Essential reading from the great Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
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Essential reading from the great Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
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Project Warrior: How Paramount beat Netflix in $110bn battle for Warner—If approved, the deal will fundamentally reshape the entertainment landscape. It will put some of the biggest names in US media — including… www.ft.com/content/e352... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Paramount clinches Warner Bros deal after Netflix walks away—California’s attorney-general @robbonta.bsky.social vowed to conduct a “vigorous” review of the proposed deal. “Paramount/Warner Bros is not a done deal,” he said. www.ft.com/content/fdb3... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
‘Devastated and exhausted’: Washington Post looks to life after Will Lewis–For Bezos, who owns the Post, Lewis’s Super Bowl partying during mass job cuts was one mis-step too many, according to company insiders. www.ft.com/content/2002... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
"The Post proudly adopted the motto “democracy dies in darkness” after Trump was first elected. Now the paper is an exhibit of his attempts to smother democracy in broad daylight." My Swamp Notes with @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social on oligarch destruction of US media. as.ft.com/r/f2dcdea9-a...
First of two pieces I wrote from Minneapolis last week:
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exactly. this is not difficult.
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Netflix says Paramount bid ‘doesn’t pass sniff test’ as Warner battle intensifies—Netflix sought to win over any wavering WBD shareholders this week by shifting to an all-cash offer that it said would allow… www.ft.com/content/0542... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Tech barons should not assume they are invulnerable. They may feel safe today, but the constancy of Maga Republicans is not something anyone should take for granted. It is not hard to see a future where US populists seek to regulate the seemingly untameable titans.
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Mamdani has clearly read up on Mayor John Lindsay’s 1969 snowstorm disaster. From today's briefing:
"This weekend is going to be cold. It is going to be windy. And above all else, it is going to be a weekend where your city is prepared."
Now he just has to deliver.
"Having wracked my brains, I've come up with a slogan for Britain’s middle power opportunity: 'Take back control'." My Swamp Notes with @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on why Carney has laid out the rest of the west's only sane response to Trump. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/672930fc-c...
California’s divisive plan to tax billionaires-At the core of the debate are concerns about rising levels of inequality, an issue that is likely to animate American politics in the year to come. www.ft.com/content/ddfc... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
@grimeslikedimes.bsky.social: YouTube Is Now The Leader IN TV And Streaming In The U.S. | @financialtimes.com (SubReq)
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The relentless rise of YouTube—Almost by stealth, it has also conquered the American living room. Since 2024, Americans have been watching YouTube primarily on TVs, not their phones or other devices… www.ft.com/content/9e75... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Excellent @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social article on #YouTube dominance in the #streaming wars
Warner Bros board urges investors to reject Paramount’s ‘inferior’ $108bn bid—In a sharply worded letter to shareholders on Wednesday, the WBD board called the Paramount offer — its seventh bid… www.ft.com/content/3562... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
How Warner Bros Discovery’s David Zaslav defied Hollywood — again—Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, said Zaslav’s tenure would be marked by… www.ft.com/content/fa72... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
‘Hollywood is shocked’: Warner Bros sale looms large over movie industry—The sale of the century-old Warner studio has raised anxieties about thousands of job cuts and the loss of… www.ft.com/content/9a61... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
@johngapper.bsky.social in top form on the battle for Warner Bros.
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Hollywood fears job cuts as opposition to Netflix-Warner deal grows—Actress Jane Fonda said the proposed deal “threatens the entire entertainment industry”. www.ft.com/content/7c90... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
How Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison-Netflix’s offer met all of the Warner board’s demands and it was willing to adopt requested changes to get the deal done. Paramount and Comcast, by contrast…
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Frank in his kitchen. RIP.
“What have I done!” 🤡
Paramount held talks with Saudi wealth fund over potential Warner Bros Discovery bid—Discussions remain preliminary and it is unclear whether any of the investors will ultimately participate in the transaction… www.ft.com/content/9795... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Walt Disney shares slump as sales at film and TV units slide—Iger has tried to boost the share price since returning to Disney in late 2022, a year when the company lost billions of dollars at its streaming division. But… www.ft.com/content/3766... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Musk is still talking at the Tesla shareholder meeting and he just criticized "the parasitic load of being a public company" which has "grown over time."
This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.
