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  • 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
    David Zaslav overhauls leadership at Warner-Discovery

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

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

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

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Executive Pay
    Proxy adviser ISS urges vote against $247mn pay for Discovery chief

    Shareholder group says David Zaslav’s package is part of ‘history of poor pay practices’ at media company

  • 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
    LexUS & Canadian companies
    Discovery/CNN: all the news that’s fit to stream Premium content

    New company’s net leverage as measured by the net debt-to-ebitda multiple will be 4.5x times

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    WarnerMedia
    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

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    BT Group Plc
    BT in talks with Discovery over sports joint venture

    Telecoms group considers alliance with Eurosport UK after deciding against sale to DAZN

  • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
    BT Group Plc
    Discovery in talks with BT Sport to hijack sale to DAZN

    US media group seeks joint venture with UK telecoms company

  • 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, 23 September, 2021
    Poland
    Poland’s main private news channel has licence renewed at last minute

    Concerns about pressure on the country’s independent media had been fuelled by 19 month delay

  • Sunday, 15 August, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Poland widens its assault on media freedom

    Vocal US and EU criticism might yet be enough to block a controversial TV law

  • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
    Press freedom
    Discovery group to take legal action against Poland over media law

    US group’s chief says he has ‘no interest’ in selling broadcaster TVN despite new bill that could force it to do so

  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The new media world’s streams lead to Amazon

    Two proposed deals encapsulate the changing entertainment landscape

  • 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-depth
    How WarnerMedia and Discovery plan to forge a media behemoth

    Deal expected to trigger fresh wave of consolidation in the sector

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    LexAT&T Inc
    AT&T/Discovery: getting your money back will have to do Premium content

    Telecoms group abandons Hollywood dream but shareholders in new venture can still play supporting role

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    LexAT&T Inc
    AT&T/Discovery: A telco concedes defeat Premium content

    For shareholders of the telecoms group, the victory has proved pyrrhic

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    AT&T Inc
    AT&T’s WarnerMedia and rival Discovery to create global streaming giant

    David Zaslav to lead empire with enterprise value of $132bn and one of Hollywood’s most prized catalogues 

  • Sunday, 16 May, 2021
    AT&T Inc
    AT&T nears deal to create $150bn streaming giant with Discovery

    Structure of agreement unclear but AT&T expected to control most of combined entity

  • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
    Streaming services
    Old media veterans defy critics to rally in streaming era

    Shares in ViacomCBS, Discovery and Disney have all soared over the past year

  • Monday, 1 February, 2021
    Football
    French football crisis deepens as league fails to resell TV rights

    Auction fiasco places finances of Ligue 1’s 20 clubs under severe pressure

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    News in-depthStreaming services
    Discovery bets on Olympics and live sport as it joins streaming wars

    Tokyo Games an opportunity to lure subscribers to Discovery Plus as TV group competes with Disney and Netflix

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Discovery joins second wave of streaming launches

    Group behind HGTV and Eurosport hopes global reach will compete in Netflix- and Disney-dominated market

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    Pilita Clark
    Five smart ways to handle remote work, and two dumb ones

    There are many ways companies can help isolated staff feel connected, gag rules are not one of them

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