The state of media RTO: Here's what companies from Paramount to Netflix are telling workers heading into 2026

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Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Netflix have very different approaches to remote work.

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RTO 5 days a week or quit? How one Paramount manager made his decision.

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Ron Telemarque

Ron Telemarque

We don't know why Bari Weiss pulled a '60 Minutes' story — here's why that matters

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CBS News head Bari Weiss, seen here interviewing Erika Kirk, has become a lightning rod since she took the job in October.

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Watch live: Netflix and Paramount fight over Warner Bros. Discovery

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Paramount CEO David Ellison wants to buy Warner Bros. Discovery — but has had his offers rejected multiple times.

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Why WBD's CEO never responded to David Ellison's text during the bidding war

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav ignored Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's text before announcing the company's Netflix deal.

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Middle Eastern money raised questions about Paramount's WBD bid — but that's not why Netflix won

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Paramount CEO David Ellison wanted to use $24 billion of funding from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi to help fund his bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Here's what Netflix's co-CEOs are saying after WBD rejected Paramount's hostile bid

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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos at the "Black Rabbit" event.

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Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid and says shareholders should go with Netflix

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav didn't choose the offer from Paramount Skydance and CEO David Ellison.

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Jared Kushner's Affinity is stepping away from the Paramount-Warner Bros. bid

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Jared Kushner's private equity firm is stepping away from the Paramount bid for WBD.

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Netflix's bid to buy Warner Bros. hinges on a key question: Who does it actually compete with?

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"Stranger Things" maker Netflix could face regulatory scrutiny as it looks to buy Warner Bros.

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