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Netflix Earnings Preview: Is the Stock an Ad Growth or an Engagement Challenge Story?
Ahead of its July 16 second-quarter earnings report, analysts forecast financial and subscriber trends and weigh in on the outlook for the stock, which has been under pressure this year.
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States make last-ditch effort to stop the Paramount ‘media behemoth’
A dozen state attorneys general are trying to block the $110 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery they warn would raise movie prices and crush cable TV distributors. The states – California, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington – filed suit on Monday, arguing…
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States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin
AG: Deal will bring “higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and TV.”
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Paramount and Warner Bros sued to block $110bn mega merger
A dozen US states are taking legal action to halt the largest media consolidation in Hollywood history.
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Why I’m Suing to Block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger (Guest Column)
California Attorney General Rob Bonta explains, in this guest column, why he is leading a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in suing to block the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. He argues the deal is unlawful and would hand one company excessive control over film and television distribution,…
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NowThis Hires Georgie Guinane as Head of L.A. Studio
NowThis, the digital-first and social news outlet that targets Gen Z audiences, has hired producer Georgie Guinane as head of studio, L.A. In the new role, Guinane will lead NowThis’ Los Angeles studio, in charge of the company’s slate of original digital series. She reports directly to editor in chief Michael Vito Valentino. Guinane joins…
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Paramount Says States’ Lawsuit Seeking To Block WBD Deal “Will Only Harm Entertainment Workers”
Paramount hit back at an antitrust lawsuit filed Monday by12 states seeking to block the company’s pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The suit “reflects a fundamentally flawed application of the antitrust laws and is wrong on both the facts and the law,” a Paramount spokesperson said in a statement. “We will vigorously…
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State AGs sue to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
A dozen state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop the Paramount / Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
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‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ Original Screenplay U.S. Rights Head To Paramount & Studio’s New Genre Label Primal Before Warner Bros Merger
Paramount has acquired the U.S. rights to Wes Craven’s original 1984 screenplay for A Nightmare on Elm Street and plans to reboot the franchise under its new genre label, Paramount Primal. The deal matters because the series has long been closely associated with New Line, but U.S. copyright law allowed the Craven estate to reclaim…