Media Company Consolidation and New Series

Billy Bush has joined Fox News as a contributor, in whuch he will offer cultural analysis on the network’s shows. That will start on Tuesday evening with an appearance of Jesse Watters Primetime. Bush hosts the digital show Hot Mics with Billy Bush, and previously anchored the syndicated serie

Paramount Skydance’s David Ellison has prevailed in his dogged pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery. Now comes the hard part: making the economics of the combined company work, given an extremely high debt load of the combined media company. Following the announcement of Paramount’s settlem

AMC+ has picked up drama series Smilla’s Sense of Snow. The dystopian thriller will play on the streaming service in the U.S. and Canada. A new adaptation of Peter Høeg’s bestseller, the series stars Filippa Coster-Waldau, Elyas M’Barek and Henry Lloyd-Hughes. It is directed by BAFTA winner Amma Asa