Tag Archives | Paramount

CNN cleared to join CBS under Trumpian Paramount ownership

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on September 24, 2026 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) |

Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, which faced legal action and concern that Paramount boss David Ellison may be consolidating too much media power, is now going forward.
Paramount’s purchase of CNN heralds a new Trump-friendly media empire

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on April 17, 2026 by Caitlin Sciallia (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) | (Posted Apr 21, 2026)

The ultra-wealthy have long leveraged their capital to build sprawling media empires that narrow our public range of debate.
‘The current commercial system will always fail democracy’

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on July 21, 2025 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) |

CounterSpin interview with Victor Pickard on Paramount settlement.
Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York

Originally published: World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on July 14, 2023 by David Walsh (more by World Socialist Web Site (WSWS)) | (Posted Jul 18, 2023)

The strike by tens of thousands of U.S. film and television actors officially began Friday.
Monopolywood: Why the Paramount accords should not be repealed

Originally published: Red Pepper Magazine on March 13, 2023 by Vaughn Joy (more by Red Pepper Magazine) | (Posted Mar 25, 2023)

Repealing the Paramount accords could set independent cinema back in favour of corporate giants, writes Vaughn Joy.