Pay Dispute, Lawsuit Alleges
“He wanted to do the picture during Fall 2023 before production began for Season 2 of his television series, ‘Tulsa King,” the film’s producers claim
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PBS Enters Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 for First Time as Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ Logs 565 Million Minutes
The six-part documentary landed as the No. 10 most-watched streaming acquired title
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Sony Acquires ‘Peanuts’ Majority Stake From WildBrain for $457 Million
“We are deeply committed to carrying forward the legacy of Charles Schulz and the Schulz family,” Sony’s Shunsuke Muramatsu says
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YouTube Terminates 2 Channels Over Fake AI Movie Trailers
“They reverted to clear violations of our spam and misleading metadata policies,” a company spokesperson says
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Warner Bros. Launches Specialty Film Label Headed by Neon’s Christian Parkes, Jason Wald and Spencer Collantes
The former Neon CMO will spearhead the label with Wald joining as head of acquisitions and production and Collantes as VP of marketing and creative
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TikTok Signs US Divestment Deal, Setting Joint Venture With Oracle, Silver Lake
CEO Shou Chew tells employees the Trump-backed deal is on track to close Jan. 22
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Warner Bros. Elevates Alon Orstein, Joseph Boyle to TLC, Discovery Channel Content Heads
In their new roles, the pair will oversee all development and production for their respective brands
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David Leavy, Advisor to David Zaslav and CNN Vet, to Exit Warner Bros. Discovery
His exit after two decades at the company comes as WBD sells its assets to Netflix
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Ken Kao on Running Production Company Waypoint From Hawaii and Why Auteur Films Need New Economics
Office With a View: The producer behind “The Favourite” and “Longlegs” on why indie film financing is broken
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Lionsgate Shares Climb 49% in Past 6 Months
Anson Funds, billionaire Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management and former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are among the studio’s major investors
