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‘Toy Story 5’ Box Office Haul Highlights Hollywood’s Hot Streak

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The domestic box office has pulled in nearly $4.5 billion so far this year, the highest mark for the period since 2019, according to Rentrak.

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Fox Places Big Bet on Streaming with $22 Billion Roku Deal

Folding The Roku Channel into Fox would create a media conglomerate capable of competing for eyeballs, and ad dollars, with the best of them.

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Netflix Pitches ‘Buyback-and-Chill’ Strategy

A first-quarter earnings beat last week was overshadowed by weak second-quarter guidance that suggested growing subscriber churn.

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Mideast Sovereign Wealth Funds Back Paramount’s WBD Takeover

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, and Abu Dhabi’s L’imad Holding Co are all aboard, per the WSJ.

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Can Paramount and Warner Bros. Defy History of Lackluster Hollywood Mergers?

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If, at first, Discovery, AT&T, AOL, Time and others fail? Well, David Ellison is going to go ahead and give Warner Brothers a try anyway.

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Backed by ‘Bank of Dad,’ Paramount Makes Another Push For Warner Bros. Discovery

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That puts the ball back in WBD’s court to reject Paramount’s offer for the eighth time if it chooses to stick with Netflix.

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Can the Worldwide Leader in Sports Survive a Brave New World?

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ESPN’s standalone streaming service is finally here, but it’s core audience may have already found a preferred way to watch sports.

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