Rally in tech stocks but shares little changed overall
Traders are navigating lighter volumes at the start of a holiday-shortened week
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Dalkey woman could decide if Netflix-Warner Bros merger goes ahead
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Warner Bros to rebuff $108bn Paramount hostile offer
Hollywood studio and streaming company open to new bid but there are doubts over Ellison family funding
European shares little changed ahead of Fed rate decision
A strong day for the Irish banks was not enough to keep the Iseq green
Déjà vu all over again for Hollywood as Netflix throws down gauntlet
Every generation someone murders the studio system – this time it was always going to be the streamer
Paramount gatecrashes Warner Bros-Netflix deal with $108bn hostile bid
Chief executive David Ellison criticises Netflix’s ‘inferior proposal’
Netflix’s purchase of Warner Bros is a dismal moment that could have far-reaching consequences
The story of the American 20th century is easily traceable through the films of Hollywood studios, and Warners was the leading light
Warner Bros Discovery to launch strategic review after fielding takeover interest
HBO and CNN owner says it has received unsolicited interest from multiple parties for part or all of company
South Park isn’t letting go of Donald Trump’s hambone any time soon
Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Comedy Central satire wrongfoots attempts to nail down its politics. That’s as it should be
CBS and other media outlets caving to Trump is sickening. At least South Park will still hold people accountable
Who could believe CBS sacking Stephen Colbert was just about money?
Clooney’s timely warning from history about Trump’s authoritarian America
Clear parallels between play about 1950s McCarthyism and how US president is waging war on US news media today
MobLand review: Pierce Brosnan’s Irish accent is a horror for the ages. Forget licence to kill, this is more Darby O’Gill
Television: Helen Mirren’s Irish accent is another phonetic fumble, but Brosnan seems determined to scupper his national treasure status
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