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WBD scored a crucial cable deal — by making HBO free for millions of people
A deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and Charter shows you how much pressure the pay-TV business i…
Peter Kafka,James Faris
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WBD is suing the NBA so it can stay in business with the NBA. Yikes.
A high-stakes game WBD can't really win, no matter what happens.
Peter Kafka
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6 big questions about ESPN, Fox, and WBD's new sports streamer that could shake up the TV world
A new streamer from ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery could change how we watch sports, but muc…
Ashley Rodriguez
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Behind the Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount deal that never was
David Zaslav wanted to run Paramount. David Ellison is getting it instead. We now know a lot of the…
Peter Kafka
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Warner Bros. Discovery says it will beef up ads on its Max streaming service
Warner Bros. Discovery's Max serves fewer ads per hour compared to other streaming platforms.
Lucia Moses
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Warner Bros. Discovery's advertising chief is leaving. Read the memo sent to staff.
Jon Steinlauf, Warner Bros. Discovery's top ad salesman, will leave at the year's end. WBD just too…
Lucia Moses
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Comcast says it's thinking of getting out of the cable TV business
Comcast just floated a trial balloon: What if we didn't own cable TV channels anymore?
Peter Kafka
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David Zaslav risked Warner Bros. Discovery's future by passing on the NBA — and the gamble might pay off
Warner Bros. Discovery likely lost the NBA, but it scored a huge win in its new deal with Charter. …
James Faris
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav thinks Trump will let him consolidate
Donald Trump 2.0 "may offer a pace of change, and an opportunity for consolidation," Warner Bros. D…
Peter Kafka
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The Max-Hulu-Disney+ bundle seems to be off to a strong start
The new Max-Hulu-Disney+ bundle is popular, new data suggest. That means Disney and Warner Bros. Di…
James Faris
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Warner Bros. Discovery says it overpaid for its TV networks by $9 billion
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav just admitted that he has a huge problem: His traditional T…
Peter Kafka
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Why Wall Street is skeptical about Comcast's proposal to ditch its cable networks and pair Peacock with a competitor
Comcast is exploring life without its cable networks and may pair Peacock with a rival. But Wall St…
James Faris
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Warner Bros Discovery (basically) admits its merger didn't work
Mashing together Discovery and WarnerMedia hasn't worked. Time for a do-over?
Peter Kafka
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Paramount's TV networks are collapsing in a $6 billion hole
Like WBD, but a little smaller. Unlike WBD, investors aren't going to care.
Peter Kafka
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Why Apple should buy Warner Bros. Discovery. No, seriously.
Tim Cook buying Warner Bros. Discovery, including its HBO jewel, is the kind of thing people have t…
Peter Kafka
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav would like a new president, too
The media mogul says he doesn't care who wins — just as long as that person doesn't do what Joe Bid…
Peter Kafka
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The new sports streaming bundle will cost $43 a month — but won't have some of TV's most popular sports
How many people will pay for lots, but not all, of the biggest sports on TV? Venu, a new sports str…
Peter Kafka
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Today's the day Warner Bros. Discovery can sell itself. Buyers may be hard to find.
Monday was supposed to be a big day for media M&A and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Peter Kafka
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Fed cuts rates again, but Trump's tariff plan sparks inflation fears and market uncertainty
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points. But Trump's tariff proposals raise conce…
Dan DeFrancesco
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DirecTV is on the warpath against Disney in a battle it says is existential for cable TV
DirecTV's Rob Thun previewed his strategy ahead of a battle with Disney about the future of the pay…