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Joe Flint

ARTICLES BY JOE FLINT

Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison pushed aggressively to merge with Warner.

Paramount Wanted to Close Its Warner Deal Quickly. Now It’s in Limbo.

3 min read . 27 Jul 2026

U.S. viewership of this year’s World Cup games trounced previous records.

FIFA Races to Cash In on Its Hit Tournament

4 min read . 20 Jul 2026

Paramount aims to save through technology consolidation and operational overlap reduction with Warner, potentially leading to job cuts.

The $80 billion debt cloud hanging over David Ellison’s Warner deal

3 min read . 09 Jul 2026

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Six months, 9 offers and $81 billion. How Hollywood’s nasty takeover was won.

8 min read . 28 Feb 2026

Disney CEO Bob Iger. (File Photo: Reuters)

Behind Disney’s search for a lasting successor to Bob Iger

5 min read . 05 Feb 2026

Paramount is seeking to buy all of Warner including cable networks such as CNN and TNT for $77.9 billion. (REUTERS)

Paramount plans proxy fight to push hostile Warner bid

1 min read . 12 Jan 2026

A deal with either Warner suitor would need approval from regulators. (REUTERS)

Warner Discovery rejects Paramount’s amended hostile bid

4 min read . 07 Jan 2026

Ted Sarandos changed TV viewing habits by embracing binge-viewing, releasing multiple new episodes at once so subscribers no longer had to wait a week between new episodes. (File Photo: AP)

The Netflix chief who insists he won’t ruin Hollywood

6 min read . 20 Dec 2025

Netflix earlier this month agreed to pay $72 billion, in cash and stock for Warner’s studio and HBO Max streaming business after the entertainment company splits itself in two. (File Photo: Reuters)

Warner rejects Paramount’s hostile bid, saying Netflix deal still superior

2 min read . 17 Dec 2025

Paramount and Warner Bros logos are seen in this illustration (REUTERS)

Behind Paramount’s relentless campaign to woo Warner Discovery and Trump

5 min read . 10 Dec 2025

Behind Paramount’s relentless campaign to woo Warner Discovery

5 min read . 09 Dec 2025

Emil Lendof/WSJ

How a Netflix-Warner deal would change everything in Hollywood—again

6 min read . 06 Dec 2025

Warner Discovery essentially put itself up for sale in October after receiving several unsolicited offers from Paramount, which Warner Discovery rebuffed. (Bloomberg)

Netflix makes majority cash bid for Warner Discovery

2 min read . 02 Dec 2025

Warner Discovery moves forward with plans to separate its assets into two companies: one to house its studios and streaming business and the other comprising its cable networks. (REUTERS)

Paramount, Comcast and Netflix submit bids For Warner Bros. Discovery

1 min read . 21 Nov 2025

Comcast and Netflix are primarily interested in the Warner Bros. movie and television studios and the HBO Max streaming service but not its cable network holdings, (REUTERS)

Paramount, Comcast, Netflix prepare bids for Warner as deadline approaches

1 min read . 14 Nov 2025

Unlike cable and satellite operators, YouTube TV has been growing rapidly, making it the third-largest distributor of programming.

YouTube TV flexes muscles again in showdown with Disney

4 min read . 30 Oct 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. mike blake/Reuters

David Zaslav’s future hangs in balance as Warner goes up for sale

5 min read . 22 Oct 2025

Kimmel had planned to address Carr’s comments on his show Wednesday night, according to people familiar with the matter. (REUTERS)

Inside Disney’s abrupt decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s show

5 min read . 19 Sept 2025

Illustration: Emil Lendof/WSJ, Warner Bros/AppleTV+

Can Brad Pitt’s ‘F1’ movie finally deliver Apple a big-screen hit?

5 min read . 26 Jun 2025

David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery. (File Photo: AFP)

Why Warner boss Zaslav is having to split up the media empire he built

6 min read . 12 Jun 2025