Todd Spangler

Articles by Todd Spangler

David Zaslav Paramount Deal 'Windfall' Payout: ISS Says Warner Bros Shareholders Should Vote Against Measure - Variety

Business April 10, 2026

Does David Zaslav deserve to receive more than half a billion dollars in connection with the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance? Influential shareholder advisory s...

Paramount Skydance Confirms Investments by Middle Eastern Wealth Funds - Variety

Business April 8, 2026

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance on Tuesday confirmed that it has brought on the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi as investors in connection with its Warner Bros. Discov...

Warner Bros. Discovery Says Its Board Will Review Paramount’s Upgraded Hostile Takeover Offer - Variety

Business February 12, 2026

Warner Bros. Discovery said its board will review Paramount Skydance‘s latest hostile takeover offer — which includes some new financial commitments — before it officially accepts or rejects the...

Paramount Skydance Says It Will Pay Warner Bros. Discovery an Extra $650 Million per Quarter if Its WBD Takeover Isn’t Completed by End of 2026 - Variety

Business February 11, 2026

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance is adding some additional financial promises to its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery as it continues to try to kill Netflix’s deal for WB. Paramo...

FCC Chairman Says There Are ‘Legitimate Competition Concerns’ With Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal — but His Agency Has No Authority to Review It - Variety

Business January 25, 2026

Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chairman of the FCC, offered his opinion that Netflix‘s proposed $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros.’s studios and HBO Max businesses raises “competition c...

Warner Bros. Discovery Says 93% of Shareholders 'Rejected Paramount's Inferior Scheme' - Variety

Business January 23, 2026

Warner Bros. Discovery fired back at the latest salvo from David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, saying that more than 93% of its shareholders have rejected Paramount’s “inferior scheme” in favo...

Judge Rejects Paramount Skydance’s Motion to Expedite Warner Bros. Discovery Trial Seeking Details on Netflix Deal - Variety

Business January 16, 2026

Paramount Skydance said “time is of the essence” in its lawsuit seeking to force Warner Bros. Discovery to divulge more financial info about its deal with Netflix. But a judge disagreed with that ...

Spotify Is Raising U.S. Subscription Prices in the Next Month - Variety

Business January 16, 2026

As expected, Spotify is increasing the prices of its premium, ad-free streaming plans in the U.S. over the next month, the company announced early Thursday. It’s the third price hike in four years f...

Netflix Prepping All-Cash Bid for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO Max Amid Paramount Skydance Pressure: Report - Variety

Business January 15, 2026

Netflix is readying a revised offer — in all cash — to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery‘s streaming and studios businesses, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Under the terms of Ne...

‘CBS Saturday Morning’ Taps Adriana Diaz, Kelly O’Grady as Co-Hosts

Crypto January 10, 2026

CBS News has picked its new two-person anchor team for “CBS Saturday Morning”: Adriana Diaz and Kelly O’Grady. On Saturday, Jan. 10, Diaz and O’Grady will debut as co-hosts of “CBS Saturday...