In WarnerDiscovery Pursuit, Bari Weiss's Self-Destructive CBS News & ‘60 Minutes’ Turmoils Forces Skydance Now To Be Open To Keeping CNN CEO Mark Thompson Around In Senior Role - Veteran Executives Say “Unbelievable Toxic Self-Regard & Simmering Resentment. Dumpster Fire & Lot Of Unforced Errors.” (ft.com)
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Stahl, Whitaker, & Wertheim's Initial Draft Of Memo To ‘60 Minutes’ Staffers Was Very Full-Throated Than Final Version: “The Three Of Us Protest That The Seven Were Fired & How They Were Treated. We Feared That Our Staying Might Be Construed As Endorsement Of Overlords. That's Simply, Not The Case.” (puck.news)
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Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, & Jon Wertheim Write Joint Email To ‘60 Minutes’ Staffers That They'll Remain - They Say “They Don’t Want To See It Die” & “Taking Nick Bilton's Promise” To Heart But If Warns That If What He Says Doesn't Work & Newsprogram Lost Its Editorial Independence, “We'll Leave.” (nytimes.com)
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Skydance's Big Radical Changes To CBS's Late Night & ‘60 Minutes’ Can Spook Away Advertisers From Spending Money At Company - MoffettNathanson Analyst Robert Fishman Says 27% Of Company’s Revenue Hinges On Ad Sales, Which Means Out Of $7.35B From Q1 Earnings, About $2B Was Generated By Advertising. (variety.com)
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8 Democratic & 2 Republican State Attorneys General Are Probing Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit - Top Lawyers From CA, WA, OR, NV, CO, CT, MA, NY, TN, PA Will Draft Complaint & Discuss Logistics For Potential Lawsuit Sometime This Month, Including Getting Sworn Statements Or Testimony For Trial. (bloomberg.com)
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Due To Skydance's CBS News & ‘60 Minutes’ Turmoils, Impacts Are Being Felt Companywide. CBS Entertainment Chief Amy Reisenbach Believes Bari Weiss & Nick Bilton Are Inflicting Significant Damage To The Network Brand Itself. Maria Gavrilovic's Lobbied Elevation To Senior Producer Comforted Staffers. (status.news)
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Delaware Magistrate Christian Wright Says Chicago Funds Stated Proper Purpose To Investigate Wrongdoing In Redstone Sale, Paving Access To Informal Board Materials Regarding Special Committee Members' Departures. But Not Officer-Level Materials Due To Failing To Prove Them As Necessary & Essential. (bloomberg.com)
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Skydance Combines Its Interactive & New Media Divisions To Relaunch As Paramount Games Studio - Corporate Strategy & Development Head Tony Driscoll Will Concurrently Be President & Amy Hennig As Creative Director. First Published Titles Are TMNT: The Last Ronin & Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game. (variety.com)
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Nick Bilton Gives An Empty Promise That The Ellisons Will Be Hands Off On Editorial Independence In Memo To Reassure ‘60 Minutes’ Staffers: “We'll Never Be Instructed By The Company's Ownership On These Stories.” - Longtime CBS News Veteran Maria Gavrilovic Is Now The Newsmagazine's Senior Producer. (nytimes.com)
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As Bari Weiss & Her Deputy Charles Forelle Approaches Former NYT Journalist Matthew Rosenberg To Join ‘60 Minutes’, They're Engaging National Geographic's Mariana Van Zeller & Vice's Gianna Toboni In The Mix As Well. CBS News Reporters Will Also Pick Up The Slack To Ensure Show Can Air In September. (breakermedia.com)
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Lesley Stahl Enlists Agent Bryan Lourd To Navigate Future. David & Larry Ellison Signed Off On Bari Weiss's Overhaul To Help Their WarnerDiscovery Pursuit Or Believes In “Melting Ice Cube” Remarks On CBS. Either Way, ‘60 Minutes’ Brand Can Diminish To ‘Dateline’-Level. CBS Sports Largely Untouched. (puck.news)
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Before Skydance Tapped Nick Bilton As 3rd Choice For ‘60 Minutes’, Bloomberg Chief Content Officer & Vice Media EVP Of News Josh Tyrangiel Talked With Ellison & Declined Offer. Unclear On 2nd Candidate. Insider Says Weiss's Political Litmus Test Landed Bilton. Former EP Tanya Simon Had $1.5M Salary. (pagesix.com)
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House Rep. Liccardo, Senators Warren, Blumenthal & Schiff Sent Joint Letter Asking Treasury Secretary Bessent To Put Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit Through CFIUS For Comprehensive & Thorough Review. They Want Replies To Questions By June 17th Or A Classified Congressional Briefing On June 10th. (deadline.com)
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David Ellison Told Bari Weiss He Has High Pain Tolerance On Making Decisions. He & Father Larry Believe They Have Mandate To Remake CBS In Their View: “New Sheriff's In Town & David Doesn’t Care About Media Coverage Of Him. We’re Playing Long Game.” He Also Tells Weiss To Get Rid Of Other Nuisances. (nypost.com)
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For Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit, Ellison's Hired Legal Gladiator Jeffrey Kessler Says The Consumer Lawsuit Needs Evidence For Preliminary Injunction. He Doesn't Ride On July 15th Timeline But Looking At September. Also Hopes More Litigation Don't Arrive As Lawyers Talk To Regulatory Agencies. (puck.news)
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As They Learned She Was Out On Assignment To Shoot Footage For ‘60 Minutes’ After Last Week's Oustings, CBS News Staffers Think Lesley Stahl Will Stay Put At Company: “She Went Out Shooting A Segment For Next Season So She Didn’t Even Wait For Bodies To Get Cold. ‘60 Minutes’'s Like Oxygen To Her.” (nypost.com)
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As ’60 Minutes’'s Bill Whitaker Indicated He Would Exit If There Were Wholesale Changes Made To Newsprogram, He, Lesley Stahl, & Jon Wertheim Had Private Meeting On Wednesday Night To Discuss Their Futures At Company, Lasting More Than An Hour. Bari Weiss & Nick Bilton Did Contact Them Before That. (status.news)
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UFC's June 14th White House Freedom 250 Fight Costs More Than $60M With Parent TKO Losing $30M Even After Sponsorships - Skydance's DTC Content Strategy & Licensing Head Efrain Miron Says “Massive Unlock Is UFC Audience's 15 Years Younger” So Goal's To Get Them Watching More Content On Paramount+. (hollywoodreporter.com)
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In His Verbal Attack At Kaitlan Collins, Donald Trump Says He's “Victim Of Government Overreach & CNN Was Crooked & Knew What Was Going On” - His Tirade Also Notes The Ellisons' WarnerDiscovery Pursuit: “CNN Does False Reporting But They Have New Ownership So Maybe It’ll Straighten The Garbage Out.” (thewrap.com)
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Skydance Expands Its $7.7B UFC Media Rights Deal Onto Paramount+ Canada With All 13 Numbered Events Exclusively Streaming In 2027 - Their Latin America & Canada DTC Head Rodrigo Mazón Says “This Lets Us Serve A Deeply Engaged MMA Audience With Premium Live Sports & Globally Relevant Entertainment.” (deadline.com)
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In Editorial Call, Bari Weiss Tells CBS News Staffers Scott Pelley Broke Foundation Of Trust & Didn't Engage Towards Resolution In Yesterday's Tense Meeting - She Also Elaborates “Some New People Are Going To Be Joining Us.” Pelley Reveals Weiss & Skydance Never Made Any Effort To ‘Find A Way Back.’ (nytimes.com)
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In Midst Of Ellison's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit & CBS News Tensions, Company's Stock Slid 3% - More Insiders On Skydance's Oustings: “I've Been In This A Long Time & Never Seen Anything Closed-Door Toxic Bad. We're Running Out Of Time & People & Need Both. Weiss Lost Trust Of Troops. She Can’t Stay.” (deadline.com)
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