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CNN CEO Mark Thompson Addresses Donald Trump’s White House Ban, Pending Paramount Merger In Town Hall
Mary Louise Weller Dies: ‘Animal House’s Mandy Pepperidge Was 79
George Cheeks May Be Poised for Expanded TV Role at Skydance Post Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Post-Merger Skydance Keeping Both HBO Max & Paramount+ Streaming Brands
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WorldPingThe Justice Department argued that Donald Trump can legally ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House because he determined that they didn’t meet the “minimum requirements of professionalism.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
WorldPingMore indication that the newly-christened combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery company would bundle the two flagship streamers, Paramount+ and HBO Max, instead of merging them into one.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
WorldPingParamount TV media chair George Cheeks, whose domain has included all of CBS in addition to the Paramount cable networks, is said to be in line for an expanded oversight at the newly merged Paramount-Warner Bros.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Variety
This week, the White House got nearly every major tech CEO in one room — Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei among them — to sign an AI safety pledge that President Donald Trump called “morally binding.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by TechCrunch
WorldPingMary Louise Weller, who played sorority girl Mandy Pepperidge in the 1978 comedy classic Animal House and had two dozen other film and TV credits, died October 1 after a brief illness — one day before her 80th birthday.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
WorldPingIt’s 102 degrees in Los Angeles, but it’s certainly not a summer Friday on the Paramount lot. The studio is swarming with activity, subplots and preparations for the closing of Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery next week.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Variety
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