AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoMedia Consolidation: Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery brings CNN, CBS News, HBO and other major properties under one roof, prompting concerns about cuts and media pluralism. Poland has opened a national-security review of the deal’s impact on broadcaster TVN. Press Freedom: Turkey’s crackdown deepened with the arrest of a Halk TV journalist; in Russia, police detained Novaya Gazeta editor Sergei Sokolov. U.S. Media Access: A federal judge extended an order blocking the Trump administration from banning news outlets from the White House, finding the ban likely unconstitutional. Distribution and Advertising: BBC News is launching on YouTube in the UK and U.S., while Kenya’s media industry is eyeing growth from streaming and online advertising.**
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