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Why Hollywood Is Afraid of the Paramount-WBD Deal

Why Hollywood Is Afraid of the Paramount-WBD Deal

Update: 2026-03-08
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How does Paramount, an old-guard studio and media institution, buying Warner Bros., another of the same, change the landscape in Hollywood, on cable, and in news?


Guest: Julia Alexander, media correspondent for Puck News.


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Why Hollywood Is Afraid of the Paramount-WBD Deal

Why Hollywood Is Afraid of the Paramount-WBD Deal