The final Edinburgh TV Festival is nearly done, and with it decades of history come to an end. Deadline has been in town to assess the mood and take the temperature of an industry that is both metaphorically and physically changing. The vibe? A mix of melancholy, indifference and acceptance – it was…

As Mark Ruffalo is hit with antisemitism accusations over his criticism of the Paramount-WBD merger, Jane Fonda has come out in the actor’s defense. On Tuesday, the 2x Oscar-winning actress Committee for the First Amendment founder issued a statement via the organization, rejecting Paramount’s…

James Gunn is clearing up several reports about DC Studios projects amid the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. The merger of the two media companies is at a standstill, but that doesn’t mean that development of superhero franchises at DC is on hold. Answering a fan query on Threads about the…

UPDATED 8:03 AM: Iowa and Montana are going to the Supreme Court to put a halt on antitrust efforts to prevent the $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery. This case is about the legal limits on politicized antitrust enforcement by a small handful of states seeking to…

Paramount UK content chief Ben Frow has said he has no qualms about scrapping shows to protect contributor welfare amid a legal battle over a collapsed 5 drama series. In an interview at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Frow was asked about Deadline’s story on Tuesday, which revealed that Paramount’s…

UPDATED: California Attorney General Rob Bonta told reporters that “we don’t have anything scheduled” with Paramount to negotiate a potential settlement of the antitrust challenge to the proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. At a press conference on Tuesday, Bonta continued to lash out…

EXCLUSIVE: 5, the UK public broadcasting network owned by Paramount, is being taken to court by an established supplier over the demise of a crime drama series. Blackbox Multimedia, which has produced series for 5 including The Ex-Wife and Benidorm is Murder, alleges that the network wrongfully…

David Ellison’s Paramount is publicly denying that it leaked details of upcoming talks with Rob Bonta’s office on its Warner Bros. Discovery deal after the California attorney general canceled a scheduled Monday meeting, accusing the company of “playing games.” "We share AG Bonta's concerns…

There will be no settlement talks meeting Monday between Paramount and a coalition of state attorneys general after all. “My office was scheduled to meet with Paramount on Monday, August 24th,” California AG Rob Bonta said late late Sunday. “I have pulled down this meeting.” Bonta…

EXCLUSIVE: A meeting Monday between Paramount brass and state attorneys general over sussing out settlement talks between the parties in David Ellison’s contested $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has turned into a “game of PR chicken,” an industry insider says. “Ellison and…

Just hours after Mark Ruffalo responded to Paramount’s accusations of antisemitism, the CEO of the Simon Wiesenthal Center issued a statement to Deadline on the subject. “Words matter, and so does the willingness to draw a line when legitimate debate gives way to antisemitic tropes,” wrote Jim…

As things continue to get ugly around the proposed merger, Mark Ruffalo has called out Paramount for calling him “antisemitic” over his criticism of the Warner Bros acquisition. On Saturday, the 4x Oscar nominee clarified his views “should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people,&#8221…