Press Freedom and the Paramount Merger
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Kevin Foster dives into the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger and the consequences for labor, press freedom, and history. Sources: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/warner-bros-signs-110-billion-deal-with-paramount-its-executive-discloses-2026-02-27/ https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/12-states-challenge-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-say-merger-would-extinguish-competition https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/paramount-pledges-release-30-films-year-how-will-that-add-up-2026-09-23/ https://fortune.com/2026/10/15/skydance-warner-media-consolidation-trust-gallup/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/paramount-bonta-in-talks-to-settle-antitrust-litigation-01085072 https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-praises-paramount-warner-bros-skydance-merger-terrific-people-1236903643/ https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/free-press-founder-bari-weiss-named-editor-cbs-news-after-deal-with-paramount-2025-10-06/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-cbs-news-chief-draws-backlash-by-pulling-60-minutes-story-on-el-salvador-prison https://www.nilc.org/resources/tracking-the-cecot-disappearances/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/new-cnn-cbs-news-editorial-indepedence-board-who-what-why-1236707168/ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/oracle-tiktok-us-stake-outages.html https://apnews.com/article/trump-tiktok-china-d5d8a1d56b5185778536874d7fc1ee62 https://csmapnyu.org/impact/news/was-there-censorship-on-tiktok-after-the-u-s-takeover See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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