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California AG On David Ellison Demanding State AGs Coalition & WGA Post $1.88B Bond To Pay Ticking Fees In WarnerDiscovery Pursuit: “He's Desperate & Grasping At Straws. Judge Decided In Temporary Restraining Order On No Bonds. Skydance's Massive PR Campaign Injected & Seeded Lies Into Environment.”

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California AG On David Ellison Demanding State AGs Coalition & WGA Post $1.88B Bond To Pay Ticking Fees In WarnerDiscovery Pursuit: “He's Desperate & Grasping At Straws. Judge Decided In Temporary Restraining Order On No Bonds. Skydance's Massive PR Campaign Injected & Seeded Lies Into Environment.”

hollywoodreporter.com

u/lowell2017 — 22 hours ago

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Bari Weiss's & Tom Cibrowski's ‘CBS Mornings’ Relaunch Plan Is Adopting Live & Loose, Chat-Driven Format Similar To MS NOW's “Morning Joe” - Insiders Warn “While They Need To Try Something, Weiss's Going To Turn This Show Into Podcast. It Lacks Intellectual Analysis To Make Sense Of Current Events.”

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Skydance Want State AGs Coalition & WGA To Post A $1.88B Bond In Order To Pay Ticking Fees In Legal Challenge Against WarnerDiscovery Pursuit - California AG Says Ellisons Trying To Get Out Of Their Fabricated Obligations: “They're Lying In Bed Of Their Own Making & Again Blackmail Us To Back Down.”

u/lowell2017 — 2 days ago

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After Her Recent Fill-Ins & “60 Minutes” Promotion, Bari Weiss Also Wants Norah O’Donnell To Return To “CBS Mornings” As Its Permanent Third Host - Final Decision Not Made But Elisabeth Hasselbeck, “Inside Edition”'s Eva Pilgrim, & “CBS Saturday Morning”'s Kelly O’Grady Are Also Under Consideration.

u/lowell2017 — 2 days ago

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“60 Minutes”'s Final Contributor Hire Is “The New Yorker”'s Staff Writer Ariel Levy - Skydance's Giving “Blank Check” Budget For An Aggressive Multi-Pronged, Cross-Platform Marketing Campaign Push To Promote Show. Insider Says It's A Litmus Test For Both Weiss & Bilton: “This Has To Work For Them.”

u/lowell2017 — 2 days ago

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Skydance's Paramount+ Originals Head Says Ellison Has Kept DTC Content Strategy Unchanged: “Developing These Genre Platform-Defining Shows Do Tend To Take Longer. I Can’t Talk About Anything Right Now. We Built Up Last Fall Quickly, Then Took Pause, & Just Re-Evaluating What We Need For The Future.”

u/lowell2017 — 2 days ago

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CBS News's Long-Running ‘Sunday Morning’ Show Teams Up With NYC's 92nd Street Y For Live Interviews & Programming Events (Exclusive) - In The Partnership, The Y Will Get First Dibs For Livestreams But It'll Also Become Available To Stream Afterward On Both CBS News's Digital Platforms & Paramount+.

hollywoodreporter.com

u/lowell2017 — 5 days ago

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There's Logistical & Financial Difficulties In Ellison's Threat Of Moving Paramount Global's CA Operations: “Skydance Would Need Huge Assurances & Incentives In Billions From TX, TN, Or GA To Build Something That Big. What Happens To Senior Management? Does Goldberg, Greenstein, & Holland All Go?”

u/lowell2017 — 7 days ago

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CNN Staffers On Skydance Floating Potential Editorial Board Idea For Its WarnerDiscovery Pursuit: "That Ain’t Going To Cut It As Board Only Works With Credible Journalists & Actual Shielding Power, Not Bari Weiss Or Dana White. This Is A Product Of David Ellison's Desperation & Everyone Knows That."

u/lowell2017 — 7 days ago

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In Midst Of David Ellison Looking At Potential Editorial Board Idea For CNN, House Judiciary Committee Member Raskin Sends New Letter To Seek Transcribed Interview On His Trump Admin Collusion In CBS News's Editorial Overhauls & Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit. He Wants A Response By August 26th.

u/lowell2017 — 7 days ago

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With Threatening Paramount Global's CA Operations, Skydance Also Mulls Relocating CBS News From NYC To Atlanta To Be Close To Ellison's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit, Even If States AGs Coalition's Legal Challenge Reaches US Supreme Court - An Insider Says “If Production's Involved, That’s A Lot Of Jobs.”

u/lowell2017 — 7 days ago

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The Free Press Staffers On What Happened After Skydance's $150M Purchase & Installing Bari Weiss As CBS News's Editor-In-Chief: Executives “Dennis Berman & Daniel Hallac Came & Sold Faster Than Anyone Could've Imagined. We Need A Marketing Specialist But Post-Acquisition, Kind Of Forgot Who We Are.”

u/lowell2017 — 7 days ago

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Skydance’s Legal Head Makan Delrahim Says Threat To Move Paramount Global's Operations From CA Isn't “A Blackmail Attempt. You Go Where You're Wanted.” - As He Confirms David Ellison's & Trump Admin's CNN Intentions, He Also Iterates That “You Can Allege All You Want But There's No Corruption Here.”

u/lowell2017 — 8 days ago

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David Ellison Wants To Move Paramount Global's Operations From CA To Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Or Elsewhere On October 1st To Absorb Ticking Fees If No Settlement. While $500M Saved Annually In Taxes, Some Of His 12 Skydance Lieutenants Upset On An Imposed Uprooting Of Their Family Cross-Country.

u/lowell2017 — 9 days ago

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WarnerDiscovery Insider Says Combined Breakup & Advisory Fees On Skydance's Pursuit Would Cost Ellisons Close To $11B: “They’re Not Going To Allow That Result. It’s Not An Option As It'll Be A Complete Disaster For Them If Things Fall Apart.” Zaslav's Key Focus Is Using $7B To Pay Down Company Debt.

u/lowell2017 — 10 days ago

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An Insider On What Matt Gutman's “CBS Evening News” Ratings Means For Tony Dokoupil: “It’s Bad Sign When Your Substitute Reels In Over 100K More Viewers. If Trend Continues, Weiss Will Have To Think About Changing Anchors If It's Clear Indication That Audience Prefers Gutman, Even As Small Sample.”

u/lowell2017 — 12 days ago

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"CBS Evening News" Surpassed 4M Viewers For Last Week's Ratings With Matt Gutman In The Anchor Seat - A TV Executive On Tony Dokoupil Taking 2-Week Vacation: "Tony Took Off With His Substitute Outclassing Him. Never Seen This Before & It's A Missed Opportunity To Lure Away Some Viewers From Rivals.”

u/lowell2017 — 13 days ago

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David Zaslav Admits Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit Has Been ‘Challenging’ For Employees Due To Uncertainty Yet They Display ‘Inspiring Culture & Work Ethic’ - He Also Says “We Want To Deliver A Great Company. As Long As We’re Here, We’re Going To Continue To Honor WB, HBO, Discovery, DC, Etc.”

u/lowell2017 — 14 days ago

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UK Government Gives Clearance Of Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit Due To Competition & Markets Authority Not Recommending For A Deeper Phase 2 Investigation - As Culture Secretary Gets A 5-Year “Deed Of Covenant Commitment”, There Will Be No Public Interest Intervention Notice Issued At This Time.

u/lowell2017 — 14 days ago

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WarnerDiscovery's DTC Streaming Profit Jumps 75% To $512M In Q2 - $1.1B Of Restructuring Expenses Incurred, NBA Rights Loss Drags Advertising Revenue Down 22% To $1.7B. Studios Revenue Plunges 39% To $2.3B With ‘The Bride’ & ‘Supergirl’ Theatrical Releases, & Network Revenue Decreases 17% To $3.99B.

u/lowell2017 — 14 days ago