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It's a sequel, it's a remake, it's a reboot: Lawyers grow wistful for old corporate rumbles as Paramount, Netflix fight for Warner

Will Paramount or Netflix win the fight for Warner? Hollywood's takeover drama is in some ways a flashback to the 1980s, in other ways quintessentially 2025.

Fortune

No, Stephen A. Smith Was Not Fired From ESPN’s ‘NBA Countdown’

Despite recent headlines, it’s been known for months that Smith would no longer be part of ESPN’s pregame show.

Sports Illustrated

YouTube TV-Disney Carriage Dispute Already Making Disappointing NFL History

How long will this standoff continue?

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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

Netflix Q2 Earnings Preview: 'Squid Game' Lift Is Clear—But What's The Next Blockbuster?

Streaming giant Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) is likely to focus on what's to come in the second half of 2025 when the company reports second-quarter financial results Thursday after market close.

Benzinga

Is Warner Bros. Discovery's Financial Health Really 'Better Than It Appears'?

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we kick the tires on Venu Sports' future, whether 'home entertainment' still exists ... and those who would doubt Caleb Williams

Broadcasting & Cable

Parsing Linear TV's Massive $15 Billion Correction

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we check in on Elon Musk's $44 billion propaganda machine, and we process all we loved (and loathed) about The Olympics

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This Deep Dive Into Nick Castellanos Homering During Major News Events Is Nothing Short of Astonishing

It shouldn’t have been a surprise that the Phillies' outfielder homered after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.

Sports Illustrated

Retreat, Hell! Embattled Paramount Plus Expands Ad-Supported Tier to Canada and Australia, Proliferates 'Premium' Plan Across Europe

Move comes with pushback from a certain celebrity analyst, who questions the very existence of Paramount's DTC streaming business

Broadcasting & Cable

Analyst Rich Greenfield Wants Shari Redstone To Fire Bob Bakish

Influential analyst says CEO is to blame for Paramount Global’s money-losing streaming strategy

Broadcasting & Cable

Why streaming video prices from Netflix, Apple, and Disney, keep increasing

Finding new subscribers in a saturated streaming video market isn't easy. And with legacy media companies desperate to recoup revenue declines in their linear TV businesses, the cost of your monthly plan is likely to keep rising.

Fortune

Disney, Spectrum direct customers to other TV services as dispute keeping ESPN off air continues

A business dispute that has pulled ESPN and other Disney-owned companies off the air for nearly 15 million cable TV subscribers continues, with both companies taking the unusual step of directing customers to look elsewhere for their favorite networks

The Independent UK

CNN’s future cloudy in wake of management change

CNN, under Ted Turner throughout the 1980s and 1990s, aspired to be about news first, not personality.

Tribune News Service

Is This Thing Going to Happen or What? Broadcast Enters NAB 2023 Still Waiting For the ATSC 3.0 Train to Arrive

So-called NEXTGEN TV is a tech TV version of 'Waiting for Godot,' where an unspecified something is imminently arriving to make everything better ... yet never quite materializes

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Musk Hints at $8 a Month for Verified Twitter Accounts

Elon Musk is looking to quickly boost Twitter Inc.'s revenue by embracing subscriptions, aiming to make the social-media company less dependent on digital ads as Madison Avenue signals a cautious stance toward the site after the billionaire's takeover.

Financial Times

Are you still watching? Netflix and the future of streaming

The company’s fall in subscribers is a moment of reckoning for media groups pouring billions into online platforms

Benzinga

Does Elon Musk Actually Want To Buy Twitter? 'Maybe This Is All A Joke'

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is showing active interest in Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) again, but this time he wants to buy the whole company.

Benzinga

Why Elon Musk Building His Twitter Stake Signals 'More Aggressive' Involvement Is Likely

In an unexpected move, Tesla, Inc.

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