i'm taking a look at warner brothers discovery and paramount, down now.mentioned at the top of the show and reported by numerous organizations yesterday, the two sides at least have had a conversation and as i reported earlier call it warner brothers continues to mull or consider whether it wants to actually move here and buy perhaps paramount global. let's bring in barton crockett, rosenblatt security research analyst and get his take on what's all means. barton, they're thinking about it. doesn't mean they're going to do it. when something is for sale in your industry, you do certainly give it at least some thought, and that is the case at warner brothers discovery. what's your take on whether they should or shouldn't pull the trigger on a deal like this? >> we've had caution about the tv media, and we have an excel rating tied to the secular pressures. certainly, i do think that if paramount were to move ahead with a merger scenario, warner brothers discovery is probably their best fit. you know, part of that is regulatory, right. all the media conglom

as i look at that company, the old time warner, or warner brothers, i cannot think of an enterprise that has gone through more bad deals than time warner. >> trying to make up for the gaping loss of -- >> this talent, exactly. >> never worked out. >> let's trade this. >> everything that rich says makes me think that netflix is a stronger entity. seems like they're the only ones that have a winning recipe to this. when you look at it on a chart, i actually thought, with the screen actors guild, with that strike ending, there was a bunch of tailwinds for netflix. and i thought those were dissipating. now, with everyone else struggling, it seems as though there's been a second, third, or fourth wind for netflix stock. so, there's two players in this. disney is a diversified play. it seems to be holding that little bit of a rally off the $80 level. and netflix. netflix by far is the best game in town, everything else, terse area. >>> all right, coming up, we're going to spill the tea on t. that's gen-z lyningo. >>> plus, it could be a rough year in store for the pharma world. the political p

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a number of us news outlets are reporting the heads of entertainment giant warner brothers and paramountt for several hours to discuss a potential buy—out. sources originally told axios a deal would likely involve warner brothers buying either paramount global or its parent company. neither company has commented yet. turning to china and the beauty industry, the second largest market in the world. french giant l'oreal establish itself in china back in 1997 and now has 26 brands in its portfolio. we caught up with fabrice megarbane who oversees the china business and asked about market outlook as well as the role of artificial intelligence in its future plans. it has been in china for the past 26 years and we have been witnessing the development of this market. today the market in chinese is the second largest in the world and our business here in china is also the second—largest business in the world so we have been going in china and i have to say with china. growing in china and i have to say with china. we have seen the consumer also changing behaviour. i have to say, they are becomin

sources originally set a deal would likely involve warner brothers buying either paramount global or has commented yet. we will bring you details if we get them. to president nicolas maduro has welcomed back alex saab, a close ally who has been held in the united states on money laundering charges. he is accused of siphoning off some $350 million from venezuela, that involved bribing government officials. but as part of the prisoner swap, venezuela also returned the fugitive malaysian businessman leonard glenn francis to the us. known as �*fat leonard', he is accused of masterminding a massive corruption scandal here in asia. tom wright made a podcast about him. he told me the remarkable story. he told me the remarkable sto . ., , ., , he told me the remarkable sto. , story. he was furious because what he thought _ story. he was furious because what he thought was - story. he was furious because what he thought was he - story. he was furious because | what he thought was he would plead guilty to all of this that i have just described and then he got cancer, he was allowed out ofjail

now, a number of us news outlets are reporting the heads of warner brothers and paramount have met for hours to discuss a potential buy—out. sources originally told axios a deal would likely involve warner brothers buying either paramount global or its parent company. neither company has commented yet. to venezuela and president nicolas maduro has welcomed back alex saab, a close ally who has been held in the united states on money laundering charges. he is accused of siphoning off some $350 million from venezuela, that involved bribing government officials. as part of the prisoner swap, venezuela also returned the fugitive malaysian businessman, leonard glenn francis, to the us. known as fat leonard, he is accused of masterminding a massive corruption scandal here in asia. tom wright made a podcast about him. leonard was furious because he thought he had pleaded guilty to what i have just described. he got cancer and was allowed out ofjail in venezuela. he was wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet and he watched and i agree with him as admiral after admiral who were involved with him w

warner brothers' discovery would benefit from paramount's coveted nfl rights on cbs, but if it's not hen restrictions from its warner media deal expire. now, sources say that comcast might be interested in pairing its nbc universal, cnbc's parent company with warner brothers' discovery to create a more powerful streaming platform. now, access to the nfl could also be driving deals for the likes of amazon, apple, and google's youtube, and those platforms, those tech giants will be eyeing the nba's next rights deal. the other sports wild card in play here, espn, which bob iger said he's bringing direct to consumer. we're also watching to see if he decides to sell disney's linear networks. and with last week's lionsgate finally spinning off starz, more linear assets could be the play. sources tell me that starz could roll up the likes of the history channel and b.e.t. to take them digital as it has with its starz streamers. the catalyst that could kick off a wave of change is what shari redstone decides to do with her properties. we have no comments from all the media giants on these tal

sources originally told axios a deal would likely involve warner brothers buying either paramount globalcompany has commented yet. turning to china now and the beauty industry, which is the second largest market in the world. french giant l'oreal established itself in china back in 1997 and now has 26 brands in its portfolio. we caught up with fabrice megarbane, who oversees the china business, and asked about market outlook as well as the role of artificial intelligence in its future plans. so we've been in china for the past 26 years and have been witnessing the development of this market. today, the market in china is the second largest in the world, and our business here in china is also the second largest business in the world. so we've been growing in china and, i have to say, with china. we've seen the consumer also changing a lot in terms of behaviour. i have to say they're becoming very, very educated. you know, they spend a lot of time reading about beauty, about ingredients, about products. they also develop certain knowledge in terms of choosing also the right product for the

sources originally told axios a deal would likely involve warner brothers buying either paramount globals parent company. neither company has commented yet. but we will bring you details if and when we get them. cyber attacks have closed australian ports, shut down systems at las vegas casinos and prevented a bank from clearing trades. and that's just over the recent months. there has been a jump in attacks this year, compared to 2022, according to our next guest. for more on what is driving the rise, let's speak tojosh kennedy white from divisionx global, a consultancy for start ups. josh, great to have you on the programme. are you seeing a spike in the number of cyber attacks and what is behind them?— the number of cyber attacks and what is behind them? good morning. thank ou for is behind them? good morning. thank you for having — is behind them? good morning. thank you for having back— is behind them? good morning. thank you for having back on _ is behind them? good morning. thank you for having back on the _ you for having back on the programme. there certainly has been an increase

it's a production of warner brothers picture, which is part of warner brothers discovery. cnn's stephanie elam has more. >> reporter: >> reporter: "the color purple" is back, but with a refresh. >> it's a beautiful reimagining, but it's not a remake. it invites the older generation, but the younger generation. >> suffering is the great equalizer. >> reporter: based on alice walker's 1982 novel by the same name, "the color purple" tells the story of seeley, a poor blanlg who finds self-worth, healing, and happiness, despite devastatie ing odds with the he of the women around her. >> i never thought i would have fight in my own house. >> reporter: steven spielberg directed the first iteration of "the color purple" for warner brothers. it garnered 11 oscar noms with a star-studded cast including whoopi goldberg, danny glover, and oprah winfrey, who helped it reach new advanced theater buyouts. >> so god can dream a bigger dream. >> in the early 2000s, "the color purple" hit the great white way and was revised in 2015. this film adaptation, taking a cue from broadway, and also

the league is in an exclusive negotiating window with disney and warner brothers discovery.e rights to nba games. then, nbc universal, cnbc's parent company, along with youtube, amazon's prime video, and apple are expected to take a look at those nba rights and pursue them, while the league is expected to want to limit its rights owners to three packages. now, the nba's reportedly looking to get paid as much as $75 billion for its next multiyear deal. that would be three times the value of its 2014 deal. we could definitely expect streaming to play a bigger role this time around, as it has with the nfl. dom? >> all right, julia boorstin with the latest state of play on sports, thank you very much. bonawyn, let's talk about this media landscape. is this one that you want to buy into? >> i mean, i think for the media players, they have to buy into this. if you take fubo for example, they are able to create a business model solely around streaming, and i think this is one of the differentiating factors when you look at a hulu or you look at an amazon. some of the large tech pla

warner brothers discovery owned cnn. a potential merger would make a juggernaut with warner brothers and paramount and cbs, this network, of course, and a number of other cable tv assets. the talks are said to be in the early stages. still major questions how the deal would work. who may have the answers? the person who broke this story, sara fisher. it's always awkward when you talk about a story involving the company where you work. but a lot of people looking at this, not just our colleagues this morning, trying to understand what's the upside here? talking about a lot of debt, looks like it could potentially be a little bit tough in terms of regulatory issues. how would this work? >> everyone needs to get bigger, that's the big deal. think about big tech firms, amazon and netflix, they're all enco encroaching on the media network. and you have companies looking at this landscape saying if i don't get bigger, how am i going to be able to negotiate and win leverage for sports rights, draw eyeballs when people want to b

warner brothers discovery is reportedly in talks to merge with paramount global.res of both are lower today, but my next guest says the merger shows a touch of december pr -- desperation, but might be necessary. joining me now is tom rogers, founder of cnbc. tom, always good to see you. welcome. >> thanks. great to be here. >> so smacks a bit of desperation. do they have any better options? >> well, they may not. while this is not a panacea, it may be the best move both companies can make. you have these legacy media companies now that are slashing their streaming content and marketing, raising price. it's not a great formula. they're trying to cut costs as best they can with their legacy media properties and hope for the best. but that hope hasn't come true. core cutting is accelerating, ad sales are getting worse, and overall, legacy media is declining faster than their streaming services are growing. so both have an incentive to do it. paramount only gets less valuable as they sit in this current mode. warner is certainly capital constrained given its debt. it

i know that the ceo warner brothers has always wanted paramount.ld get it, this will be a dream deal for him had. stocks are up a fraction this morning. warner brothers up 1%. >> yeah. i mean, look, more consolidation in streaming. cord cutting is the trend. streaming is where the players want to be. maria, we talked about this last week. mergers and acquisitions, we really haven't seen much of this throughout this year. it's been dead because there's no visibility with regards to where interest rates were going to be this year. will the fed keep hiking? maria: you've got an y aggresse ftc also. >> this is the second merger we've talked about in the last two weeks. i think we're seal more mergers take place as we move into next year but you know, it's crooned of a nice thing -- kind of a nice thing to see happen. maria: i wonder if things that were on the shelf are coming off the shelf in 2024. do you think so. >> i think we're starting to see the beginning of it now. maria: we'll leave it there. kathy, great to see you. merry christmas. >> merry c

warner brothers discovery could see opportunity in those cbs nfl rights, as well as paramount's filmd isn't a buyer, he will be free to sell his company as of april 8th, when restrictions from his warner media deal expire. sources tell me that comcast might be interested in pairing its nbc universal with warner brothers discovery to create a more powerful streaming platform. among all of these conversations, a lot of focus is on access to nfl games. they are the most viewed content and also the most valuable assets for advertisers. the nfl could drive deals for media and tech giants, and they're also all of these platforms preparing to bid for the nba's next rights deal. if we don't see some major deals, we should be looking out for moribundling of streaming services, as these companies look for advantages of scale to keep consumers hooked and to minimize turn. >> maybe it's a bit of an either/or, either consolidation or we see more streaming bundles. you know, i take your point that if they don't all consolidate under one existing product, that maybe they all have to offer some comp

. >> the reboot is a production of warner brothers pictures, which like cnn is part of warner brothersmas day. we are so happy to be joined this morning to talk about the legacy of the color purple and returning to the big screen and why it resonates with writer, comedian, and actress amber ruffin. you say this is a love letter to black women. what does it mean to have it back on the big screen? >> i absolutely adore the color purrle. and i remember watching it when i was young and realizing that, you know, entertainment had a huge space that black women could fill, and we're still discovering the many ways that black women can contribute. and it's amazing, like this late in the game, what entertainment is, is evolving, at the hands of black women. but, this color -- the color purple is really special because it's a book that became a movie, that became a musical, that is becoming a movie musical. i think that's really interesting. and that shows how badly we adore this story, we adore it. >> there's a full circle. oprah, who starred in the movie, now the executive producer of this, wh

as you mentioned, when you put these two streaming companies together, the max offering from warner brotherss offering from paramount plus offering from paramount global, it does create a bigger entity still dwarfed by netflix and disney. that is the challenge they face. on the other side of their business, they both earn a lot of cable related assets, the problem there is that, increasingly, americans are cutting the cord at a faster rate, switching to streaming services and ditching their old cable service. so, there are questions over whether or not that deal makes sense, on one hand, there are synergies to be had, and an upper hand, there are assets facing the older business model at a time and everybody is pivoting elsewhere. the other thing that people are asking themselves, ben, is the debt load, both of these companies are carrying a lot of debt. if you merge them together, will they have, even after the synergies and the savings, will they have... which is needed when you are trying to take on the other rivals. that is not only netflix but also big tech, which is increasingly domina

also clearly smiling because this was a warner brothers movie and they also grabbed the other two topd wonka. spielberg and oprah worked on the original movie which oprah starred in in 1985, really putting her career on the map and they teamed up together again. also audiences who love fantasia from american idol. if you're wondering was it just christmas day that audiences turned out? no. 2023 saw higher north american box office numbers than 2022. about a billion dollars more. but you're still not seeing the numbers of people going to the movies that you saw before the pandemic, which was more like $11 billion. a lot of that has to do with streaming. there's so many options to watch and when a blockbuster like a barbie or oppenheimer hits the theatres, it's not that much time until you can watch it from your couch and stream it at home. also, i've been pointing out today that going to the movies, it's a luxury for families these days with the way the economy has been looking and with inflation. if i wanted to take my kids and husband to the movies tonight at the amc behind me, it's

if warner brothers discovery is not a buyer, it will be free to itself as of april 8th when restrictionss warner media deal expire. now sources say that comcast might be interested in pairing its nbc universal with is cnbc's parent company with warner brothers discovery, to create a more powerful streamer combing max with nbc's nfl rights and access to the nfl could also drive deals for the likes of amazon, apple and google's youtube. all of those tech giants are. >> the nba's next rights deal which will be negotiated soon. the other sports wild card is espn. bob iger said he's bringing it direct to consumer next year and we're watching to see if he decides to sell disney's linear network. more assets could be in play. last week lionsgate spinning off stars, sources tell me it could roll up the likes of the history channel and bet to take them digital as it has with its stars streamer. the real catalyst that could kick off a wave of change in the industry is sherri redstone and what she decides to do with her properties and guys, i have to say, there was no comment from any of the media

another one that we hear a lot about is another warner brothers film which is "joker 2."> in terms of overall habits, how so many people have gotten used to streaming, going home and watching things. there's certain movies i will say i'll go to the theater for and other movies where i say i'll wait for that to come on streaming and figure out which service it's on and maybe even buy it in in between window. >> that's true. but there's a lot to be said for windows. the box office sets the tone for the value of a movie. if a movie does well at the box office, it will have an impact on streaming. you'll want to see it. >> let me ask you separately, as we think about warner brothers, discovery, max and the like, given that there's not going to be a plethora of new content on frankly any of these services, i imagine for the first quarter or two of 2024, what do you think that will mean for churn and the like? >> well, we're moving into a new era in streaming, which is bundling. you are going to see a lot of this in, you know, the year ahead. verizon, for example, will be bundl

no guarantee one will come together but speculation whether warner brothers wants to buy more media assetsmportant milestone in warner's ability to do additional deal. declining to comment on that. earnings front, shares of micron jumping in the pre-market. memory chipmaker, a loss in the quarter. and a forecast akov expectations. up 6.5% helping lots of other stocks in a similar vein. furniture jigiant ikea, militan starting container ships. delays. looking at other options to secure availability of products. talk more later with a shipping logistics expert. andrew? >> thanks. >>> meantime, straight to dom chu, who's taking a look at, a special look, i should say, what can drive markets to even greater heights. if you think that's possible in the next, what? week, week and a half? christmas and then the new year. what do you think? >> the santa claus rally period beginning of the new year. andrew to that point, with the dow, s&p, nasdaq all hitting at or near their all-time highs, potential catalysts that could take the market to the next leg. of course, no guarantee. we saw that yesterda

warner brothers discovery down not even 11%. so is what -- 1%.unite two struggling legacy media companies can and put hbo and cb if s under one roof. but barclays says it's unlikelily that a combined company will be any better than the companies are doing individually. david: yeah. adam a is on set. you usually deal with high-tech. what about these legacy companies? >> you know, i've never made money in media, and i tell you why, it's a hard place to make money. unfortunately at fox you have news and sports, two things people care about. but it's really hard to keep pollution award-winning movies that everyone wants to go see week after week, quarter after quarter, right in@hard to do. david: trying to understand a fickle audience -- >> and it's very expensive. look at netflix, they spend $8 billion a year on content. david: lauren, our friend dan ives, what is he saying about apple? lauren: yeah, web bush. it'll be worth $1 trillion than it is right now by the end of next year with. a $4 trillion -- dade dead wolk, i was just about to looked i u

we will have warner brothers discovery, netflix and disney talking about streaming content. it may have moved to your phone how you view entertainment. but someone has to make content, the show you are enjoying. what you will see on the stages there in some of the conference sessions and exhibits are leading marketers and content treaters talking about what's going on on their platforms and advertisers talking about, how is that changing? we have add-supported netflix streaming services. we have there ecosystem that's getting more complex and rich because we live in a digital world. when you mentioned how things changed post-pandemic, not just with the show but we are more interconnected than ever. there's a billion more people slated to come online by 2027. there's more people coming online. a story of, how do you keep those people connects, give them the technology so it's seamless? >> one of the -- i'm teasing a little bit. the internet connected fridge is a standby of ces. i don't want to shock you, but i work in silicon valley. after many years, my fridge is not connect

fighters and as the war of disinformation continues, large us corporations like walt disney, warner brothers and comcast suspended their ads on x in protest against his alleged anti-semitism. this has of course been lobbied for by israel spy agency, the anti-deformation league, for some time. the us government has even issued a statement condemning musk for the abhorrent promotion of anti-semitic and racist hate. in october, when israel cut all electronic communications in gazza, musk offered to provide his starlings to internationally recognized aid organizations in the strip. this infuriated the israelis who vetoed the idea immediately, while on his trip to the settler entity, mus commented to israeli president isaac herzog that he supported the idea of reeducation camps in gazza to prevent another generation of resistance. he also commented that he was help establish economic prosperity in the area. with the constant stream of contradictory messages, the battle for the soul of elon musk continues. as always, we're joined by our resident expert david miller. david's an academic and a forme

major advertisers came out in support of us jews; walt disney, warner brothers, sony, apple and ibm announcedr allegedly anti-semitic statements. musk’s demonstration trip to israel didn’t help either; the businessman got tired of fighting the agenda and responded offline. remembering the last elections in the midst of a pandemic, americans are wondering what they are preparing for next year; republican senators, for example, have already asked joe biden to limit air traffic with china for background of a mysterious respiratory illness, and a bipartisan group of congress demands that the military disclose data about the area, evidence. which have recently been heard in america at the highest level, from the pentagon to congress, are discussing possible early contact. congressmen from various committees cannot access information about the bno, but we cannot understand who even has access to it, this is supposedly a free country, the american people are not stupid, we can handle this information. against this background , optimists who continue to believe in the american dream, only 36% of us r

this week, verizon begins offering its my plan customers a $10 a month bundle of netflix and warner brotherseady offers a $10 bundle of disney owned content, but it's the bundling of competing platforms that could redefine our subscriptions. apple tv and paramount plus are exploring a bundle of their own. why if they're competitors, why are they bundling now? >> all the services are responding to more and more disgruntled customers who don't like how much it's costing. if enemies have to come together to make customers come to both of them more efficiently, then those enemies will do just that. >> reporter: it's a value conscious approach in a wild streaming world out there with so many services and so many price tiers. the typical consumer on average pays for three streaming services a month nearly one in ten people have five or more. >> all of a sudden, to watch simply the greatest stuff on tv, it required two, three, four, five, now seven different streaming services >> reporter: for streamers, the runaway subscriber growth is over programing costs are rising and they know consumers can't

well, disney warner brothers and discovery are among the big names that suspended advertising on the x following must endorsement of what human rights groups say was an anti semitic post. must have since said he regrets the endorsement. now here's what it must have to say under discussion at the new york times book deal gathering on wednesday. take a listen. somebody to try to blackmail me with advertising black, knowing this money yourself. but go yourself. is that clear? i mean, if the company fails because of the advertising more talk, it will fail because of an advertised board card and that will be what back of the company. yeah, i have to paraphrases, i want to quote you on most, and i don't want to bring in said sanderson, he's the founding director of new york university center for social media and politics. the centers goal is to strength and democracy by conducting research and pushing evidence based public policy. deb, it's good to have you on on the program you on mosque was interviewed at the 2023 deal book summit in new york city. um, were you there when he told those a

warner brothers is the parent company of hbo and cnn. >>> people are traveling again in numbers thatve not seen since before the pandemic. i want to introduce an artist whose work celebrates that we can get together again. >>> i'm an art lover. when an artist's vision or work is applicable to the news of the week or is influenced by the news, i want you to meet them. and it is now the holiday season, the first since the end of the covid-19 public health emergency. we're all getting together. sunday, the tsa saw the busiest day of travel in its history. so this week i'm introducing areal, her work is done. her new collection feels like glitter. it celebrates being together again. >> i'm from atlanta, georgia. i'm a painter. i paint with acrylic paint on canvas. also started using glitter and gemstones and just little mixed media materials. this collection is showing a live post pandemic. this feels like glitter is representing a post pandemic where we are really coming together, hanging out over food, over drinks and just really cherishing time with your loved ones. there's so many th

the film is the director of warner brothers. it comes out on christmas day.e want to talk all about that. thank you so much for joining us. tell us, why do you think this movie still resonates 40 years later? >> "the color purple" is a timeness film, a story of overcoming trauma, the ponds of sisterhood, enduring family love, resilience, all things that resonate within the blake community. they see themselves whether it's assyria or sophia. it's so inspiring for a lot of audiences. >> the executive producer scott daniels talked about the decision to adapt the film into a musical and his goal is to reach a new generation that may not be familiar with the work. here's what he said. >> as i was walking around in the world, five, six, seven years ago and talking to oprah about how importance this is and how the new generation may not be familiar with it, and it's one of the most inspiring stories i've red, knowing cinema in terms of being abel to tell a story on a worldwide basis at the price point people can affording, it felt to me like we should think about re

worth bearing in mind that maestro was offered first of all to warner brothers, which made a star isle and paramount. netflix picked up the movie. you can see why some risk averse studios would be taken by the idea of maestro. it is partly in black—and—white, a biography of the musician and conductor, leonard bernstein. and netflix is driven by subscriptions. rather than theatrical releases. the reason it has any sort of theatrical release is so that it qualifies for award season. it is something that all the streamers would really like, and oscar—winning or award—winning movie. oscar-winning or award-winning movie. , , , movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter — movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at _ movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all _ movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all how- movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all how long - movie. did you sense perhaps it didn't matter at all how long it | movie. did you sense perhaps it i didn't matter at all how long it was in the cinema for, whether people go to see it there, as

it came out yesterday that warner brothers discovery is in talks to merge with our parent company paramounteady owns a ton of media properties while paramount owns all this stuff. really looking forward to the new media mega-entity -- warner-mount plus max prime max with showtime prime. uplus. meanwhile, according to new wildlife research, apes may remember old friends and family decades later and also dolphins can remember each other's whistles for more than two decades. of course, some dolphin whistles are more memorable than others. meanwhile, in celebrity baking news, taylor swift made cinnamon rolls for travis kelce's pregame meal. now, i do not want to question tay-tay's love language, but that is a bold food choice for someone right before a football game. though it does explain travis kelce's third quarter nap. meanwhile, victoria beckham took the internet by storm when she posted a video of her husband david beckham working out. ♪ ♪ now those are some pre-game cinnamon rolls! we'll be right back with anderson cooper and andy cohen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a tiny pinch of knorr chicken bouillon wil

reach our customers, other companies choosing to depart "x," disney, apple, cnn's parent company warner brothers discovery, media analysts blame the advertising exodus over musk's recent endorsement of a anti-semitic conspiracy theory on "x." joining me is the tech reporter for the "new york times." tiffany, good morning to you. so this moment that we're seeing, we are getting used to these kind of erratic statements and activities, this go "f" yourself we saw at deal book where he responded to the exodus is this just added to that list, or was that outburst something different? >> you know, i talked to a source of mine who had recently come back to "x" after taking a six-month pause, and she said she wakes up the next morning, sees his comments at deal book and says, i was shocked, but also not shocked, because this is something that he's been doing fairly often. that said, it does seem like the intensity of these particular comments have turned a lot more advertisers off. >> is this -- this departure, i'm trying to determine the right adjective, the right verb here, is it an exodus, is it a pa

until next summer and we just want to disclose this, that hbo is owned by cnn's parent company, warner brothers discovery. >>> and before we go, here's "saturday night live's" cold open on former u.s. representative george santos' expulsion from congress. have a look here. >> you want me to say that i lost? that i'm humiliated? fine. so i'm no longer congressman santos. i'm just regular old professor major general reverend astronaut santos protector of the realm, princess of genovia. "snl" actor bowen yang who played santos in the skit, had a parody of the song "candle in the wind" by elton john. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom". kim brunhuber. for viewers in north america, "cnn this morning" is next. for the rest of the world, it's "connecting africa." the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of

disney, paramount, warner brothers discovery, which of course is the parent company of this network,nciple analyst at insider intelligence offering a warning about the future of twitter, well, now, x, saying, quote, if anyone's killing x, it's elon musk, not advertisers. of course we should keep in mind, elon musk's net worth has gone up this year, not down, despite the tremeavails of twit. earlier in my interview with pete buttigieg, i -- speaker johnson endorsed and wrote the foreword too. thanks so much for joinings.

in boston, roots, rampage, and reckoning, and hbo of course is owned by cnn's parent company warner brothersovery. adrian, thank you so much for being with us, i just wonder, and we see the reaction there of folks behind the mayor, what's your reaction to this apology? >> it was a truly dramatic, and unprecedented moment in boston, it was really something to watch. it was a very important apology. >> yeah, it really is, you see the words that she chose and how that impacted people listening there in that room, can you talk to us a little bit about how painful the fallout from these false accusations has been for the families and for the entire black community in boston from the late '80s through today? >> the fallout has been really dramatic, you know, as part of our reporting, two years of reporting, to put together the podcast and the series that ran in the globe, we talked to members of the bennett family, how serious it's been and how much they have suffered and how they have been unable to get out from under this. it's something that they and people throughout the mission hill, the comm

david who runs warner brothers discovery took on $55 billion in debt to buy a company that included cnnax streaming port hole is a total suck hole. so what does elon musk run? he runs a brand new car company that just came out with a truck, it looks like a delorean pickup. it looks like it was carved with lasers shooting out of his hands. and then he also, he also has a rocket company. what man on the planet doesn't want to own a rocket company where they can shoot penises into the sky? >> greg: i didn't, i didn't see that last part coming. >> mike: yeah. >> greg: but you have a point. he also tones boring company do you know wa that is. >> dagen: yeah. >> greg: underground tunnels. the thing is, this is what, mike, the richest man in the world should be doing, right? and i just love how he basically, in one sentence, kind of humiliated them going you're trying to blackmail me with money. do you not realize that i have more money than everybody. >> yeah. you could also make a penis joke about the boring company, you know, tunnels and -- >> greg: all right spiky. i put him over there bec

hbo is part of warner brothers discovery.ou can watch the final episode april 17th. >>> before we go, it was quite the wild delay for morning commuters in new jersey on thursday. that is as a bull started running along the tracks at penn station in newark. trains two and from new york city were delayed as you'd expect for 45 minutes as authorities worked to get a hold of him. there were reports that the bull escaped from a local slaughterhouse. the bull has been moved to an animal rescue center to live out the rest of his days. the center named him ricardo. we wish him well. >>> thanks for joining me. i'm max foster. "early start" is next. loving this pay bump in our allowance. wonder where mom and dad got the extra money? maybe they won the lottery? maybe they inherited a fortune? maybe buried treasure? maybe it fell off a truck? maybe they heard that xfinity customers can save hundreds when they buy one unlimted line and get one free. now i can buy that electric scooter! i'm starting a private-equity fund that specializes i

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a combination would unite famous hollywood properties including paramount and warner brother film andstudios and put a number of pay-tv and broadcast stations such as hbo and cvs -- cbs under a single roof. a unit of ampio pharmaceuticals have agreed to delist patents in the u.s. on older inhalers and injectors, potentially accelerating the approval of generic versions. the delisting's comes in response to the federal trade commission, which sent warning levels to 10 pharmaceutical firms over the validity of patents. coming up on the program, discussing the key themes for european banks in 20 to any four. that conversation is next. -- in 2024. that conversation is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ kriti: welcome back to daybreak europe. i'm kriti cooped up. morgan stanley is discussing putting capital into private credit fund that would include cash. they inject one to $2 billion into the new vehicle with 45 billion rays from so-called limited partners. thanks have increasingly seen businesses offering competitive terms for buyout financing. sticking with that space, bloomberg learned citigr

already ibm, apple, disney, warner brothers and others have pulled all their ads from x.nd the media, of all groups, they gleefulfully celebrated the threat to musk's # $4 billion investment. >> advertisers have been really fleeing x, left, right and center over growing concerns that musk has amplified anti-semitism and racism. >> this is not an enlightened super ego. this is a guy in a lot of trouble on stage. i think just dissembling a bit. >> some men just want to watch the world burn. and i think that completely applies to this scenario. >> laura: none of them concerned about free speech at all. none of them. now, at this point i think most everyone understands that the business establishment, august those advertisers it's aligned with government power brokers here and abroad who want to restrict free speech as much as possible. at some point they have all come to the conclusion that regular work aday people have too much freedom. and that a free flow of information doesn't really work any longer. absorbing too much freedom, too much speech, no, that's not a good thin

. >> reporter: steven spielberg directed the first iteration for warner brothers which shares the same parent company as cnn. it garnered 11 oscar noms with a star-studded cast including whoopi goldberg, danny glover and oprah winfrey who as executive producer helped the new film reach more advanced theater buyouts than any other in warner's history. >> god can dream a bigger dream. >> reporter: in the early 2000s it hit the great white way and was revived in 2015. this film adaptation taking a cue from broadway is also a musical and emphasizes the message of hope more than the original film. >> i would have to say there is a buhhians a and a joyfulness to this reimagination that wasn't present in the first and that the music comes out of the spirit of the story. >> reporter: the new version features dynamic performance has from trashy p. henson, coleman domingo as mister and fantasia, who initially turned down the role for the movie. >> she carries everybody and at the time when i was doing broadway i was carrying everybody and my life was so much like celie's. i'm glad that i did it

disney, paramount, warner brothers discovery, which of course is the parent company of this network, and a principle analyst at insider intelligence offering a warning about the future of twitter, well, now, x, saying, quote, if anyone's killing x, it's elon musk, not advertisers. of course we should keep in mind, elon musk's net worth has gone up this year, not down, despite the tremeavails of twit. earlier in my interview with pete buttigieg, i -- speaker johnson endorsed and wrote the foreword too. thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate your time. we appreciate your time. "ac 360" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> tonight on "360," the truce ends in gaza, but the questions about who knew what and when about what hamas was planning for october 7th are just beginning. >>> also tonight, two court rulings, both saying the former president is not immune for actions he took as president leading up to january 6th. >>> plus a finality for the fabulous george santos, kicked out of the house. and that is not a lie. thanks for joining us. >>> we begin with israel an

this question of whether warner brothers, discovery, paramount or comcast might be involved in some m&a activity that could go in any number of ways. but given the regulatory environment, a number of people, including warner discoveries, have said bundling up services makes sense. they have the idea that people may be more inclined to hold on to that rather than turn out, because they're not getting enough from one particular serve. so i think a rebundling is inevitable. and peoplere subscribing to so many services. and you have to wonder what happens the smaller ones an how they get folded in to lster to value of others. >> i feel likeo the big tech companies, you know, just enjoy. people hated on the cable companies for so many years. apple and google want to be the new face of that, knock yourselves out. and wouldn't that just give media companies deeper pkets to sell to? and what should we make of this despite disney? >> so i think that pelts and disney really is something where disney is doing pretty well right now. i don't know that felle -- phelps has a lot of attraction. so if