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  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    Warner Bros Discovery: Netflix slump and CNN flop augur badly for giant Premium content

    The high-risk deal that has created a $100bn juggernaut looks increasingly dicey

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    AT&T Inc
    WarnerMedia to shut down CNN Plus just a month after launch

    Decision comes after new leadership had reviewed investment in streaming service for cable news channel

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    CNN News Group
    Warner-Discovery suspends marketing spend for CNN streaming service

    Latest change under new chief David Zaslav leaves network at odds with its parent company

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Discovery Inc (merged into Warner Bros. Discovery)
    David Zaslav overhauls leadership at Warner-Discovery

    JB Perrette tapped to lead post-merger company’s streaming business

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Nine senior WarnerMedia executives quit on eve of Discovery takeover

    Chief executive Jason Kilar among those to leave before $43bn merger

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    Corporate bonds
    AT&T and Discovery clinch $30bn bond deal in resilient US market

    Funding will support WarnerMedia merger in one of largest-ever corporate debt sales

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    CNN makes a $350mn bet on streaming ahead of Discovery takeover

    Budget for news network’s digital service was not originally disclosed by WarnerMedia to incoming owner

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    WarnerMedia beats Netflix on new US subscribers in fourth quarter

    HBO Max owner increased sign ups by 1.3m while streaming pioneer gained 1.2m in battle for American audience

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Interview
    HBO Max tries to close gap with Netflix and Disney in streaming wars

    WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar vows to spend $18bn on content in 2022 to build on subscriber growth

  • Wednesday, 29 December, 2021
    Streaming services
    Streaming wars drive media groups to spend more than $100bn on new content

    Investment outlays come amid concerns that it will be harder to attract new viewers in 2022

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    CNN News Group
    CNN suspends host Chris Cuomo over defence of his brother

    Anchor broke network rules by helping former New York governor Andrew Cuomo in sex scandal response

  • Tuesday, 23 November, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Investment banks net more than $320m from sale of WarnerMedia to Discovery

    Many of the same advisers collected hefty fees when AT&T bought company five years ago

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    News in-depthStreaming services
    New US subscribers are drying up in TV streaming competition

    Netflix, Disney and others find it costly to lure customers in ‘heavily saturated’ market

  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
    Streaming services
    HBO Max gains US subscribers as Netflix slips

    WarnerMedia-owned service added 2.4m new users in June quarter as streaming rivalry intensifies

  • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Amazon agrees deal to buy MGM for $8.45bn

    Transaction comes as media dealmaking this year hits highest level since dotcom boom

  • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
    News in-depthAT&T Inc
    US telecoms decide focusing on pipes isn’t so dumb after all

    AT&T and Verizon unwind big bets on media content to concentrate on core businesses

  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    Due Diligence
    AT&T discovers it has no business in show business Premium content

    Plus, Spac fever proves less contagious, and a closer look into Sanjeev Gupta’s ‘white knight’

  • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
    News in-depthDiscovery Inc (merged into Warner Bros. Discovery)
    How WarnerMedia and Discovery plan to forge a media behemoth

    Deal expected to trigger fresh wave of consolidation in the sector

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    Streaming services
    Netflix outpaced by the old media companies it sought to dethrone

    Disney, HBO and ViacomCBS all reported stronger subscriber growth in first quarter

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    HBO Max’s US subscriber growth beats Netflix in first quarter

    WarnerMedia’s streaming service aims to take on global leader with its extensive film and TV catalogue

  • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
    Monster weekend for ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ raises hopes for Hollywood

    Ticket sales show pent-up demand for blockbusters as Warner Bros scores biggest US hit of the pandemic

  • Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
    Licensing deals put brakes on HBO Max rollout in Europe

    WarnerMedia’s streaming service cannot be launched in the UK, Germany or Italy due to agreement with Sky

  • Sunday, 27 December, 2020
    ‘Wonder Woman’ finds few willing to brave cinemas

    Superhero movie takes $16.7m in US debut as Warner bets on simultaneous online release during pandemic

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    Warner Bros Entertainment Inc
    Warner plans simultaneous streaming releases as cinema woes deepen

    Studio to make next year’s movies available on HBO Max from day one in theatres

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    AT&T’s video streaming service to cost more than rivals’

    HBO Max will launch in May at twice and three times the price of Disney and Apple products

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