Why the fate of HBO depends on how little CNN is worth

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Broken TV sets with logos of CNN, TBS, and TNT
Warner Bros. Discovery will spin out its television networks. But how much they're worth depends on the bidder.

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Why Apple should buy Warner Bros. Discovery. No, seriously.

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Tim Cook holding the WB logo

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Paramount's TV networks are collapsing in a $6 billion hole

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Paramount Pictures

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Pay TV is in so much trouble that even its one bright spot is dimming

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The pay-TV business is looking bleak.

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Radio isn't dead. Yet. Thank, or blame, your car.

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A photograph of a two women with an Ekco portable radio, taken by George Woodbine for the Daily Herald newspaper on 14 August 1935.
In 1935, a car radio was cutting-edge technology. But people are still using it today.

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New sports streamer will change TV as we know it — and may start an industry fight. Execs tell me what they really think.

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Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers dunks the ball during the first half of a game against the Charlotte Hornets.
A new sports streaming platform owned by Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Fox could completely upend the TV industry. It will offer live programming, like this week's Hornets-Lakers game.

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Well, this could be what finally kills cable TV

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NFL logo painted on turf
The NFL is a crucial part of cable TV

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YouTube has become one of the biggest pay TV services in the US

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YouTube TV logo on a mobile phone with TV screens in the background.
YouTube TV

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Even Charter thinks that cable TV sucks now and has become a worse and worse deal over time

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The NFL logo is seen before the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz.
The NFL logo.

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Bob Iger's latest headache is Disney's battle with 'cable cowboy' John Malone

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Left: Bob Iger. Right: John Malone
Disney CEO Bob Iger and Charter Communications' John Malone.

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