Business
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Brendan Carr Accepted Paramount Gifts While FCC Reviewed Company Deals
A ProPublica report scrutinizes the FCC chair’s acceptance of Paramount-funded gala tickets, amid the company’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
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Spotify on Its Shift From Exclusive Podcasts to Building a Creator-Friendly Platform
Podcast and video VP Roman Wasenmüller explains why the current model is more of a “win-win” for creators and Spotify than its prior splashy deals
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Why Cartoon Network Shows Don’t Necessarily Need Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation president Sam Register takes us behind-the-scenes at its expansion to other streamers
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TV Shows
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Paramount Skydance Agrees to Tie States’ Merger Antitrust Case With Prior Paramount+ Subscriber Lawsuit
The media company was sued by subscribers on antitrust grounds back in April
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Paramount Primal Dates Tyler Falbo Comedy ‘Boys for Life’ for Spring 2027
Plot details are being kept under wraps
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Paramount Gets Offer to Set Up HQ in Tennessee as California Aims to Block Warner Bros. Merger
“Companies that choose Tennessee find more than a favorable business climate — they find a state committed to helping them succeed,” Deputy Gov. Stuart McWhorter writes in a letter to CEO David Ellison
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‘Man of Tomorrow’: Xolo Maridueña to Return as Blue Beetle in James Gunn’s Sequel
The film will act as the character’s reintroduction into the DCU
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Mythical’s Cooking Content to Stream on Netflix in Latest Creator Partnership
“Last Meals,” “Good Mythical Morning” and “Mythical Kitchen” will arrive on the streamer starting Sept. 7
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Warner Bros. Signs First Look Deal With Chris Ferguson’s Oddfellows
The deal with the “Longlegs” producer was spearheaded by WB’s Clockwork
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Paramount Still Plans on Closing WBD Merger by End of September, Despite Legal Fight From 12 States
“This is an antitrust case. To stop a merger, the merger has to be anti-competitive. This merger is pro-competitive,” the company’s lead outside counsel Jeffrey Kessler says
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As ‘Moana’ Whiffs, Is Disney’s Live-Action Remake Strategy Dead?
Also in this week’s Reel to Reel column, why studios want to buy Letterboxd
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Movies
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Paramount-Warner Bros. May Face Devastating Delay With State Antitrust Suit | Analysis
The state attorneys general’s effort lives and dies on whether it gets its request for a preliminary injunction to halt the merger granted
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Deals & M&A
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12 State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order to Block Paramount-Warner Merger Ahead of Litigation
The filing comes hours after the state AGs first sued to block the $110 billion deal
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TriStar Pictures Bags Feature Rights to Trevor Henderson’s Viral Internet Horror ‘Cartoon Cat’
This is Henderson’s second deal following the bidding war for “Siren Head”
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California’s Paramount Lawsuit Looks More Like Politics Than a Winning Legal Strategy | Analysis
The Media Front: The case may have enough legal merit to get a hearing, but probably not enough to stop the industry’s biggest merger
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