Paramount Skydance says 600 employees took severance and quit instead of returning to the office

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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison was willing to pay severance packages to staffers who didn't want to come back to the office.

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Paramount's Trump alliance is real — and so is Jon Stewart's new deal

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Paramount canceled Stephen Colbert's show. But it has re-signed his friend and fellow Trump critic Jon Stewart.

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Warner Bros. Discovery slaps a for-sale sign on the entire company ahead of spinoff plans; stock soars 10%

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David Zaslav is pursuing a potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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CBS News staffers don't have to respond to Bari Weiss' memo asking about their work, unions say

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New Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison is shaking up CBS News with Bari Weiss' hire.

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Bari Weiss tells CBS News staff to explain what they do and what's 'broken.' Read the full memo.

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Bari Weiss during an interview with Sen. Ted Cruz

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David Ellison's feelings about the news business are … complicated

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David Ellison is taking over Paramount Skydance.

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David Ellison won't talk about buying Warner Bros. — but everyone thinks he will. Here's why.

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Larry Ellison and his son, David Ellison, are remaking media.

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David Ellison has a vision for his media empire — whether you like it or not

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Paramount CEO David Ellison isn't afraid to shake up legacy media.

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Is Paramount's Bari Weiss deal a Trump deal? We can't tell. And that's the problem.

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David Ellison's Paramount has bought Bari Weiss' Free Press — and appointed her editor in chief of CBS News. Now what?

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David Ellison taps Bari Weiss to lead CBS News and buys her company. Here's what insiders are saying.

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David Ellison's Paramount Skydance is acquiring Bari Weiss' The Free Press.

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