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"final negotiations"

The news adds a new wrinkle to an already-planned shakeup at the media giant. In June, WBD announced plans to cleave the company into two separate publicly traded companies. The company's streaming and studio brands-which include HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros. Pictures, and New Line Cinema-would be part of Warner Bros., while Discovery Global would oversee its cable networks that include CNN, TNT Sports, and Discovery.

How could the Free Press-the total editorial output of which on a given day amounts to one or two reheated versions of "The Kids These Days Are Crazy," something like "Liberal Mayors Keep Lying About The 'Black Issue,'" and "How This IDF Wife Is Balancing Motherhood And Killing Child Terrorists"-be worth a reported $150 million, and why is its oafish founder about to oversee a huge press operation? Respectively: It isn't, and she shouldn't.

Stars are beginning to walk the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Comedian Nate Bargatze will host television's biggest awards Sunday night from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Will the acclaim for Adolescence carry it to limited series dominance, or will The Penguin complete a run that began with big nomination numbers and continued with a big performance at the Creative Arts Emmys? Will top overall nominee Severance reign like Succession and Shogun did before it? And can any comedy stop The Studio?

Dwight the General Manfredi, kidnapped in season 2's finale, seeks to expand his legitimate business with Montague Distillery while battling new enemies and old foes.

During the rally, demonstrators delivered 10 boxes filled with Save Colbert petitions to the company, and more than 250,000 people have signed. Among supporters are lawmakers, comedians, and producers.

Sen. Ron Wyden criticized Paramount's settlement with President Trump, asserting it amounted to a bribe for merger approval, and threatened federal charges in the future.

Paramount has argued that it did nothing wrong. Regardless, the company likely decided to settle because it is currently awaiting approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its proposed merger with Skydance Media.