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Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker filed a $72.5 million defamation lawsuit against conservative pundit and CNN contributor Scott Jennings on Tuesday, alleging Jennings falsely accused him of calling for the lynching of Black Americans by airing an edited video from a 2024 livestream on his show.
Amid Israel's heated election campaign, the progressive newspaper is one of the last news organizations openly critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies. It has published investigations into the right-wing and far-right coalition. The government has accused it of treason and taken retaliatory measures over its coverage of the war in Gaza.
Stranger things have happened—but this partnership paints a grim picture of the state of streaming.
But building out that tech stack is going to take a while.
The new media titan may have a billion-dollar fortune, but he’s not a member of our billionaires list.
The combined company now has the scale to take on Netflix and Disney, but little room for error as it balances massive spending on film and TV with servicing its crushing financial obligations.
David Ellison's decision to eclipse two iconic names with his own company arguably declares "I won" at the expense of a century of brand value. But how much the parent company's name matters has yet to be seen.
Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros