Trump pushes studio to make a sequel to his favorite buddy-cop movie President reportedly wants to see more action movies being made The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025
Trump Shouts 'No TV Network Expansion!' — How a Saudi-WBD Deal Could Exploit It Donald Trump opposes US TV network expansion amid merger talks, warning it could increase left-wing influence. A Paramount-Warner Bros. deal could reshape media power dynamics. International Business Times UK · Nov 24, 2025
AI rivals like OpenAI, Nvidia, and Oracle are collaborating to build ‘Stargate’—but a Yale expert says it violates 135 years of antitrust law Six AI leaders are uniting to form a single company. How is this possibly legal, asks Madhavi Singh of Yale’s Thurman Arnold Project, an initiative dedicated to antitrust issues. Fortune · Nov 23, 2025
White House discussed axing CNN hosts that Trump hates with Larry Ellison as part of takeover talks, report says Paramount has prepared a bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery, CNN’s parent company The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025
Google Founders Page, Brin Up Over $160B In 2025, Now Worth More Than Zuckerberg Shares of Magnificent Seven stock Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) have soared to new all-time highs in recent days and posted an impressive gain of 54% year-to-date in 2025. Investors in the tech giant are sitting on impressive gains, including the company's co-founders who are now among the richest people in the… Benzinga · Nov 20, 2025
Hollywood Braces For Epic Bidding War As Paramount, Comcast And Netflix Eye Warner Bros. Discovery— Who Will Call Cut? Hollywood is gearing up for its most consequential bidding war in years as first-round offers for Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) arrive on Thursday, drawing in some of the biggest names in entertainment. Benzinga · Nov 20, 2025
Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2025
Larry Page Becomes World's Third Richest Man as Gemini 3 Sends His Fortune Soaring Larry Page's net worth jumps $7.6 billion as Google launches its most advanced AI model, Gemini 3. International Business Times UK · Nov 20, 2025
Elon Musk Reclaims Top Spot As Larry Ellison's $101B AI Gain Evaporates, Accused of 'Ruining' Twitter Algorithm Oracle's Larry Ellison briefly unseated Elon Musk as the world's richest person after a massive OpenAI deal, but a 30% stock crash erased his gains. International Business Times UK · Nov 16, 2025
Warner Bros Discovery Rallies on Strategic Review, Potential Bids from Paramount, Comcast And Netflix Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) shares are trading higher on Friday after the company initiated a strategic review to maximize shareholder value, with The Wall Street Journal reporting that Paramount Skydance Corp (NASDAQ:PSKY), Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) are preparing bids. Benzinga · Nov 14, 2025
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed The Guardian - US · Nov 13, 2025
600 Paramount Skydance employees quit instead of returning to the office, and it cost the company $185 million, filings show CEO David Ellison offered workers an ultimatum in September: Come back to work or find a new job. Fortune · Nov 11, 2025
How the Wealth of the 5 Richest People in 2000 Compares With the 5 Richest in 2025 How much has really changed since 2000? Discover how the richest people’s fortunes surged 729% in 25 years -- and why Elon Musk now towers over them all. GOBankingRates · Nov 11, 2025
‘60 Minutes’ reveals the hate it received from both Democrats and Republicans after Trump interview: ‘I turned it off immediately’ ‘The country may be politically divided, but the criticism from viewers was bipartisan,’ CBS News correspondent Cecilia Vega says The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025
GOBankingRates · Nov 9, 2025 Here’s How Long It Takes the Average American To Earn What a Billionaire Makes in One Day How long would it take someone earning the median household income to do the same as a billionaire?
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025 Stephen Colbert says it’s ‘self-evident’ that Trump settlement is ‘damaging to the reputation’ of CBS ‘Television’s in huge trouble. Maybe David Ellison [CEO of Paramount Skydance] will fix everything,” Stephen Colbert joked in an interview this week
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025 Bari Weiss’s security detail is costing CBS $10,000 per day, according to report Weiss took over CBS News last month after its parent company bought her Substack, The Free Press, for $150 million
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025 Trump gushes over Bari Weiss and boasts about ‘60 Minutes’ payoff — but TV viewers didn’t see that ‘Why would you subject yourself to this type of criticism? Just put it in, because it’s the first thing that I was looking for,’ one CBS News insider said of the network’s decision to omit Trump’s settlement boast from the on-air broadcast
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025 Bari Weiss offers ‘support’ to laid-off CBS News staffers on ‘enormously difficult day’: ‘My door is open’ The steep cuts to the news division included the entire race and culture unit, two streaming shows and the bureau in Johannesburg. Additionally, the network’s Saturday morning news show was gutted and its two hosts were let go.
Reason · Oct 29, 2025 Jake Tapper Called Out Obama and Biden for Free Speech Abuses. He Says Trump Is on a New Level. "I have not seen ever before a direct infringement on the right to free speech like that," CNN's Jake Tapper says of the Trump administration's actions in the Jimmy Kimmel saga.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025 From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
Benzinga · Oct 29, 2025 Larry Ellison Saw His Bomber Pilot Father's Blind Trust As A Weakness And Learned Early On To Question Everything: Perfect Example Of 'How Not To Be' Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) co-founder Larry Ellison once revealed that his curiosity and skepticism have remained unchanged since childhood.
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025 CBS parent company Paramount Skydance to cut 1,000 jobs this week in first round of layoffs: reports The coming job cuts, reported to total around 2,000 workers, are part of an ongoing restructuring following the venerable entertainment company’s controversial merger this August
The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025 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 · Oct 27, 2025 ‘They wanted him to fail’: CBS News staff reacts to ‘huge loss’ as ‘Evening News’ anchor John Dickerson departs ‘He’s an excellent journalist, good human being, and someone you want in a newsroom,’ one staffer told The Independent about Dickerson’s pending departure.