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Hollywood Ghosts Cannes and Trump takes Ratner to China
Meta arrives as a major sponsor; politics and AI are Topic A on Cannes Day One.
 • Claire Atkinson
Washed up: Gulf States shake-up sports ties. Sky News Arabia future in question.
The list of canceled sports and entertainment projects keeps growing.
 • Claire Atkinson
A young journalist shares the production story behind NASA’s historic Artemis II live stream.
“Who will be our talent? How will we get the right feeds with images from the launch pad?”
CBS News finally ponies up for Edward R. Murrow sponsorship after The Media Mix calls.
The Overseas Press Club dinner honors the best in international journalism - CBS News support was missing in action until Friday.
 • Claire Atkinson
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Live with Claire Atkinson
A recording from Claire Atkinson's live video
 • Claire Atkinson and Ben Odell
The Keiretsu of Paramount-Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery-TikTok-Oracle-RedBird.
Have we missed something fundamental about Paramount Skydance's big Warner Bros. Discovery buy?
 • Claire Atkinson
Warner Town Hall: Management sounds shell shocked about the Paramount deal. Do they really want to sell?
CNN's Minnesota coverage gets a shout-out.
 • Claire Atkinson
The Ellisons nab Warner and CNN in the biggest leveraged buy-out in history.
Where does the Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Discovery merger leave CNN? What else might Netflix buy and more.
 • Claire Atkinson
Guest Column: AI oligarchs meet Wall St and Washington in the Swiss Alps.
Adrian Monck, a World Economic Forum board member and former head of communications, shares what he's watching in Davos this week.
 • Adrian Monck and Claire Atkinson
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I report on what's happening in communications. I'm also the author of a new upcoming biography on Rupert Murdoch. You can find me on one side of the Atlantic or the other.
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