Larissa Manoela and Josh D’Amaro, Chairperson of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, wave to the audience after Panel Disney Experiences during Day 2 of the D23 Brazil: A Disney Experience at Transamerica Expo Center on November 09, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ricardo Moreira | Getty Images Disney is turning the page on a new…
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has drawn fierce backlash from Democratic lawmakers and free speech advocates for threatening to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war in Iran. Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump called reports that Iran struck five U.S. tanker planes “fake news.” In a post on X, Carr…
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Jan. 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump…
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at the CNBC CEO Council in Arizona, May 19, 2025. Chris Coduto | CNBC The NFL and Paramount Skydance‘s renewal talks on a deal to keep the league’s Sunday games on CBS are beginning to take shape, CNBC has learned. NFL and CBS executives are negotiating a price increase, with a…
Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has told CNBC that Paramount’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is “cleaner” than Netflix’s, adding he expected it to be approved “pretty quickly.” “There’s a lot of concerns when Netflix was the potential buyer there,” Carr said on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in…
Versant Media Group, the newly minted spinout of TV networks and digital assets from Comcast, released its first earnings report on Tuesday. The company reported full-year revenue of roughly $6.69 billion for 2025, down 5% from the prior year. Versant is reporting a breakdown of its earnings from its final year under the ownership of…
Versant signage on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on July 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Versant Media Group will release its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday, giving Wall Street its first glimpse inside a company made up primarily of pay-TV networks. The Comcast spinoff…
An American flag flies at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California, on Sept. 12, 2025. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Warner Bros. Discovery board may have enriched its shareholders Thursday when it chose Paramount Skydance‘s acquisition offer over Netflix‘s, but it also terrified a lot of its employees. While some of those people own…
An aerial view of the Paramount logo on the water tower at Paramount Studios on Feb. 23, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday said it had received a higher takeover offer from Paramount Skydance and will review the new bid under the terms of its existing…
Dr. Peter Attia arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of ‘Limitless with Chris Hemsworth’ at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, New York, on Nov. 15, 2022. Gabriele Holtermann | AP Longevity guru Dr. Peter Attia resigned as a contributor to CBS News amid fallout over his past email correspondence with convicted…
