







News has emerged that the settlement of state attorneys generals’ anti-trust lawsuit over the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) includes a provision ensuring that Paramount will keep Pluto TV (or an equivalent free, ad-supported streaming service) active for the next five years.
12 states file lawsuit to block $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Twelve state attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. NBC News' Allie Canal breaks down how the lawsuit says consumers could be impacted and what it could mean for Paramount.

HBO Max and Paramount+ Will Be One, But What Happens to Discovery+?
No one is talking about Skydance's other streamer.

Paramount agrees to delay WBD acquisition to as late as June 2027 amid legal challenge
Paramount previously said it intended to complete its WBD acquisition by the end of September, but said Friday the agreement is a "significant win."

Paramount’s new, hostile offer to Warner Bros. Discovery: Larry Ellison will personally guarantee $40 billion | CNN Business
Paramount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Larry Ellison will personally guarantee the tens of billions of dollars he is putting up to bankroll the transaction. The Ellisons will also let shareholders peer into the finances of their family trust.

Dealmakers React To Paramount-WBD Settlement: “Tech Has Won”
Mergers-and-acquisitions specialists weighed in on the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, with lawyer David Hernand saying it means "tech has won."

Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
Interoperability and the W3C: Defending the Future from the Present
Imagine a new, disruptive company figured out a way to let hundreds of people watch a single purchased copy of a movie, even though the rightsholders who made that movie objected. The new company

Skydance deal allows Trump’s FCC to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on CBS
FCC now has “never-before-seen controls” over a newsroom, commissioner warns.

Too Much TV: Substack Is Going To Give Me A Stroke
And I take a look at the new Paramount, circa 2029.

Youtube Tracked 45 Million Kids, $30 For Your Kid, $9 Million for the Lawyers
The Economics of Sovereign Media: A Roadmap for AT Protocol - ATmosphereConf 2026
The Economics of Sovereign Media: A Roadmap for AT Protocol - ATmosphereConf 2026
Lawsuit by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI gets green light to proceed in Ontario | CBC News
An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province.

Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI of illegal agreement to slow AI
Anthropic CEO acknowledged potential antitrust hurdles, writing that it would assist if the US government were to mediate ‘or at least enable’ cross-lab discussions
Now why did CBS's chief legal correspondent think it would be fine to tweet some rank Islamophobia? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

The Disastrous Bari Weiss Experiment May Be Coming To An End At CBS/CNN

US airman recounts Iran rescue in 60 Minutes segment branded propaganda

My open letter to David Ellison
@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social)

Trump v. Colbert: A Discussion on the Administration’s Censorship of CBS and its Affiliates