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The Guardian | CBS News insiders fear Bari Weiss will soon enact ‘massive changes’ to 60 Minutes by Jeremy Barr in Washington

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CBS News staff and veteran correspondents are uneasy as the 59th season of “60 Minutes” approaches under new editor‑in‑chief Bari Weiss, who took over after Skydance Media’s acquisition of Paramount Global. While the Sunday program still draws record audiences—10.1 million for its April 12 episode—the network is expected to impose “massive changes,” with widespread layoffs and potential reshuffling of its on‑air talent. Long‑time reporters such as Anderson Cooper have already announced their exits, and Sharyn Alfonsi warned she may be fired after a contentious dispute over a segment on Venezuelan deportees. Insiders fear corporate meddling could chill investigative reporting, even as Weiss promises to expand the brand across new platforms without “disrupting a productive culture.” Nonetheless, senior figures like Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley and executive producer Tanya Simon are slated to remain, leaving the future editorial direction of the iconic show uncertain.

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CBS News insiders fear Bari Weiss will soon enact ‘massive changes’ to 60 Minutes

With layoffs widely expected and editorial tensions deepening, correspondents await a post-season shakeup

The Guardian

PPC Land 5d ago

ICYMI: Paramount and NPR exec joins beehiiv to lead its podcast push: beehiiv hired Ainsley Rossitto from Paramount Global as Head of Podcasts, as global podcast ad spend heads toward $5 billion and US monthly listeners hit 58%. https://ppc.land/paramount-and-npr-exec-joins-beehiiv-to-lead-its-podcast-push/ #Podcasting #Beehiiv #ParamountGlobal #NPR #PodcastAds

Paramount and NPR exec joins beehiiv to lead its podcast push

beehiiv hired Ainsley Rossitto from Paramount Global as Head of Podcasts, as global podcast ad spend heads toward $5 billion and US monthly listeners hit 58%.

PPC Land

The Hollywood Reporter 6d ago

Paramount Sports Entertainment Makes Trio of Hires
#Business #BusinessNews #Paramount #ParamountGlobal #ParamountSportsEntertainment

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-sports-entertainment-hires-markman-teppel-warnke-1236595613/

Paramount Sports Entertainment Makes Trio of Hires

"Their leadership will be instrumental in driving our production pipeline, expanding partnerships, and supporting our next phase of growth," says unit head Jesse Sisgold.

The Hollywood Reporter

jaimedavid327 May 2

DC Comics x Cartoon Network x Nickelodeon: The Crossover That Needs to Happen Yesterday

Alright, let’s take this to the next level. We’ve talked cartoons. We’ve talked live-action. But there’s one wild card that makes this entire crossover idea even more insane: DC Comics characters. Yes. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the whole Justice League, Teen Titans—you name it—interacting with Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon characters in both animation and live-action. If the Paramount Global acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is happening, this is the exact kind of […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/05/02/10/25/50/analysis/jaimedavid327/10818/dc-comics-x-cartoon-network-x-nickelodeon-the-crossover-that-needs-to-happen-yesterday/

jaimedavid327 May 2

Cartoon Network x Nickelodeon Live-Action Crossover: It’s Time They Went Full Chaos

Alright, so we’ve been talking cartoons, but let’s not sleep on the live-action side. Because here’s the thing: both Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon have had their fair share of live-action shows over the years. And if the merger between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery is happening, then this is absolutely the perfect time to go all out. I’m talking about a crossover so massive it makes all the fanfiction and “what if” posts look like child’s play. This isn’t just […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/05/02/10/24/37/analysis/jaimedavid327/10810/cartoon-network-x-nickelodeon-live-action-crossover-its-time-they-went-full-chaos/

jaimedavid327 May 2

Cartoon Network x Nickelodeon: The Ultimate Crossover We’ve Been Waiting for Is Actually Happening

Okay, stop everything—this is real now. The merger is happening. Paramount Global is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. That means the impossible is no longer impossible. All the fanfiction, all the crossover dreams, all those “what if Cartoon Network met Nickelodeon” threads? They might actually come true. Because if this merger goes through, there’s only one logical conclusion: a full-on, universe-colliding, all-out Cartoon Network x Nickelodeon crossover event. And it needs to […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/05/02/10/23/29/analysis/jaimedavid327/10801/cartoon-network-x-nickelodeon-the-ultimate-crossover-weve-been-waiting-for-is-actually-happening/

Deadline Mar 24

Why Anti-Trust Regulators Should Reject WBD-Paramount Skydance Link-Up: Guest Column
#News #DavidLarryEllison #JosephMSinger #Paramountglobal #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/03/anti-trust-regulators-reject-wbd-paramount-skydance-column-1236764465/

Why Anti-Trust Regulators Should Reject WBD-Paramount Skydance Link-Up: Guest Column

Hollywood film financier Joseph Singer writes why he believes the proposed sale of Warner Bros Discovery to Paramount will be disastrous for the motion picture and television business.

Deadline

The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial]Mar 2

Paramount Won Over Warner Bros. Now for the Regulators.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/technology/paramount-deal-approval.html

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Mar 1

#MeidasTouchNetwork - Feb 28, 2026

Open Letter 2 the Reporters & Staff of #CNN

The announced acquisition of #WarnerBrosDiscovery by #ParamountGlobal & reports that #BariWeiss is expected 2 oversee CNN’s operations is not just another corporate shakeup
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If u believe #democracy must b defended plainly & forcefully & if u r prepared 2 report on #Trump’s #authoritarian agenda w/o euphemism or false equivalence, we want 2 talk if, & when, u r allowed 2, & if u r ready

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/an-open-letter-to-the-reporters-and

An Open Letter to the Reporters and Staff of CNN

By Ben Meiselas

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The Hollywood Reporter Feb 27

Who Won and Lost the Week: The Great Netflix Pull-Out Edition (Plus Tyra, Shia and More)
#GeneralNews #JamesCameron #Netflix #ParamountGlobal #ShiaLaBeouf #TyraBanks #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/won-lost-paramount-merger-warner-bros-netflix-1236517389/

Who Won and Lost the Week: The Great Netflix Pull-Out Edition (Plus Tyra, Shia and More)

Who won (and lost) this week in entertainment: From Paramount to Netflix to David Zaslav and CNN amid the Paramount-WBD merger twist, to Shia LaBeouf, Tyra Banks and the high-cringe BAFTAs mess.

The Hollywood Reporter