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Comcast CEO Eyes $28 Per Share Bid For Warner Bros. Assets, Outbidding Paramount, Netflix

Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) CEO Brian Roberts is pushing aggressively into the second round of bidding for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) as he looks to revive the company's weakening media portfolio.

Benzinga

East Wing ballroom donations by corporate owners create awkward moments for news outlets

President Donald Trump's razing of the White House's East Wing to build a ballroom has meant for some awkward moments for news outlets

The Independent UK

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell rages at ‘deranged’ CNN for employing ‘rabid, lying Trump supporter’ Scott Jennings

Lawrence O’Donnell said that Scott Jennings wasn’t always like this, claiming he was once ‘capable’ of criticizing Trump before he ‘figured out where the money is’ and became the ‘JD Vance of CNN.’

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Top media analyst proposes Comcast hire Charlie Kirk’s widow as editor-in-chief of NBC and CNN

‘Sure, at first blush it sounds crazy, but Trump loves a deal, and Brian Roberts needs to think big and differently,’ media analyst Rich Greenfield wrote this week

The Independent UK

David Ellison has ‘Trump card’ in Paramount’s pursuit to take over Warner Bros. Discovery

‘Trump's implicit support for the deal is their number one talking point,’ an Ellison adviser told CNN this week.

The Independent UK

Trump Vs. Comcast: President Targets NBC In Latest Push Against Media — 'Should Look Into The License'

Former President Donald Trump is aiming for Hollywood again — cheering Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) and Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) for sidelining late-night hosts, and now turning his sights on NBC’s parent company, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA).

Benzinga

Trump unleashes new FCC threat on NBC in fat-shaming Al Sharpton post that name-checks ‘Tawana Brawley hoax’

President attacks civil rights activist over alleged bias on his PoliticsNation show while calling on his own media attack dog Brendan Carr to investigate MSNBC’s sister network

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The rise of the bro co-CEO

Three companies—Spotify, Oracle, and Comcast—just named co-CEOs. They are all men, part of a decades-long trend.

Fortune

Trump rages at ‘highly neurotic’ MSNBC host over tariffs, claims network committed ‘Major Campaign Violation’

‘Donald Trump is backed into a corner’ and is ‘looking for an exit,’ Stephanie Ruhel said Friday morning, prompting the president to fire back on Truth Social

The Independent UK

Trump’s FCC chair blasts MSNBC for ‘news distortion’ and refusal to call deported man a ‘violent’ MS-13 member

‘Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public—implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular ‘Maryland man.’ When the truth comes out, they ignore it,’ Brendan Carr tweeted on Wednesday night

The Independent UK

Opposition to Abbott’s Vouchers Plan Includes Conservatives

The governor crushed anti-voucher Republicans in the Texas House, but there are still plenty of party activists who are opposed.

Texas Observer

Next Text: Showcasing the Brilliance of David Zaslav?

Our weekly back-and-forth also looks at the big Disney-DirecTV deal, Synamedia's 'Senza' cloud-based streaming dongle ... and the terrifying Big Ten fate of the once-proud UCLA football program

Broadcasting & Cable

Comcast Earnings Dip Despite Trimming Losses at Peacock

Company loses 419,000 video customers, 120,000 broadband subscribers

Multichannel News

“Peter Gabriel was forced to start slipping into this persona… If we’d not had two 12-strings to retune, would he ever have started telling all those stories?” Why so many musicians envy Anthony Phillips’ career after Genesis

Illness, heartbreak and stage fright may have led some to think of him as an also-ran – but under the radar he’s much, much more than the “ex-genius” people thought they read on a poster

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Minnesota Senator Urges Comcast to ‘Return to the Negotiation Table’ With Diamond Sports Group

‘My constituents are furious’ that they can’t watch Twins games, Tina Smith tells Brian Roberts

iMore

Comcast just invented cable — a new money-saving bundle will include Apple TV Plus, Netflix, and Peacock

Remember when you used to pay a cable company a load of money and then watch whatever you wanted? Comcast is doing that, but for streaming services.

Tom’s Guide

Netflix, Peacock and Apple TV Plus streaming bundle announced by Comcast — at ‘vastly reduced price’

Comcast is looking to battle back against Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery with its own streamer bundle that will include Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+

Broadcasting & Cable

Best Bundle Ever? Brian Roberts (and Apple) Make a Shrewd Move By Hooking Up With the Video Business' Most Churn-Resistant Streaming Service

Netflix has maintained an industry-low churn rate of 2%, while the rest of the video business is at 5.5%

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Comcast's StreamSaver bundle will put Netflix, Apple TV Plus and Peacock all under the same roof – and for a 'vastly reduced price'

Comcast is planning a StreamSaver bundle that offers Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV Plus for one monthly fee – but not everyone will be able to subscribe.

TV Tech

Comcast Plans Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle

The bundle will launch this month and offer discounted pricing according to Comcast’s Brian Roberts

Multichannel News

Brian Roberts’s Pay Rose To $35 Million at Comcast

President Mike Cavanagh got $29.6 million

Broadcasting & Cable

A Potential Altice USA Purchase 'Makes Sense' for Charter, But Comcast Should Kick the Tires, Too, Analyst Says

New Street Research's Jonathan Chaplin says it would be 'irresponsible' or Comcast not to also take a look at buying the currently deflated New York cable company. T-Mobile might also consider making a run, he added

Multichannel News

Comcast Reports Higher Earnings as Peacock Makes Progress, but Broadband, Video Subs Decline

Revenue rose 2.3% to $31.3 billion

Broadcasting & Cable

Is 'Yellowstone' Now a Bigger Franchise For Paramount Than 'Star Trek'?

In our latest 'Next Text,' we ponder the value of the California-loathing uber-producer Taylor Sheridan in the era of Bob Bakish's 'hard bundle'

Fortune

The second-largest streaming service in the U.S. could change hands as Comcast moves up deadline for $27.5 billion option to sell Hulu. ‘That’s a scarce kingmaker asset’

Comcast and Disney agreed to speed up the timeline for the streaming service they jointly own.

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