How a Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Could Give Trump Even More Power

How a Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Could Give Trump Even More Power

While ABC says its bringing Jimmy Kimmel back, there's another looming threat to independent media.

Consolidation of Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery could reshape future of media industry — BU students, faculty weigh in

David Ellison, the owner of Paramount Skydance, a newly formed mass media and entertainment company, is making a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a Sept. 11 New York Times article. Faculty and students in the Department of Film and Television at the Boston University College of Communication said the merger between these two massive enterprises may transform the media industry substantially.  Halle Katz, a master’s student in …

TOWN HALL: Paramount, Warner & What YOU Can Do About Mergers

ShareSubscribe nowAfter Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off the air, an outpouring of protests, handwringing and vocal opposition helped force Disney’s hand in backing down and bringing him back.Could the same kind of public pressure keep Paramount from swallowing Warners?This Thursday at 12:30 PT/3:30 ET, Richard Rushfield will be hosting a free, open-to-all Zoom meeting. He’ll dive into the facts about mergers, why a Paramount-Warner deal would …