Ted Turner, CNN creator who revolutionized the media industry, dies at 87 ^53.8%

Los Angeles Times - By Matt Pearce, Meg James - 5/6/2026, 2:32 PM

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Ted Turner, the brash media mogul who created CNN and revolutionized how Americans watched television, and who wielded his media empire and wealth to pursue liberal global causes and land conservation, has died. He was 87. Turner died Wednesday at his home in Lamont, Fla., according to his family. They did not disclose his cause of... more

Paramount was poised to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. What went wrong? ^79.5%

Los Angeles Times - By Meg James, Stacy Perman - 12/7/2025, 12:21 AM

Oracle founder Larry Ellison was on the cusp of conquering Hollywood. Just four months earlier, he had bankrolled his son David’s $8-billion acquisition of the storied Paramount Pictures. Now the Ellison family had designs on scooping up Warner Bros. Discovery, too, offering to buy the entire company for at least $60 billion. The bold... more

Disney to cut hundreds of employees in latest round of layoffs ^96.2%

Los Angeles Times - By Meg James - 6/2/2025, 5:46 PM

Walt Disney Co. launched another deep round of layoffs on Monday, notifying several hundred Disney employees in the U.S. and abroad that their jobs were being eliminated amid an increasingly difficult economic environment for traditional television. People close to the Burbank entertainment giant confirmed the cuts, which are hitting... more