Dawn Chmielewski

Walt Disney signaled on Thursday it was girding for a potentially prolonged fight with YouTube TV over distribution of its television networks, worrying investors about the outlook for its already declining TV business.

Paramount Skydance said it will make incremental programming investments of more than $1.5 billion next year to grow its streaming video business and revitalize its film studio, as it delivered its first quarterly results since the completion of the $8.4 billion merger.

Comcast has retained financial advisors and gained access to financial information as it explores a bid for Warner Bros Discovery’s studio and streaming businesses, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

Disney's networks went dark on Google's pay-TV platform YouTube TV after negotiations to reach a licensing deal failed, the companies said in separate statements late on Thursday.

Netflix is actively exploring a bid for Warner Bros Discovery's studio and streaming business, retaining a financial advisor and gaining access to financial information, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

The Warner Bros Discovery board on Tuesday morning rejected a Paramount Skydance offer of nearly $24 per share to buy the company, a source familiar with the matter said.

When Bari Weiss walks into CBS News as editor-in-chief, she'll bring something the former home of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite has not seen in its nearly century-long history: a leader whose career has been built on challenging journalism’s most august institutions.

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, the news division of U.S. broadcaster CBS, as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press.

Superstar Taylor Swift's latest studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrives Friday with a promotional blitz that includes midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles.

The recent debut of an AI-generated "actress" dubbed Tilly Norwood, and its producer's boasts of interest from studio executives, sparked a backlash on Tuesday from the SAG-AFTRA actors union, condemning the replacement of human performers with "synthetics."

Broadway actors are preparing to walk off the stage in a strike that would shut down 32 stage productions as theater attendance approaches its peak season, according to their union.

The "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show was threatened with a regulatory probe and suspended over comments he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

The move jolted intensified free-speech fears as FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from stations that carry what he called "garbage."

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses over negative coverage of his administration, adding fuel to a national debate over free speech.

As the show's taping time approached, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment co-Chairman Dana Walden agreed that the best approach would be to take the show off the air and later find a way to bring Kimmel back, a source said.

Hours after his company's merger with Paramount closed in August, CEO David Ellison's empire-building kicked into gear.

Comcast-owned NBCUniversal, and Amazon have reached a deal to bring the ad-free version of Peacock to Prime Video Channels, the first time the streaming service has been offered as part of the online retailer's package of digital channels.

YouTube and Fox said on Wednesday they have reached a short-term agreement that will keep Fox News, Fox Sports and other Fox channels available to YouTube TV subscribers.

When "The Wizard of Oz at Sphere" opens off the Las Vegas Strip on Aug. 28, audiences will experience the 1939 film classic in a way its creators probably never thought possible.

Paramount Global unveiled plans on Wednesday to retain and develop its stalwart entertainment brands Nickelodeon, MTV, and BET, while sharply increasing feature film production following its $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media.