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Techdirt
TechdirtOct 8, 2026
Right On Cue: Here Comes The Skydance/Paramount Layoffs
You can set your watch to it.Major media companies insist they simply have to merge to create all manner of amazing new "consolidative synergies." The debt from the acquisitions then result in brand and company cannibalization as labor and consumers are forced to carry the load. The net result is mass layoffs, higher prices, and...
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Techdirt
TechdirtOct 7, 2026
Paramount, Warner Bros Formally Merge, Form Giant Mountain Of Disastrous Debt
Larry Ellison has succeeded in fusing Paramount and Warner Brothers in a $110 billion merger that will culminate in mass layoffs, higher prices, lower-quality product, and news outlets like CNN becoming even more friendly to corporate power and the U.S. right wing. This enshittification will arrive despite endless promises by the Ellisons that none of...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 30, 2026
The Disastrous Bari Weiss Experiment May Be Coming To An End At CBS/CNN
When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby son David) hired blog-troll Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision” that would modernize the network and reach the “everyday Americans” they claimed were "traditionally ignored by...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 28, 2026
Free Speech, Consumer Groups Make Last Ditch Effort To Block Paramount Merger
Last week California Democrats -- including Governor Gavin Newsom, LA Mayor Karen Bass, and AG Rob Bonta buckled under pressure and got 12 states to drop their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount's $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers. Worse: they did so without affixing any meaningful conditions or divestments, ensuring that the deal, as with all...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 23, 2026
‘Independent CNN Oversight Board’ To Be Hand Picked By Paramount
Earlier this week we noted how California Democrats fecklessly folded to Paramount's demands and settled the 12-state antitrust lawsuit against Paramount's $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. We also noted how the conditions affixed to the deal are largely pathetic, and generally consist of a lot of performative fluff Paramount itself recommended and California AG...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 9, 2026
Fake Consumer Group Using AI To Generate Fake Support For Paramount Merger
In addition to the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger just being foundationally bad for creatives, labor, and consumers, the Ellison family-owned company's executives just keep demonstrating why they're not really the kind of folks you want dominating the lion's share of U.S. media.That's included calling deal critics "antisemitic," cozying up to foreign authoritarians, constantly threatening...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 8, 2026
Paramount Caught Using ‘Astroturf’ Group To Drum Up Fake Support For Merger
We've well established how the $111 billion Paramount and Warner Brothers merger is terrible for labor, creatives, consumers, and markets. But the kind of behaviors Paramount leadership have been engaged in to sell the deal also give a pretty clear indication what kind of company we're dealing with, and why they shouldn't be allowed to...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 4, 2026
Tom Cruise Parrots Paramount’s Empty Merger Promises Because He Loves His ‘Hollywood Family’
Just so we're clear: pre-merger promises (especially in the media and telecom sectors) are absolutely worthless. There's fifty years of indisputable evidence that all of the "synergies" and innovative improvements promised on the front end of major media mergers mean absolutely nothing. Especially in a country dead-set on defanging its labor and consumer protection regulators.To...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 18, 2026
The Ellisons Again Threaten To Move CBS/Paramount Somewhere Shittier And Hotter If State Antitrust Lawsuit Isn’t Settled
Paramount bosses Larry and David Ellison aren't having much fun in the wake of a 12 state antitrust lawsuit that risks derailing their $111 billion attempt to dominate what's left of U.S. corporate media. There's been a certain creeping desperation apparent the last month or two; whether it's the company's top lawyer claiming that critics...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 14, 2026
Paramount Promises Meaningless CNN ‘Oversight Board’ To Try And Gain Merger Approval
It's always the same routine.Before each giant merger the companies promise that the new combined entity will deliver the sea, moon, and stars. We're told the consolidation will result in untold synergies, massive job growth, and incredible new innovation. Yet in a country too corrupt to have functional antitrust enforcement or working regulators, what we...
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