Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery Set the Stage for 2025 Deal-Making

Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery are rearranging their businesses for mergers and acquisitions. Experts say the next year could transform the media industry.

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Netmarble and Warner Bros. unveil Game of Thrones: Kingsroad mobile game

Netmarble and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, an action-adventure RPG game set to launch in 2025.
VentureBeat - 17h
Warner Discovery to Restructure, Setting Up Potential 'Strategic Opportunities'

The entertainment company would have two operating divisions, one focused on the legacy cable TV business and the other on streaming and studios.
The Wall Street Journal - 21h
Warner Bros. Discovery restructures as cable struggles, setting stage for deals

Investors cheered the news that Warner Bros. Discovery planned to separate its cable channels, except for HBO, into a separate unit.
Los Angeles Times - 1d
Warner Bros. Discovery shares surge 15% after company announces linear, streaming restructuring

Warner Bros. announced a restructuring plan to segment its business into linear and streaming units in a move that could simplify future consolidation.
CNBC - 23h
Who Set the Stage for al-Assad’s Ouster? There Are Different Answers in the U.S. and Israel.

President Biden says he weakened Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, laying the groundwork for Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Syrian leader would still be in power had ...
The New York Times - 2d
AbbVie’s third successful Parkinson’s trial sets the stage for an eventful 2025

AbbVie Inc. announced positive data from a third late-stage trial of a treatment for Parkinson’s disease on Monday and said it’s on track to seek approval for the drug from the Food and Drug ...
MarketWatch - 4d
Warner Bros. Discovery strikes new distribution deal with Comcast

Warner Bros. Discovery reaches an agreement for Comcast Corp. to continue carrying its cable channels, including HBO, TNT, CNN and Animal Planet.
Los Angeles Times - 4d
Warner and Comcast Resolve 'Harry Potter' Dispute in New Distribution Pact

They finalized a cable distribution deal in which Warner locks in higher fees for its networks and resolves a legal battle over a new “Harry Potter” TV series.
The Wall Street Journal - 4d
2025 Club World Cup: Ranking the top five matchups of the group stage as Real Madrid, Chelsea games near top

PSG vs. Atletico Madrid may just be the best of the bunch
CBS Sports - Dec. 6