The Justice Department said Friday that it concluded that Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery was “not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers,” citing its review of the streaming, linear television and theatrical release marketplaces. In a statement…

UPDATED with Paramount & CA AG statements: The Department of Justice has approved Paramount’s pending $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery. The signoff Friday by the Paramount-friendly Trump administration was confirmed to Deadline by multiple sources. No significant concessions by…

Stockholders expressed deep dissatisfaction with the 2025 compensation package of Warner Bros. Discovery's chief executive David Zaslav in a non-binding vote at the company's annual meeting this week. In an SEC filing Friday, the company said 84.3% of votes cast in the yearly say-on-pay tally…

Belgian-based Kinepolis, a top European theater operator, agreed to acquire 13 Showcase Cinemas in the U.S. from Harbor Lights Entertainment (formerly National Amusements Inc.) in a deal worth $30 million. National Amusements was the start of the Redstone family media empire, launched by Sumner…

Two months after Jeff Shell was axed as president of Paramount over accusations of loose lips and more, former exec has settled with the self-styled professional gambler who threatened to bring down the whole house of cards. “Plaintiff R.J. Cipriani hereby requests dismissal of the entire…

Paramount has dropped the first trailer for Heart of the Beast, its new survival thriller film directed by David Ayer, starring Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons and Anna Lambe. Heart of the Beast centers on a former Army Special Forces soldier (Pitt) and his retired combat dog who battle for survival…

House lawmakers on Wednesday seized on the migration of NFL games from free TV to subscription platforms, in a hearing lopsided in criticism that frustrated fans are shelling out more to see their favorite teams. A hearing to examine the Sports Broadcasting Act — and more specifically an…

The Middle Eastern money in the mega-merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is to be the subject of scrutiny in the European Union. In a filing this week, the European Commission said that Paramount’s takeover of WBD would be examined under Foreign ⁠Subsidies…

Paramount said to today that competition authorities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia have approved its pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Foreign direct investment authorities in Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Czechia, New Zealand…

Lesley Stahl says that Paramount CEO David Ellison assured her in a call Sunday that 60 Minutes will have editorial independence. Stahl, the longest-serving correspondent on the show, told the New York Times on Tuesday about the conversation. She also relayed Ellison’s comments to the…

Shuwanza Goff, who served as director of the White House Office Of Legislative Affairs during Joe Biden’s administration, is joining Paramount’s D.C. office. Goff will serve as vice president, U.S. government affairs, serving as the lead to Democrats. She will report to Ted Lehman, senior vice…

Paramount has slammed rival Netflix in a letter to the Department of Justice for campaigning against the Warner Bros. Discovery merger amid regulatory review of the deal with the David Ellison company. "As Paramount pushes forward with its ‘content-first’ growth strategy, firms like Netflix…