- Paramount/WBD Deal: Digital-First Counteroffers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 15, 2025
A bigger story is that the quick all-cash bid was rushed ...
- Tech-Sector Invader Seeks To Disrupt TV Industry
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Monday, September 15, 2025
Skydance's prospective takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery represents the arrival of ...
- Paramount Skydance Reportedly Mulling All-Cash Deal To Acquire WBD
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 11, 2025
WBD's stock price rocketed up 26% to $15.79 in midday Thursday tradin ...
- 'Last Rites' Conjures $83M Box-Office Opening
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 8, 2025
With only $9.1 million spent on national TV advertising, the film ...
- Linear, D2C Ads Take A 'Step Back'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Total "normalized" ad revenue - which excludes seasonal/one-time events - for Fo ...
- MSNBC's Name Change: Will There Be Regrets?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 19, 2025
MS NOW stands for My Source New Opinion World. Will the n ...
- Warner Bros. Scores Another Big Opening With 'Weapons'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, August 11, 2025
It is the studio's seventh first-place opening this year and the six ...
- Something Bugs Me About WBD's 'Unmerger'
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, August 1, 2025
Changes come so quickly in the TV business these days that on ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Names Post-Split Companies, Senior Execs
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 28, 2025
Warner Bros. will house its studios and streaming businesses including Warner Bro ...
- Universes Collide As Harry Potter, James Bond Enter TV Fray
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The gods of Hollywood continue to create new universes with expansions in ...
- Netflix Sees Rapid Q2 Subscriber Gains
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 11, 2025
Netflix added 32 million gross global subscribers in Q2, while Walt Disney ...
- Big Cable TV Brands' Moves: HBO, Showtime Shift, Depart - And Return?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, June 26, 2025
Paramount will drop the "Showtime" name from its ad-free service - n ...
- The Right Sports TV Mix - Market Size, Storylines, Underdogs
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 25, 2025
The NBA Playoffs generated 31.4 billion viewing minutes for the month acro ...
- Roku/Amazon Ad Deal: Streaming Powerhouses Join Forces
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 16, 2025
The two big streaming businesses say the streaming ad-inventory integration will all ...
- Amazon Ads' Heroic 'Acts Of Kindness' Soars With 'Superman'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Messaging and activations will span Amazon platforms, including Prime Video advertising f ...
- Dividing WBD In Two? Not Entirely, Analyst Says
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The proposed live, linear cable TV networks group WBD Global Networks wi ...
- WBD Slicing Away Cable Nets An Easier Split Than Comcast? Something Else?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
On the surface, and plainly, WBD keeps the good stuff - a ...
- Warner Bros. Discovery Split Is 2022 Merger In Reverse
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
WBD's decision to split itself into two separate companies represents a b ...
- WBD To Spin Off Cable Networks
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, June 9, 2025
The remaining WBD company will consist of Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bro ...
- YouTube Dominates April Nielsens, Gains 29% Year-Over-Year
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Disney, in second place, dropped 7% to 10.7% vs. 11.5% share ...
- HBO Max Rebranding Was Upfront Week's Best Story
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Friday, May 16, 2025
It is as if streaming management at Warner Bros. Discovery suddenly slapp ...
- WBD Upfront: 'Storyverse' Content For Brands' Creative, New Ad Platforms
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
WBD is also starting up two new media platforms for advertisers: N ...
- WBD's Streamer 'Max' Rebrands Back To 'HBO Max'
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
WBD's Max will be rebranded back to "HBO Max" starting this summ ...
- Sports TV Is A 'Rental' Business - Remedy? Buy The House
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2025
Leaving the NBA will help WBD save around $300 million in annu ...
- WBD Adds 5.4M Global Subscribers In Q2: Spinoff News Coming?
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2025
CNBC says WBD is close to making a decision in spinning o ...
- For A TV Journo, Upcoming Upfronts Are Grand Entertainment
TVBlog, Adam Buckman - Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Every year, many question whether the mid-May upfront presentations are still necessa ...
- 'Sinners' Keeps Shocking, Sets Second Week Record
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 28, 2025
The film had an average national TV ad spend, but analysts we ...
- Magnite Simplifies TV-Focused Platform To Attract Performance Biz
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 24, 2025
Disney Advertising, LG Ad Solutions, Paramount, Roku, Samsung, and Warner Bros. Discove ...
- Gauging Some Fairly Blatant Spin Heading Into The Upfront
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Nielsen Tuesday touted WBD as having the largest monthly viewing increase ...
- WBD, Paramount Make Gains In March, YouTube Top Media Distributor: Nielsen
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Max rose 6% month-to-month, driven by the fourth-biggest March title "White Lotu ...