As Paramount, Comcast and Netflix prepare bids for Warner Bros. Discovery ahead of a Thursday deadline, speculation is growing about the role of Middle East wealth in the game-changing transaction. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged investments of $1 trillion…
Longtime CBS Evening News anchor and regular 60 Minutes contributor Dan Rather does not like what he sees happening at — and to — his old employer. Before David Ellison bought Paramount Global and merged it with his Skydance (forming…
Warner Bros. Discovery is suing a prominent artificial intelligence image generator for copyright infringement, escalating a high-stakes battle involving the use of movies and TV shows owned by major studios to teach AI systems. The lawsuit accuses Midjourney, which has…
Warner Bros Discovery is refocusing its video game unit on four core franchises: Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, Harry Potter and the DC Universe. The move, which entailed some shuffling of executives, was a response to erratic results in the…
As Elmo leaves the HBO family, so does HBO Family. The spinoff channel, which launched in December 1996 as a more kid- and family-friendly version of HBO, will shut down on August 15. It’s part of a larger strategy by…
Monday’s news that Warner Bros Discovery is splitting into two companies – one consisting of studios and streaming, the other linear TV networks – has cued up Hollywood’s latest succession drama. David Zaslav, having steered WBD as CEO since the…
Shareholders at Warner Bros. Discovery gave a thumbs down to the company’s executive compensation for 2024 — multi-million dollar paydays led by CEO David Zaslav’s $51.9 million package. The vote, informally called say-on-pay, is required at publicly traded companies but…
The majority of Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders who voted at the company’s 2025 annual meeting evidently believe CEO David Zaslav and other top execs are earning too much. At WBD’s annual stockholders meeting held June 2, investors voted down a…
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is meeting with potential candidates to replace film bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, according to a report by Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter. The talks, Bloomberg says, are “at…