Jill Goldsmith

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Apple Unveils Pay Package For New CEO John Ternus - deadline.com

Business September 3, 2026

Apple set a pay package worth $58 million for new CEO John Ternus, who formally took the reins from longtime chief executive Tim Cook on Tuesday. His compensation includes a $3 million annual salary οΏ½...

Meta Stock Tanks In Jittery Market On Massive AI Investment, Mixed Q2 - Deadline

Business July 30, 2026

Meta shares plunged more than 8% in the after market as it said it plans to invest between $130 billion and $145 billion on AI this year. The parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp also missed WοΏ½...

Flurry Of Protests As WBD Shareholders Set To Vote On Paramount Merger - Deadline

Business April 24, 2026

As Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders prepared to cast their votes on the company’s proposed sale to Paramount, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a 13-minute video titled Warner Bros-Paramount Merge...

Paramount Details Separation Agreement With Jeff Shell - Deadline

Business April 10, 2026

Paramount Skydance confirmed that its former president Jeff Shell exited the company on April 8 and outlined in a SEC filing how much he will be leaving with. His cash severance will equal the sum oοΏ½...

Activist Investor Slams WBD For Rushing Into β€œFlawed” Netflix Deal, Tells Board To Engage With Paramount As Temperature Rises - Deadline

Business February 13, 2026

Activist investor and Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder Ancora Holdings threatened to vote β€˜no’ on the Netflix deal and launch its own proxy fight if the WBD board does not engage with Paramount....

Judge Declines To Fast Track Paramount Suit Amid Warner Merger Fight - Deadline

Business January 16, 2026

A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled today that Paramount has not identified any β€œirreparable harm” to itself as a Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder that would justify expedited disclosure as it...

Netflix Considers Shifting Deal For Warner Bros. To All Cash – Report - Deadline

Business January 14, 2026

Netflix has discussed revising its cash-and-stock deal for the Warner Bros. studios and streaming assets to all cash, according to a Bloomberg report. The shift would come as Paramount continues to οΏ½...

S&P U.S. Media Lead On Battle For WBD – Deal Speed Is Key - Deadline

Business December 11, 2025

β€œThe biggest challenge to take away from past M&A in media is the environment moves really quickly, and so you want to get these deals done as quickly as possible to be able to implement a strat...

Kevin Mayer Sees β€œNothing But Good News” For Warner Bros. Discovery With Paramount-Netflix Bidding War Brewing - Deadline

Business December 10, 2025

Candle Media’s Kevin Mayer, the former top Disney executive and CEO of TikTok, expects the Ellisons to raise their hostile offer for Warner Bros. Discovery as they attempt to woo shareholders away f...

Paramount Insists WBD-Netflix Deal Would Be DOA As It Presses Its Case - Deadline

Business December 6, 2025

Paramount is plenty peeved about the way Warner Bros Discovery is conducting a possible sale and it wants everyone to know it won’t go quietly if either Netflix or Comcast are the winning bidder.Β  ...