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Jeff Shell Settles Lawsuit From Whistleblower Who Forced His Paramount Exit
#Business #BusinessNews #JeffShell #Paramountskydance

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/jeff-shell-settles-lawsuit-whistleblower-paramount-exit-1236619524/

Jeff Shell Settles Lawsuit From Whistleblower Who Forced His Paramount Exit

R.J. Cipriani said he was told of confidential business dealings at Paramount and rendered high-value crisis communication services to Shell, who maintained that he was being extorted.

The Hollywood Reporter

Variety 2d ago

EU Kicks Off Probe of Paramount’s $24 Billion in Middle Eastern Funding for Warner Bros. Deal
#Variety #Global #News #EuropeanCommission #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/eu-probe-paramount-warner-bros-middle-eastern-funding-1236771268/

EU Kicks Off Probe of Paramount’s $24 Billion in Middle Eastern Funding for Warner Bros. Deal

The European Commission is investigating the $111 billion Paramount-WBD deal under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, looking at the approximately $24 billion being fronted for the takeover by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Variety

The Hollywood Reporter 2d ago

Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Cleared in Australia
#Business #BusinessNews #International #Paramount #Paramountskydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-warner-bros-deal-cleared-australia-new-zealand-1236618182/

Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Cleared in Australia

The mega-merger is "unlikely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition in relation to the wholesale supply of films for theatrical release in Australia."

The Hollywood Reporter

Variety [Unofficial]2d ago

Paramount Hires Former Biden White House Official Shuwanza Goff as Lead Democratic U.S. Government Affairs Exec

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-shuwanza-goff-democratic-us-government-affairs-exec-1236770661/

Variety 2d ago

Paramount Hires Former Biden White House Official Shuwanza Goff as Lead Democratic U.S. Government Affairs Exec
#Variety #News #ParamountSkydance #ShuwanzaGoff #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-shuwanza-goff-democratic-us-government-affairs-exec-1236770661/

Paramount Hires Former Biden White House Official Shuwanza Goff

Former Biden administration official Shuwanza Goff is joining Paramount Skydance as VP of U.S. government affairs, coming amid Paramount's massive pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Variety

Variety [Unofficial]2d ago

Paramount Accuses Netflix of ‘Panic-Level’ ‘Scorched-Earth Campaign’ to ‘Poison’ Regulators Against Warner Bros. Deal

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-warner-bros-deal-netflix-scorched-earth-campaign-poison-regulators-1236770230/

Variety 2d ago

Paramount Accuses Netflix of ‘Panic-Level’ ‘Scorched-Earth Campaign’ to ‘Poison’ Regulators Against Warner Bros. Deal
#Variety #News #Netflix #ParamountSkydance #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-warner-bros-deal-netflix-scorched-earth-campaign-poison-regulators-1236770230/

Paramount Accuses Netflix of 'Panic-Level' 'Scorched-Earth Campaign' to 'Poison' Regulators Against Warner Bros. Deal

Paramount Skydance chief lawyer Makan Delrahim claimed Netflix is so worried about the prospect of competing with a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery that the streaming company is going all-out to try to "poison regulators and other stakeholders" against the pending $111 billion deal.

Variety

Variety [Unofficial]3d ago

Paramount Has Been in Search for Business Executive to Help Bari Weiss at CBS News

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-bari-weiss-cbs-news-business-help-1236770104/