Matthew Belloni

With ‘60 Minutes’ in chaos and star correspondent Lesley Stahl hiring superagent Bryan Lourd to guide her future, the Paramount owner may soon need to decide how much he’ll let Bari Weiss disrupt the show—and the news division—before reining her in.

Matthew Belloni Hello and welcome back to a special Wednesday edition of What I’m Hearing helmed by Julia Alexander. Tonight, Julia looks at Fox Creator Studios, the Murdochs’ new attempt to compete with digital platforms like YouTube—not by luring talent away but by partnering with creators native to those platforms. Over to Julia… Mentioned in […]

Now that Stephen Colbert has exited the late night cage match, one Jimmy has been collecting the spoils. But a strong NBA lead-in and shared political leanings are giving ABC an early advantage—and could reverberate across YouTube and beyond.

Plus: Did Quinta balk at the prospect of the Ellisons? Where are we on a Wasserman deal? Is Tom Hardy really trying to get back into Mobland? And more of readers’ hottest questions answered in a mailbag edition of What I’m Hearing.

Amazon, which made headlines earlier this year by spending $75 million to make and market a fawning Melania Trump documentary, is now doing the opposite: Dumping a nearly finished film that paints a powerful tech figure and Trump ally in a negative light.

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.