Mark Ruffalo has been one of the fiercest critics of the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger, and after the deal became a reality Wednesday, the man who plays the Incredible Hulk in the MCU came out swinging. “This merger will stifle creativity, weaken free speech and cost…

Mere minutes after a federal judge signed off Wednesday on the antitrust settlement deal between Paramount, Warner Bros Discovery and a dozen blue state attorneys general, David Ellison has named Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of his soon-to-expand media giant. In a statement, Paramount said the former…

UPDATED with CA AG statement, Block The Merger response: A federal judge has approved the Sept. 21 settlement between Paramount and a group of state Attorneys General that sued to block its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, removing the last hurdle for the deal to close. “The Court finds the…

Reemah Sakaan, president of Paramount’s British network 5, has said the broadcaster is committed to independent news amid concerns about David Ellison-shaped political interference in the U.S. Taking to the stage at the Royal Television Society London Convention, Sakaan was asked whether anxiety…

Paramount began marketing a massive $44.4 billion debt offering Monday to fund its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as it awaits a decision by a federal judge that’s the last remaining hurdle to clinching the deal. "The actual closing date of the acquisition is uncertain," Paramount said in…

Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, plus a dozen blue states, want Cory Booker to stay in his own lane when it comes to the antitrust settlement over the companies’ $111 billion mega-merger. “The fact that a proposed consent decree does not contain every outcome that one party may have wanted…

“The Attorney General for the lead Plaintiff State, California, publicly criticized the very behavioral remedies that the parties now ask the Court to approve,”exclaims an amicus brief just filed in federal court by the Block the Merger coalition to take one last swing at stopping the antitrust…

Reporters from CNN aren’t allowed access to the White House’s state dinner or guest arrivals Thursday, but the news outlet’s soon-to-be owner will be breaking bread with China’s president Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, along with a gaggle of tech bosses. Striving to get a settlement in Paramount’s…

Although David Ellison has given a lot of money to Democrats over the years, the Paramount CEO is probably not donating a dime to Sen. Cory Booker’s next campaign. The much disparaged state Attorneys General-negotiated settlement in Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery…

Mere hours before a court hearing on the much criticized settlement between Paramount and a coalition of blue state attorneys general on the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery, ParaBros foes have gained a victory that could see an expensive delay on the deal closing. “The Court…

UPDATED: A Zoom call on Wednesday with 500 senior Warner Bros staffers to discuss Paramount’s settlement of the antitrust lawsuit brought by state attorneys general related to its merger with WBD did little to dissipate the gloomy, Mordor-like clouds over the Burbank lot, to use a Lord of the Rings…

Paramount executives have discussed seeking an equity investment from Elon Musk as they prepare to close the acquisition of Warner. Bros. Discovery, according to a Semafor report today. Larry Ellison had personally committed to backstop over $40 billion in equity financing for the mega-deal to…