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David Rhodes, Sky News executive chairman and former CBS News head, is in talks to run CBS News again if the Skydance acquisition of the broadcaster's owner Paramount Global closes, digital news website Puck reported on Friday.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper criticized CBS’s parent company over its recent decision to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” arguing that Paramount Global is in a “bend-the-knee phase” to President Trump.
Paramount has agreed to settle President Trump's lawsuit over a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris for $16 million, the company announced late Tuesday.
Stephen Colbert riffed Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement of Donald Trump ‘s lawsuit, calling the payment a “big fat bribe” and joking about the prospects that new owner Skydance will try pressure him to back off from humor directed at the president.
Show' host's comments came shortly before it was announced that CBS has canceled 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.'
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Paramount Global said Tuesday that the entertainment and media company is cutting 3.5% of its workforce, citing challenges in the broader U.S. economy and in the linear television business.
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Mediaite on MSNFox News Host Says CBS Parent Company’s Capitulation to Trump Is ‘Tarnishing the Network’Fox News host Howard Kurtz criticized CBS parent company Paramount over its ongoing efforts to get approval from the Trump administration for a mega-merger with Skydance. The post Fox News Host Says CBS Parent Company’s Capitulation to Trump Is ‘Tarnishing the Network’ first appeared on Mediaite.
Jon Stewart is raising alarm bells over his own fate at Comedy Central following the cancellation of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."