BBC Business
Paramount Skydance completes $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, creating a Hollywood mega-studio that promises to compete harder by... being bigger. CNN remains in uncertain territory, as does the concept of antitrust law.
BBC World
South Park rebrands as 'South America' in a satirical salute to Trump's renaming spree, proving that if tech giants can bow to executive orders, so can a cartoon.
The Guardian Europe
Author Tomi Adeyemi reveals the film adaptation of her novel left her hyperventilating and sobbing, calling it 'the worst thing I've ever lived through.'
The Guardian
Former 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega says CBS editors asked her to fabricate footage and inject bias, making the newsmagazine's downfall feel less like journalism and more like a political reality show.
Ars Technica
Paramount and WBD's mega-merger is delayed while states argue that combining two of Hollywood's biggest studios might be, you know, illegal.
The Verge
Oregon's top lawyer backs down from demanding Paramount documents, citing the company's refusal to cooperate and a desire not to waste state resources - but the merger fight is far from over.
Ars Technica
Paramount's top lawyer accuses Netflix of running a 'scorched-earth campaign' against its WBD merger, while simultaneously promising jobs and claiming $79 billion in debt is no big deal.
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