Todd Spangler

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Netflix Prepping All-Cash Bid for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO Max Amid Paramount Skydance Pressure: Report - Variety

Business January 15, 2026

Netflix is readying a revised offer — in all cash — to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery‘s streaming and studios businesses, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Under the terms of Ne...

‘CBS Saturday Morning’ Taps Adriana Diaz, Kelly O’Grady as Co-Hosts

Crypto January 10, 2026

CBS News has picked its new two-person anchor team for “CBS Saturday Morning”: Adriana Diaz and Kelly O’Grady. On Saturday, Jan. 10, Diaz and O’Grady will debut as co-hosts of “CBS Saturday...

Jake Paul KO’d by Anthony Joshua in Fight Streamed on Netflix, Paul Suffers ‘Double Broken Jaw’ - Variety

Sports December 21, 2025

Jake Paul knew the odds were against him in the bout against Anthony “AJ” Joshua, two-time unified heavyweight world champion and Olympic gold medalist. Paul, the YouTube creator who became a pro ...

Trump Media to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Company in Deal Worth Over $6 Billion

Crypto December 19, 2025

Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, announced a merger agreement with nuclear-fusion company TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal valued at more than $6 billion. �...

Game Awards 2025 Set New Record, Delivering Whopping 171 Million Livestreams Worldwide - Variety

Technology December 18, 2025

The Game Awards keeps getting bigger each year. When the annual kudofest recognizing the best of the video-game industry kicked off in 2014, it registered 1.9 million livestreams. It has exploded ex�...

Netflix CEOs Defend Warner Bros. Deal in Memo to Employees - Variety

Business December 16, 2025

Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, the co-CEOs of Netflix, issued a memo to staffers that conveyed their belief that the company’s deal to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max will withstand a counterattack by D...

Disney Accuses Google of Using AI to Engage in Copyright Infringement on ‘Massive Scale’ - Variety

Technology December 12, 2025

As Disney has gone into business with OpenAI, the Mouse House is accusing Google of copyright infringement on a “massive scale” using AI models and services to “commercially exploit and distribu...

Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Making Case for Why Its Bid Is Better Than Netflix Deal: ‘I Am Passionate and Dedicated to This Pursuit’ - Variety

Business December 11, 2025

David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount Skydance who has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, is urging WBD shareholders to tender their shares and “register their view with the W...

Paramount Skydance Says Warner Bros. Discovery Sales Process 'Tainted,' Favors Netflix Bid - Variety

Business December 5, 2025

Lawyers for Paramount Skydance sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, expressing “grave concerns” about the alleged unfairness of WBD sales process. The attorneys suggested the ...

Paramount Skydance’s Latest Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Backed by Three Middle Eastern Wealth Funds - Variety

Business December 3, 2025

The second round of offers for all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery are in from Paramount Skydance, Netflix and Comcast. And the new, higher offer for all of WBD from David Ellison’s Paramount is b...