Paramount, Comcast and Netflix Prepare Bids for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount, Comcast and Netflix are preparing bids to buy all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery, a crown jewel of the industry.

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‘Ridiculousness’ Is Ending, and With It an Era for MTV

The cable channel has run endless reruns of the comedy clip show for several years, a move that other cable companies copied.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale

The owner of CNN, HBO and the Warner Bros. movie studio revealed that it has received acquisition interest from multiple suitors.

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Leo Hindery Jr., Dealmaking Power in the Cable TV Industry, Dies at 77

He was president of one of the nation’s largest cable operators and chairman of the Yankees’ YES Network. He also drove his sports car to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Mike Cavanagh Named Co-C.E.O. of Comcast

Mr. Cavanagh will run the media giant alongside Brian L. Roberts, its longtime chairman and chief executive, in a clear sign of succession planning.

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Paramount Plans Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Any deal would further reshape the media industry, putting CBS News, CNN and two major movie studios under the same corporate umbrella.

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He Paved the Way for CNN, Fox News and the Internet. He’s Not Sure We’re Better Off.

John Malone helped create the modern media industry over the last half century. In a new memoir, “Born to Be Wired,” he looks back on what he has wrought.

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MSNBC’s Rebrand Invites Bemusement and Ridicule

The cable TV network’s new name, MS NOW, became the subject of mockery soon after it was announced on Monday.

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Leonard Tow, Cable TV Magnate and a Major Philanthropist, Dies at 97

Once on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he donated substantially to the arts, higher education, hospitals and criminal justice reform.

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Skydance Takes Over Paramount, and a New Era Begins

The merger catapults new power players to the top of Hollywood and ends a tortuous process that has lasted well over a year.

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