NCS host Jake Tapper broke some information on Thursday and made a present of it due to the potential influence on him and his colleagues. (Watch the video beneath.)
“So we have some breaking news in our national lead that affects everybody I’m looking at right now in the studio,” he mentioned, turning his head theatrically towards staffers. “Moments ago, Netflix said it is declining to raise its offer for the purchase of Warner Bros. Studios and HBO, following the Warner Bros. Discovery board’s determination that Paramount — which is not just going for Warner Bros. Studios and HBO, but also the whole enchilada, including us here at NCS — Paramount has submitted a superior offer, according to Warner Bros. Discovery’s board. As I’ve noted, Warner Bros. Discovery is the parent company of NCS.”
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Paramount’s inside track on the acquisition may spell modifications at NCS. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison assured Trump administration officers that if he purchased Warner “he’d make sweeping changes to NCS,” The Wall Street Journal reported beforehand.
President Donald Trump’s disdain for the information community is well-known.
“I think the people that have run NCS for the last long period of time are a disgrace,” he mentioned in December. “I think it’s imperative that NCS be sold.”
The Ellison-run Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount and subsidiary CBS final 12 months resulted in a right-leaning shift of the community’s information division underneath new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.
One of the developments appears to be extra positivecoverage of Trump and his administration by lately added CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil.
However, NCS Chair Mark Thompson told employees on Thursday, “I’d suggest that you don’t jump to conclusions about the future until we know more.”
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