Jimin Kim/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via AP Images Paramount Skydance is planning to make a majority cash bid for CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery in an effort to consolidate the media giants, according to reporting in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
Canceling a TV show after already renewing it may not be the original sin, but surely Dante would have something to say about it. Paramount canceled prequel series Dexter: Original Sin on August 22, after previously renewing the show in April, per . The show follows the titular serial killer in his youth, starring Patrick Gibson, with the original Dexter, Michael C. Hall, voicing the narrator.
Early discussions are taking place between Skydance founder David Ellison and journalist Bari Weiss about acquiring her online publication, The Free Press, although a deal remains uncertain.