Author: Michael

Members of the Block the Merger Coalition have sent three separate letters to U.K. Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy urging her to formally intervene in the pending $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Nandy previously informed Paramount and WBD that she’s “minded” to intervene in the deal while asking for them to address her concerns over whether the deal would result in a “sufficient plurality” of views in news media and address the need for “sufficient plurality of persons with control of the media enterprises, or the enterprises providing on-demand [program] services or both, serving that audience.”…

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CBS Sports has placed lead NFL analyst Tony Romo on leave following his arrest last week in Milwaukee on suspicion of driving under the influence, the network confirmed Friday. “Tony Romo is on leave from his role at CBS Sports until further notice,” a CBS Sports spokesperson said in a statement. The network also announced that J.J. Watt will join primary play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson on its lead NFL on CBS broadcast team during Romo’s absence. CBS said it will announce the remainder of its NFL broadcast roster at a later date. The move comes…

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