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This painting survived the Beirut explosion. Here’s how conservators restored it
After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, it has been ...
'Tears on the horizon' at CNN as insiders reveal stars on the chopping block after parent company's shock split
Warner Bros. Discovery's shock split into two distinctive companies could mean the jobs and hefty salaries of CNN's top ...
Anderson Cooper Drops UTA and Moves to CAA for Representation
Anderson Cooper is shaking up his representation in a big way, bolting longtime agency UTA for CAA, TheWrap has confirmed.
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Warner Bros. Discovery To Split Its Operations Into Separate Entities By 2026 – What It Means For DC Studios And Company Debt
Warner Bros. Discovery is undoing some of its merger, effective next year, to break up its TV and studio business. Good for ...
CNN’s Anderson Cooper rakes in $18M annually — as network faces spinoff amid ratings freefall: report
Cooper’s eye-popping salary has become a flashpoint inside CNN as staff brace for layoffs and belt-tightening, according to ...
BadCo? Credit Rating Agency Pours Cold Water on Hollywood Spinoff Ambitions
Fitch Ratings warns leaving spunoff cable TV assets with less cash flow and high debt loads could spell trouble down the road ...
Warner Bros. Discovery to Shutter HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax and OuterMax
HBO Family, which first launched in 1996, is known for kid-friendly programming such as “Sesame Street.” ThrillerMax, which ...
Warner Bros. Discovery Is Breaking Up. We Have Questions.
He points out that the AT&T deal that formed Warner Bros. Discovery in the first place helped set the template Zaslav and ...
CNN owner Warner Bros. splits streaming and cable into different companies
Warner Bros. Discovery, the media conglomerate that owns HBOMax, TNT Sports, and CNN, will be splitting into two companies.
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Inside the 5-year strategy to create a paid CNN
A familiar New York Times playbook — verticals, bundles and slow iteration — is taking shape at CNN as the network looks beyond cable ...
LA Protest Coverage Sparks Cable News Ratings Growth, CNN Doubles Audience
The Los Angeles protests over Donald Trump's ICE raids have sparked ratings growth across cable news since Friday.
The Goofus in Charge of HBO Max Is Out of Ideas—and It’s a Crisis for American Culture
Interested audiences could catch it on CNN’s cable broadcast, stream it via HBO Max (fka Max, fka HBO Max), or, if they ...