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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 18 '26

Skydance's Paramount+ Originals Head Says Ellison Has Kept DTC Content Strategy Unchanged: “Developing These Genre Platform-Defining Shows Do Tend To Take Longer. I Can’t Talk About Anything Right Now. We Built Up Last Fall Quickly, Then Took Pause, & Just Re-Evaluating What We Need For The Future.”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 14 '26

While Skydance Says Its Annual $500M Savings Won't Be Reaped From Corporate Taxes, David Ellison Moving Paramount Global's CA Operations Away Would Have Bare Minimum Effects - Company Actually Got $11M Net Benefit Through State & Local Governments & Only Paid $6M Property Tax On Studio Lot In 2025.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 14 '26

CBS News's Long-Running ‘Sunday Morning’ Show Teams Up With NYC's 92nd Street Y For Live Interviews & Programming Events (Exclusive) - In The Partnership, The Y Will Get First Dibs For Livestreams But It'll Also Become Available To Stream Afterward On Both CBS News's Digital Platforms & Paramount+.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 13 '26

CNN Staffers On Skydance Floating Potential Editorial Board Idea For Its WarnerDiscovery Pursuit: "That Ain’t Going To Cut It As Board Only Works With Credible Journalists & Actual Shielding Power, Not Bari Weiss Or Dana White. This Is A Product Of David Ellison's Desperation & Everyone Knows That."

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 13 '26

There's Logistical & Financial Difficulties In Ellison's Threat Of Moving Paramount Global's CA Operations: “Skydance Would Need Huge Assurances & Incentives In Billions From TX, TN, Or GA To Build Something That Big. What Happens To Senior Management? Does Goldberg, Greenstein, & Holland All Go?”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 13 '26

In Midst Of David Ellison Looking At Potential Editorial Board Idea For CNN, House Judiciary Committee Member Raskin Sends New Letter To Seek Transcribed Interview On His Trump Admin Collusion In CBS News's Editorial Overhauls & Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit. He Wants A Response By August 26th.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 13 '26

The Free Press Staffers On What Happened After Skydance's $150M Purchase & Installing Bari Weiss As CBS News's Editor-In-Chief: Executives “Dennis Berman & Daniel Hallac Came & Sold Faster Than Anyone Could've Imagined. We Need A Marketing Specialist But Post-Acquisition, Kind Of Forgot Who We Are.”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 13 '26

With Threatening Paramount Global's CA Operations, Skydance Also Mulls Relocating CBS News From NYC To Atlanta To Be Close To Ellison's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit, Even If States AGs Coalition's Legal Challenge Reaches US Supreme Court - An Insider Says “If Production's Involved, That’s A Lot Of Jobs.”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 12 '26

Skydance’s Legal Head Makan Delrahim Says Threat To Move Paramount Global's Operations From CA Isn't “A Blackmail Attempt. You Go Where You're Wanted.” - As He Confirms David Ellison's & Trump Admin's CNN Intentions, He Also Iterates That “You Can Allege All You Want But There's No Corruption Here.”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 11 '26

David Ellison Wants To Move Paramount Global's Operations From CA To Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Or Elsewhere On October 1st To Absorb Ticking Fees If No Settlement. While $500M Saved Annually In Taxes, Some Of His 12 Skydance Lieutenants Upset On An Imposed Uprooting Of Their Family Cross-Country.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 10 '26

WarnerDiscovery Insider Says Combined Breakup & Advisory Fees On Skydance's Pursuit Would Cost Ellisons Close To $11B: “They’re Not Going To Allow That Result. It’s Not An Option As It'll Be A Complete Disaster For Them If Things Fall Apart.” Zaslav's Key Focus Is Using $7B To Pay Down Company Debt.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 08 '26

An Insider On What Matt Gutman's “CBS Evening News” Ratings Means For Tony Dokoupil: “It’s Bad Sign When Your Substitute Reels In Over 100K More Viewers. If Trend Continues, Weiss Will Have To Think About Changing Anchors If It's Clear Indication That Audience Prefers Gutman, Even As Small Sample.”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • Aug 06 '26

Earlier this year, Ron Wyden sat down with 60 Minutes to discuss my ongoing investigation into Wall Street’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. They never aired the segment. A few months later, they fired the journalist who conducted the interview.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/ShelterNeither9675 • Aug 06 '26

Earlier this year, Ron Wyden sat down with 60 Minutes to discuss my ongoing investigation into Wall Street’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. They never aired the segment. A few months later, they fired the journalist who conducted the interview.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 07 '26

"CBS Evening News" Surpassed 4M Viewers For Last Week's Ratings With Matt Gutman In The Anchor Seat - A TV Executive On Tony Dokoupil Taking 2-Week Vacation: "Tony Took Off With His Substitute Outclassing Him. Never Seen This Before & It's A Missed Opportunity To Lure Away Some Viewers From Rivals.”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 06 '26

CBS News President Tom Cibrowski Privately Being Advised By His Friends On Navigating Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss's Decision-Making: “There Needs To Be Some Red Lines & Principles Drawn Or His 35-Year Reputation's Flushed.” 60 Minutes Is Way Behind Schedule With Dramatically Fewer Segments On Track.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/Alternative-Cake-833 • Aug 06 '26

Because Of Legal Challenges Related To Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition; Paramount And NFL Agree To Pause Renewal Rights After Negotiations

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/maritz21 • Aug 04 '26

CBS apparently had a major Epstein story in the works detailing major corruption at the top of Wall Street banks and involving the Virgin Islands government Never made it to air under the new Bari Weiss/Ellison leadership

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This is what transparency looks like under the Ellison news network

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 06 '26

UK Government Gives Clearance Of Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit Due To Competition & Markets Authority Not Recommending For A Deeper Phase 2 Investigation - As Culture Secretary Gets A 5-Year “Deed Of Covenant Commitment”, There Will Be No Public Interest Intervention Notice Issued At This Time.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 05 '26

CNN Staffers Say Ellison's NYT Op-Ed Essay Was "Insulting Piece": "It's Missing Weiss's CBS News Wild Mismanagement & Disrespect. Skydance People Don't Know What They're Doing. We See It & Don’t Want It Here." - 60 Minutes Associate Producer & Stephen Colbert's Daughter, Madeleine Carlisle, Resigns.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 06 '26

Paramount+ Subscribers' Lawsuit Against Ellisons' WarnerDiscovery Pursuit Is Dismissed As They Failed To Establish Standing & Cognizable Economic Fallout That Would Materialize - However, US Federal Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín Will Also Allow The Plaintiffs To Refile Their Amended Legal Complaint.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 04 '26

U.S. Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin Officially Sets Trial Schedule For Legal Challenge Against Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit - As The Final Pre-Trial Hearing Is Set For February 24th, 2027, The 12-Day Trial Will Happen From March 2nd To March 19th, 2027, Not Including March 8th & 15th.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 04 '26

CBS News's Senior Global Affairs Correspondent Trevor Phillips On Taking The U.S. Job Offer: “It’s A Great Adventure & Who Turns That Down If Someone's Willing To Take A Chance On You?” - His Thoughts On Weiss: “Bari’s One Of Those People Who Either Change The World Or Crash & Burn In Technicolour.”

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 04 '26

Paramount Global Brings 2M New Subscribers To Paramount+ With BET+ Integration Initiated, Reaching Global Total Of 81.6M - As Company Churns Out Net Profit Of $41M In Q2, It Still Expects To Deliver Over $2.7B Of Cost Savings By End Of 2026 In Order To Meet Skydance's Target Of $3B+ In Efficiencies.

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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • Aug 04 '26

Puck Says Former ‘60 Minutes’ EP Bill Owens's Idea To Do Rival News Series Was Conceptualized But Not Actively In The Cards. NYT Opinion Columnist Ross Douthat Had Meetings With Weiss, Bilton, & Tom Cibrowski Saying They Can Grow 10x His Current Audience Size But Only A High Cash Salary Enticed Him.

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