Entertainment

A hostile takeover bid for media giant Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has ratcheted up with entertainment conglomerate Paramount taking legal action to force the release of financial data. Paramount Skydance, which owns film production company Paramount Pictures and TV network CBS, has filed a law suit seeking to compel WBD to disclose to shareholders how […]

Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10bn (£7.5bn) for defamation and violation of trade practices. The US president’s 33-page complaint relates to the broadcaster’s editing of a speech he made on 6 January 2021, the day his supporters stormed the Capitol building. Initially, he had threatened to sue for $1bn, but the lawsuit filed

A huge takeover that would rock the entertainment industry looks imminent, with Netflix and Paramount fighting over Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). Streaming giant Netflix announced it had agreed a $72bn (£54bn) deal for WBD’s film and TV studios on 5 December, only for Paramount to sweep in with a $108.4bn (£81bn) bid several days later