Matthew Belloni

With Paramount’s federally approved acquisition of Warner Bros. entering its endgame, the Ellisons will still need to placate regulators like California’s Rob Bonta. So what’s on the chopping block?

Jun 29, 2026 Matthew Belloni Welcome back to What I’m Hearing, home in L.A. just in time to miss the East Coast heat wave, my condolences to those heading to NYC for the Taylor Swift wedding extravaganza. Now that we know the Madison Square Garden festivities will include live performances (Stevie Nicks and Tim McGraw […]

Why the expectation around Hollywood—the hope, really—is that, just like when Warner Bros. Discovery announced its decoupling, the bidders will now step forward.

With its fast pivot to podcasters and digital creators, the streamer that upended premium TV is feeling its own angst of late.

The California attorney general, now the public face of the 12-state fight against David Ellison's Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, explains his rationale for filing a much-anticipated lawsuit to block the deal.

Everyone in town is fighting to sign the 21-year-old director of breakout hit Backrooms. Can A24 keep him in the fold by offering its richest deal ever, or will Warner Bros. or Universal swoop in for the steal?

Days after Paramount’s lawyers made their first appearance in federal court to defend the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, chief legal officer Makan Delrahim joined The Town to make the studio’s case.

Jul 20, 2026 Matthew Belloni Welcome back to What I’m Hearing. Still waiting on World Cup Final ratings, but sources are telling Puck’s John Ourand that the Fox number could hit 40 million (!). If you missed it, Tom Cruise met Elmo, broadcasters mistook Matt Damon for Brad Pitt, and Donald Trump had to be […]

Months after agreeing to sell his talent and marketing firm amid an Epstein-adjacent email scandal, Casey Wasserman is getting a massive payout as a new Morgan Stanley ranking shows just how powerful live events are becoming in the entertainment landscape.

Matthew Belloni Welcome back to What I’m Hearing, still offline this week and only sporadically following along. The Puck editors are in control tonight, and the whole WIH gang is here—Eriq Gardner on California’s big new antitrust bill, Scott Mendelson on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and Kim Masters on competing Nightmare on Elm Street reboots—so […]