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Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros more than just another Hollywood power play
Deal ensures media influence remains in the hands of a small circle of politically-aligned billionaires
European shares inch up to fresh high on strong corporate updates
Irish banks take a step back ahead of a week when all three will report annual figures
Paramount set to buy Warner Bros after Netflix walks away
Streaming company’s decision ends months-long battle to take over parent of CNN, HBO and franchises such as Harry Potter
Warner Bros reopens deal talks after Paramount raises bid
Move is latest twist in months long takeover battle
Netflix switches to all-cash offer in battle for Warner Bros Discovery
Streaming group is competing with Paramount over prized studio assets valued at €70.5bn
Warner Bros rejects Paramount’s ‘inadequate’ $108bn hostile bid
Board warns shareholders over ‘extraordinary’ amount of debt financing and $4.7bn of costs if it backs out of Netflix deal
Media in 2025: the shadow of Trump hangs over everything
There is a sense of being caught between outdated structures and increasingly unstable new realities
2025 in TV: Rogue brogues, the drunken Irish and a prestige streamer’s hidden jewels
The biggest show of the year, Adolescence, became so huge that it fuelled a moral panic, but the best stuff was on the little-watched Apple TV
Rally in tech stocks but shares little changed overall
Traders are navigating lighter volumes at the start of a holiday-shortened week
Dalkey woman could decide if Netflix-Warner Bros merger goes ahead
Plus: Ozzy Osbourne’s Irish friend, Guinness arrives to chain pub, and Greta Thunberg’s view of Ballinahinch
Warner Bros to rebuff $108bn Paramount hostile offer
Hollywood studio and streaming company open to new bid but there are doubts over Ellison family funding
European shares little changed ahead of Fed rate decision
A strong day for the Irish banks was not enough to keep the Iseq green
Déjà vu all over again for Hollywood as Netflix throws down gauntlet
Every generation someone murders the studio system – this time it was always going to be the streamer
Paramount gatecrashes Warner Bros-Netflix deal with $108bn hostile bid
Chief executive David Ellison criticises Netflix’s ‘inferior proposal’
Netflix’s purchase of Warner Bros is a dismal moment that could have far-reaching consequences
The story of the American 20th century is easily traceable through the films of Hollywood studios, and Warners was the leading light
Warner Bros Discovery to launch strategic review after fielding takeover interest
HBO and CNN owner says it has received unsolicited interest from multiple parties for part or all of company
South Park isn’t letting go of Donald Trump’s hambone any time soon
Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Comedy Central satire wrongfoots attempts to nail down its politics. That’s as it should be
CBS and other media outlets caving to Trump is sickening. At least South Park will still hold people accountable
Who could believe CBS sacking Stephen Colbert was just about money?
Clooney’s timely warning from history about Trump’s authoritarian America
Clear parallels between play about 1950s McCarthyism and how US president is waging war on US news media today
MobLand review: Pierce Brosnan’s Irish accent is a horror for the ages. Forget licence to kill, this is more Darby O’Gill
Television: Helen Mirren’s Irish accent is another phonetic fumble, but Brosnan seems determined to scupper his national treasure status
Severance is brilliant and relatable. These are eight other similar shows you might love
Apple TV+’s stylish dystopian drama Severance is one of the best workplace TV shows. Here are eight more to watch
From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024
The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable
Curfew review: Passable thriller set in dystopian near future where men aren’t allowed out after dark
Television: Have the producers never heard of domestic violence? Do they think the patriarchy only does its dirty work at night?
Markets cheered by prospects of interest rate cuts
Market in Dublin climbs 0.5% as it is buoyed by a strong showing from budget airline Ryanair following O’Leary comments
Paramount agrees Skydance merger in end to Redstone era
Ellison family and US investment group RedBird to invest $8 billion in group
Murdaugh Murders: The Movie review – Bill Pullman is masterful in cheesy retelling of gruesome crime
Television: This breezy adaptation is, for all its lack of dramatic substance, deeply bingeable
Beer sales bonanza as Euro 2024 kicks off with a little help from Albärt the mascot
Planet Business: Apple has us shaking our heads, Paramount calls off a planned merger and it never rains but it pours for Rishi Sunak
The Serial Killer’s Wife review: Another British thriller in which a woman’s middle-class life is ripped to tatters
Television: The drama is piled high with unpleasant protagonists and wallows in nastiness simply for the sake of it
Insomnia review: Vicky McClure is great in this ridiculous British potboiler
Television: Following a well-established formula where a successful middle-class woman’s life is ripped apart, Insomnia is silly but gets under the skin
Sony and Apollo approach Paramount Global with €24bn bid outline
Expression of intent comes a day before exclusivity window is due to close for rival Skydance Media
‘Shakeout has begun’ after $5bn streaming loss for Netflix rivals
Tie-ups and cuts on menu as Disney, Warner, Comcast and Paramount seek new ways to keep up
Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount CEOs hold exploratory merger talks
A deal could combine CNN and CBS while letting the indebted media groups cut streaming costs
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