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HBO and CNN owner to split streaming and cable businesses
It comes as streaming services attract hundreds of millions of users around the world but cable TV has seen audiences decline ...
This painting survived the Beirut explosion. Here’s how conservators restored it
After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, it has been ...
Warner Bros. Discovery to Split Into Two Companies
The film and television giant will turn its cable networks, including CNN and TNT, into one company and its streaming and ...
CNN’s Anderson Cooper rakes in $18M annually — as network faces spinoff amid ratings freefall: report
Cooper’s eye-popping salary has become a flashpoint inside CNN as staff brace for layoffs and belt-tightening, according to ...
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Breaking Up. We Have Questions.
He points out that the AT&T deal that formed Warner Bros. Discovery in the first place helped set the template Zaslav and ...
CNN owner Warner Bros. splits streaming and cable into different companies
Warner Bros. Discovery, the media conglomerate that owns HBOMax, TNT Sports, and CNN, will be splitting into two companies.
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Some HBO, Cinemax channels to shut down in August
Warner Bros Discovery is shutting down HBO Family and three Cinemax-branded channels in August as part of a broader plan to ...
BadCo? Credit Rating Agency Pours Cold Water on Hollywood Spinoff Ambitions
Fitch Ratings warns leaving spunoff cable TV assets with less cash flow and high debt loads could spell trouble down the road ...
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Inside the 5-year strategy to create a paid CNN
A familiar New York Times playbook — verticals, bundles and slow iteration — is taking shape at CNN as the network looks beyond cable ...
LA Protest Coverage Sparks Cable News Ratings Growth, CNN Doubles Audience
The Los Angeles protests over Donald Trump's ICE raids have sparked ratings growth across cable news since Friday.
The Goofus in Charge of HBO Max Is Out of Ideas—and It’s a Crisis for American Culture
Interested audiences could catch it on CNN’s cable broadcast, stream it via HBO Max (fka Max, fka HBO Max), or, if they ...