James B. Stewart

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Shari Redstone Says She Has Thyroid Cancer

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | James B. Stewart |Michael M. Grynbaum |Benjamin Mullin

Ms. Redstone was diagnosed this spring while trying to close the sale of her family's media empire to Skydance, a Hollywood studio backed by Larry Ellison. Shari Redstone, the chair and controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, is confronting a personal health crisis as she navigates a high-profile battle over the future of her media empire and a lawsuit filed by President Trump against her news division at CBS.
Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over '60 Minutes' Lawsuit

Jan 30, 2025 | nytimes.com | Lauren Hirsch |James B. Stewart |Michael M. Grynbaum

When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, many legal experts dismissed the litigation as a far-fetched attempt to punish an out-of-favor news outlet.
The Palace Coup at the Magic Kingdom

Sep 7, 2024 | nytimes.com | James B. Stewart |Brooks Barnes

At 5 p.m. on Feb. 25, 2020, Bob Chapek and Bob Iger settled into matching directors' chairs on the Disney studio lot for a series of live media interviews. The company had just shocked pretty much everybody by announcing that the little-known Mr. Chapek would be replacing the wildly popular Mr. Iger as chief executive.
The Future of Netflix, Amazon and Other Streaming Services - The New York Times

Jul 15, 2024 | nytimes.com | James B. Stewart |Ben Mullin

Who will survive? Die? Thrive? And how? We talked to nearly a dozen top media executives and asked them to predict what lies ahead.
What Must Nelson Peltz Do to Get Some Respect?

Mar 15, 2024 | nytimes.com | James B. Stewart |Lauren Hirsch

The longtime corporate agitator feels misunderstood. Maybe his fight with Disney could change that. Nelson Peltz, 81, has been battling the Walt Disney Company over its corporate strategy. Credit... Ahmed Gaber for The New York Times At age 81, with over four decades of dealmaking and corporate cage-rattling under his belt, Nelson Peltz would seem to have pretty much everything. He's a billionaire.
How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywood

Nov 15, 2023 | nyti.ms | Jonathan Mahler |James B. Stewart |Ben Mullin

Magazine|How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywoodhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/magazine/david-zaslav-warner-media-discovery.htmlIt was April 2022, and David Zaslav had just closed the deal of a lifetime. From the helm of his relatively small and unglamorous cable company, Discovery, he had taken control of a sprawling entertainment conglomerate that included perhaps the most storied movie studio on the planet, Warner Brothers.
How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywood

Nov 15, 2023 | nyti.ms | Jonathan Mahler |James B. Stewart |Ben Mullin

Magazine|How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywoodhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/magazine/david-zaslav-warner-media-discovery.htmlIt was April 2022, and David Zaslav had just closed the deal of a lifetime. From the helm of his relatively small and unglamorous cable company, Discovery, he had taken control of a sprawling entertainment conglomerate that included perhaps the most storied movie studio on the planet, Warner Brothers.
How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywood

Nov 15, 2023 | nyti.ms | Jonathan Mahler |James B. Stewart |Ben Mullin

Magazine|How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywoodhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/magazine/david-zaslav-warner-media-discovery.htmlIt was April 2022, and David Zaslav had just closed the deal of a lifetime. From the helm of his relatively small and unglamorous cable company, Discovery, he had taken control of a sprawling entertainment conglomerate that included perhaps the most storied movie studio on the planet, Warner Brothers.
How David Zaslav Blew Up Hollywood

Nov 14, 2023 | nytimes.com | Jonathan Mahler |James B. Stewart |Ben Mullin

It was April 2022, and David Zaslav had just closed the deal of a lifetime. From the helm of his relatively small and unglamorous cable company, Discovery, he had taken control of a sprawling entertainment conglomerate that included perhaps the most storied movie studio on the planet, Warner Brothers.
Behind CNN Turmoil, a Series of Shattered Friendships

Nov 14, 2023 | nytimes.com | James B. Stewart |Ben Mullin

When Chris Licht faced criticism for his management of CNN, from both inside the newsroom and beyond, he had every reason to believe that his close personal relationship with David Zaslav, the chief executive of the network’s parent company, would protect him. He was wrong. He was also not alone. Mr. Zaslav, who took over Warner Bros. Discovery last year, has cultivated an astonishing number of influential friends in the media industry and elsewhere.