- Skydance bid for Paramount hinges on Shari Redstone as special committee ends exclusive talkson May 4, 2024 at 12:19 am
Skydance is likely to walk away from its Paramount offer unless controlling shareholder Shari Redstone reaffirms her commitment following the Apollo-Sony bid.
- Sony and Apollo send letter expressing interest in $26 billion Paramount buyout as company mulls Skydance bidon May 2, 2024 at 8:19 pm
Sony and Apollo showed formal interest in a Paramount Global buyout as Paramount's special committee is prepared to give its recommendation to Skydance.
- Bally Sports regional networks go dark for Comcast cable customerson May 1, 2024 at 7:20 pm
Carriage negotiations between Comcast and Diamond Sports broke down, leaving cable customers without access to Bally Sports regional networks during MLB season.
- NBC Sports could buy back rights to iconic theme song 'Roundball Rock' if it airs NBA games again, composer John Tesh sayson April 30, 2024 at 8:10 pm
NBC Sports can license the rights to John Tesh's famous "Roundball Rock" theme song if it secures a new NBA media package, Tesh said in an e-mail.
- Paramount says CEO Bob Bakish is stepping down, will be replaced by a trio of executiveson April 29, 2024 at 9:08 pm
Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish is out, the company announced Monday, as merger negotiations with Skydance Media continue.
- Skydance extends final offer to Paramount as merger talks stick on a possible shareholder voteon April 29, 2024 at 8:42 pm
A potential dealbreaker is whether to hold a so-called "majority of the minority" vote on the deal, which would grant common shareholders potentially sway.
- Peacock streaming subscription prices to increase by $2 ahead of the Summer Olympicson April 29, 2024 at 8:34 pm
Comcast's streaming service Peacock will see a price increase of $2 this summer.