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QVC and HSN Owner Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - The Hollywood Reporter

Business April 17, 2026

QVC Group, the parent company the home shopping TV brands HSN and QVC, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company disclosed the plan in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Com�...

Layoffs Hit Disney: 1,000 Jobs Cut as Josh D’Amaro Unveils Streamlining Push - The Hollywood Reporter

Business April 15, 2026

Layoffs are hitting The Walt Disney Co., beginning Tuesday. CEO Josh D’Amaro, only a month into the job, informed staff of the cuts in a memo. A source familiar with the matter tells The Hollywood ...

Jeff Shell Exiting as President of Paramount - The Hollywood Reporter

Business April 9, 2026

Less than a year into the job, and with a mega merger looming, Paramount president Jeff Shell is exiting the company. The executive is set to leave the company imminently, according to multiple sourc�...

Disney Beats Wall Street Earnings Estimates as Succession Looms - The Hollywood Reporter

Business February 3, 2026

With a succession decision expected in the very near future, The Walt Disney Co. delivered a Wall Street beat in its latest quarter, a hard-earned win and perhaps even a sendoff for CEO Bob Iger, who�...

The Fight For Warner Bros. May Get Uglier - The Hollywood Reporter

Business January 16, 2026

On a bright but frigid December morning, David Ellison held court in a makeshift war room in the basement of the UBS building next to Madison Square Park. Sporting cream-colored slacks and a crisp b�...

Paramount Stands By $30 Per Share Offer for Warner Bros. Discovery Despite Rejections - The Hollywood Reporter

Business January 9, 2026

Paramount is sticking by its $30 per share tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing in a statement Thursday morning that its all-cash bid remains “superior” to the deal that WBD signed wit...

How the Sphere Morphed Into an Interactive Lego Death Star - The Hollywood Reporter

Technology January 9, 2026

In a first for the Sphere in Las Vegas, the venue’s outer shell (it’s called the Exosphere) will debut an interactive game Thursday, in a partnership with Lego and Disney’s Lucasfilm. The Spher...

Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Will “Carefully Review and Consider” Paramount’s Revised Offer - The Hollywood Reporter

Business December 24, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery‘s board of directors says that it will “carefully review and consider” Paramount‘s revised bid for the company. The company confirmed receipt of the revised tender offe...

Ted Sarandos Says Paramount Takeover Bid for Warners Was “Entirely Expected … We Have a Deal Done” - The Hollywood Reporter

Business December 9, 2025

Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters aren’t worried about Paramount‘s hostile bid for Warner Bros. The Netflix co-CEOs addressed the elephant in the room right at the beginning of a session at a UBS conf...

Comcast President Says Company Has “Damn Good Hand” in Media, Despite Losing Warners Deal - The Hollywood Reporter

Business December 9, 2025

Comcast president (and soon-to-be co-CEO) Mike Cavanagh says that his company “did not expect that we had a high likelihood of prevailing” in its bid for Warner Bros. but that “I think we’re b...