The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.
Paramount said the deal was necessary, in part, to create a counterweight to increasingly powerful tech companies like Netflix that were muscling in on Hollywood.
In a joint statement, CNN, MS NOW and Politico argued that President Trumpβs decision to bar them from the White House grounds violates their First Amendment rights.
The move was an escalation of President Trumpβs showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
βThis should not have happened and we will do better,β said Converse, which apologized for the ad. Critics said it depicted a Ku Klux Klan robe and a lynching.
Seeking to settle a lawsuit with 12 states, Paramount has discussed measures to protect the editorial independence of CNN and the divestiture of Comedy Central.
Karandeep Anand, an expert in building artificial intelligence and consumer technology products, will become Disneyβs first chief technology officer.
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