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This week, 'South Park,' Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert all savaged the same (tiny?) thing as the company faces an uprising over its small-minded handling of its legacy properties.
The episode premiered less than two days after Paramount reached a $1.5 billion streaming deal with “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
President Donald Trump said that he anticipated another $20 million in PSAs from the new owners of Paramount Global as part of a legal settlement.
Fox News host Howard Kurtz isn’t buying that CBS axed Stephen Colbert solely for financial reasons. Kurtz called out CBS’ parent company Paramount on Media Buzz Sunday, accusing it of cancelling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in order to gain President Donald Trump’s approval.
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Trump’s post comes days after CBS came under renewed scrutiny for cancelling Trump critic Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.”
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A federal judge tossed out Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster and Paramount Global over the legendary investigative journalist’s use of his recordings of interviews with the president for an audiobook.
Just as Stephen Colbert and other late-night comics found their political voice, streaming shifted the power dynamics. As their influence waned, Trump’s rose.
President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to celebrate the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a move critics allege was retaliation for Colbert's accusation that parent company Paramount paid Trump in a settlement to secure support for a merger.