Journalism
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Paramount Shows Streaming Progress as it Tiptoes Around Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit
Paramount+ has reached nearly 82 million subscribers as the media giant’s streaming profits climbed 44% to $366 million
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Antitrust Trial Set for March 2027
David Ellison will be on the hook for $1.06 billion in ticking fees by the time the 12-day trial starts on March 2
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Ari Emanuel Proposes Editorial Board to Oversee CNN
The WME Group executive chair called the move an “easy solve” to address concerns about the Ellison family’s ownership of the network and CBS following the $110 billion deal
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‘60 Minutes’ EP Nick Bilton Urges Staff to Tune Out Rumors in Internal Memo
“I’d like this place to be talked about for what we put on television,” he writes ahead of Season 59 on CBS
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David Ellison Says Paramount-WBD Lawsuit Is About CNN, Shares His Politics
“I do not aspire to lead these companies to bend their newsrooms to my views,” the executive says in a New York Times op-ed
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Meghan McCain Mocks ‘Weird’ Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene Anti-Trump Class Photo
The “Citizen McCain” host shares her unfiltered thoughts on a supposed “movement” from the MAGA defectors
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Gourmet Revival to Rebrand After Condé Nast Trademark Lawsuit
The food newsletter will publish under a temporary name before unveiling a new brand
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New ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Defends Bari Weiss’ ‘Heterodox’ CBS News: ‘Return to the Business of Reporting’
“She’s one of those people who will either change the world or crash and burn,” Trevor Phillips says
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Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi Join Columbia as Journalists-in-Residence
The former “60 Minutes” correspondents will mentor journalism students during the 2026-27 academic year
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Peter Alexander’s MS NOW Show to Debut Next Week
“State of Play” will air in the network’s weekday 11 a.m. ET hour, focusing on political and national news through original reporting, interviews and analysis
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The New ‘60 Minutes’: Bari Weiss’ Shakeup Is a Bellwether for Her CBS Strategy
Also in this week’s The Media Front column, how local news is embracing TikTok and ABC presses the FCC
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RFK Jr. Shouts at Dana Bash in Raging COVID Vaccine Debate: ‘You Were Scaring People. That Was the Job of CNN’
The Secretary of Health and Human Services gets heated as his on-air interview boils over into a 22-minute showdown
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Paramount Seeks November Warner Bros. Merger Trial While State AGs, WGA Ask for April
The David Ellison-led media giant wants to start as soon as possible, while the states and labor union say they need more time for discovery
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ESPN Announcer Karl Ravech Returns to Call MLB Game Days After Being Laid Off
The longtime commentator is already on deck to call an August game between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners
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Joe Scarborough Skewers Trump Administration’s Socialist Policies: ‘This Is Outrageous’
“Republicans, in the most socialist of ways, are picking winners and losers now,” the “Morning Joe” host says














