formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Paramount Skydance has offered major cinema operators contracts guaranteeing 30 theatrical movie releases annually if it completes its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Source: Investing.com
These short, buzzy vertical shows are designed to build “mobile daily habits at scale” by “recalibrating consumption behavior” as audiences get used to watching Paramount+ on the go and during the day. Source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/paramount-is-moving-into-micro-dramas-as-hollywood-falls-in-love-with-short-video/b13nhhy
Several Hollywood trade organizations are in support of a dozen state attorneys general who filed suit Monday to block Paramount‘s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Unsurprisingly, the Writers Guild of America — which has loudly opposed the merger … Continued
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing the $110 billion acquisition would violate federal antitrust law and harm writers. Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260715-writers-union-sues-to-block-us-paramount-deal
The companies were told they should win clearance if they cut ties with Universal Pictures on movie distribution in several EU countries. Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/paramount-to-amend-111b-warner-bros-deal-to-win-eu-green-light/
U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy cited concerns around the plurality of views in news media, and consolidation in on-demand programming. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/uk-may-try-stop-paramount-warner-bros-discovery-deal-1236633743/