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2 Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Month

Plus: This week in legal history.

Reason · Oct 1

Little Disasters ending explained: Who really hurt Betsey in the Channel 5 thriller?

Plus, we look at changes made from Sarah Vaughan's original book

Woman & Home · Jun 24

What we lose when "The Late Show" ends

We'll see Stephen Colbert again, but his broadcast exit closes out David Letterman's absurdist TV legacy

Salon · May 21

Netflix Makes All-Cash Move for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO Max Amid Takeover Battle

Netflix has shifted to an all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO Max as a takeover battle intensifies amid rival bids.

International Business Times UK · Jan 21

Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press

In December 2025, President Donald Trump filed a US$10 billion lawsuit against the BBC in a federal court in Florida. It was only the latest in a long series of high-dollar legal challenges Trump has brought against prominent media organizations, including ABC, CBS, The New York Times and The Wall…

The Conversation · Jan 12

The Warner Bros Sale Has Been Wild To Watch Unfold, And We're Not Even Talking About How It Could Affect Theme Parks

The theme park industry could be changed forever by the Warner Bros. sale.

Cinemablend · Dec 12, 2025

Why does Netflix want to buy Warner Bros? To copy, not kill, traditional TV

The recent news that Netflix has agreed to buy part of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) for US$83 billion (£61.8 billion), followed by Paramount Global’s hostile counterbid to acquire WBD in its entirety for US$108.4 billion (£81 billion), has triggered shockwaves through Hollywood and the wider entertainment industry.

The Conversation · Dec 11, 2025

Behind Paramount's Hostile $108 Billion Bid For Warner Bros Discovery Was— Unanswered Texts?

David Ellison-led Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) on Monday, in a last-ditch effort to outbid streaming giant Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) and create a content powerhouse. A regulatory filing on Monday revealed that the HBO owner’s lack of response fueled Paramount’s…

Benzinga · Dec 9, 2025

Paramount rips Warner’s sale ‘process’ as it reveals 2-year-long pursuit and escalating bids before going hostile

Warner “did not provide a single markup of a single transaction document” or engage in any back-and-forth negotiation for months, its jilted suitor said.

Fortune · Dec 9, 2025

Paramount, backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, one day after US president Donald Trump says the Netflix deal 'could be a problem'

The Paramount bid is also supported by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, so that's probably not great for Netflix's ambitions.

PC Gamer · Dec 8, 2025