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Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance

approve the company’s $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance, the parent company of CBS News

Warner Bros and Paramount merger could reshape US media landscape

Paramount Skydance. The deal, which still needs to be approved by federal regulators, would place two of the nation’s largest news organisations – CBS News and CNN – under one roof. Earlier this month, the independent

Stephen Colbert hosts Michigan public access show day after last appearance on Late Show

Paramount announced it would be canceling The Late Show as it sought approval from the Trump administration for an $8bn merger with the Hollywood studio Skydance. The merger deal was delayed for months

Colbert launches YouTube channel less than a week after late-night show ends

Paramount announced the cancellation of Colbert’s show while seeking regulatory approval from the Trump administration for its [merger with Skydance Media.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/paramount-skydance-merger-fcc) The proposed deal faced months of delays after the president

David Letterman doubts late-night’s future before Colbert finale

merger with Skydance that required the approval of the Trump administration. And Colbert has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump across his two presidencies. The cancellation also [came days](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/15/late-night-roundup-colbert-stewart-meyers-trump-paramount-epstein) after Colbert

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' ends with a swan song and a giant wormhole

Paramount Global – which owns CBS – sought Federal Communications Commission approval for its $8.4 billion [merger with Skydance Media](https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/nx-s1-5471581/cbs-stephen-colbert-late-show). The network gave Colbert months to wind down his show, and he never stopped

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approve $110B merger with Paramount Skydance

merger with Paramount Skydance. If federal and international regulators approve, media mogul David Ellison — son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison — will control the legendary Warner Bros. studio as well as cable channels including

Congress members join protest against ‘oligarch’s dinner’ for Trump thrown by Ellisons

Skydance chief executive David Ellison “in celebration of the First Amendment” and “honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House Correspondents”, and attended by [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump). Paramount has faced criticism

Israel and Lebanon extend ceasefire. And, Trump eases medical marijuana rules

news you need to start your day.* ### Today's top stories **President Trump has ordered the Navy to "shoot and kill any boat"** trying to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping through