@grimeslikedimes.bsky.social: YouTube Is Now The Leader IN TV And Streaming In The U.S. | @financialtimes.com (SubReq) www.ft.com/content/9e75...

The relentless rise of YouTube—Almost by stealth, it has also conquered the American living room. Since 2024, Americans have been watching YouTube primarily on TVs, not their phones or other devices… www.ft.com/content/9e75... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Excellent @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social article on #YouTube dominance in the #streaming wars

Warner Bros board urges investors to reject Paramount’s ‘inferior’ $108bn bid—In a sharply worded letter to shareholders on Wednesday, the WBD board called the Paramount offer — its seventh bid… www.ft.com/content/3562... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

How Warner Bros Discovery’s David Zaslav defied Hollywood — again—Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, said Zaslav’s tenure would be marked by… www.ft.com/content/fa72... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

‘Hollywood is shocked’: Warner Bros sale looms large over movie industry—The sale of the century-old Warner studio has raised anxieties about thousands of job cuts and the loss of… www.ft.com/content/9a61... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

@johngapper.bsky.social in top form on the battle for Warner Bros. www.ft.com/content/d7ad...

Hollywood fears job cuts as opposition to Netflix-Warner deal grows—Actress Jane Fonda said the proposed deal “threatens the entire entertainment industry”. www.ft.com/content/7c90... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

How Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison-Netflix’s offer met all of the Warner board’s demands and it was willing to adopt requested changes to get the deal done. Paramount and Comcast, by contrast… www.ft.com/content/0fb6... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Frank in his kitchen. RIP.

“What have I done!” 🤡

Paramount held talks with Saudi wealth fund over potential Warner Bros Discovery bid—Discussions remain preliminary and it is unclear whether any of the investors will ultimately participate in the transaction… www.ft.com/content/9795... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Walt Disney shares slump as sales at film and TV units slide—Iger has tried to boost the share price since returning to Disney in late 2022, a year when the company lost billions of dollars at its streaming division. But… www.ft.com/content/3766... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Musk is still talking at the Tesla shareholder meeting and he just criticized "the parasitic load of being a public company" which has "grown over time." This from a man who was just awarded a $1 trillion pay package from more than 75% of his public company shareholders.

'The deal sets up ambitious targets for Musk to unlock his stock payouts. To reach $1tn, he must sextuple Tesla’s valuation to $8.5tn, boost earnings 24-fold to $400bn and sell millions of robots and autonomous driving subscriptions.' on.ft.com/4oVfFzx

‘Creators are the new Hollywood’: YouTubers take on the big studios—It reached another significant milestone this year: US viewers now watch YouTube primarily on the TV set — not mobile phones and… www.ft.com/content/b924... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Has Donald Trump handed late-night TV a reprieve?-It’s unclear how long the ratings bounce will last, but for Kimmel and his fellow late-night comedians any increase is welcome. Cord-cutting has…  www.ft.com/content/4148... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

"The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass every day." - Catfish Hunter

Manohla Darghis: "It engages with its moment as few American fiction films do. It feels shockingly urgent." Exactly right. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/m...

The meeting jeopardizes "proper command and control when you have no idea if a crisis will erupt, and now our potential adversaries have five days to plan whatever shenanigans they may want to attempt" on.ft.com/3Kuz2QZ

Couldn't agree more with Danny Leigh: One Battle After Another is the best film of the year. PT Anderson has somehow captured 2025 America with a film adaptation of a 1990 Pynchon novel that started preproduction in 2023. Performances are amazing. And it's in VistaVision! on.ft.com/3IvJ2Jg

Chemerinsky: It is time to be very worried about freedom of expression in the United States. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Murdochs and Michael Dell part of TikTok buyer group, says Trump on.ft.com/4n7cfsW

Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?-“I think [Trump] is chilling dissent,” says Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school at University of California, Berkeley and… www.ft.com/content/54be... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism?-“We’re dealing with a radical left group of lunatics, and they don’t play fair and they never did,” Trump told NBC News. www.ft.com/content/54be... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

What also struck me is that, possibly not incidentally, Chris @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social - unlike many of his US-based @financialtimes.com colleagues - is a US citizen and thus less immediately vulnerable to recriminations from the Trump regime. A safer choice of author, at least for now.

New York Times chief warns Donald Trump is deploying ‘anti-press playbook’—The showdown between Trump and the powerful US newspaper marks an escalation… www.ft.com/content/a2b3... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Is #America under #DonaldTrump in a new era of McCarthyism? @financialtimes.com correspondent Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social reports on how the #Trump administration is using 1950s tactics to stifle criticism. Free to read on on.ft.com/4mmJKX2

You might run into a paywall on this, but the headline gives the gist. Christopher Grimes @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? www.ft.com/content/54be...

Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump-Mike Madrid, former political director of the California Republican party and a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group, said: “The reorientation of… www.ft.com/content/eb33... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Hollywood mogul backs Musk brother’s ‘drone entertainment company’—Unlike the film business, live concerts, sport and other events have rebounded strongly since the end of the pandemic. But outdoor stadiums…   www.ft.com/content/3981... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump— The aggressive social media campaign, along with Newsom’s frequent warnings to “wake up” to what he says is a move towards authoritarianism under Trump, appears… www.ft.com/content/eb33... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

'There are two possible interpretations: either Trump has always been sympathetic to Russia’s land grab, a feature of a world in which the strong triumph over the weak; or his mind is simply shaped by the last conversation he has had.' on.ft.com/3V4wjQb

Samin Nosrat's 2017 book 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat' could be the most influential book on cooking in the 21st century, says Lilah Raptopoulos. Join them for Lunch with the FT in Manhattan (with sparklers) on.ft.com/45APlTd

“Even the people who may be somewhat sympathetic to his economic policy views don’t think he’s qualified” on.ft.com/4ltSCKb

“Medium income” 🤡 @megancnbc.bsky.social

"...if the Trump administration were truly concerned about merit-based admissions, it would also take steps to collect data on legacy enrollment and the children of donors." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

Very good by Janan Ganesh: One lesson stands out from world politics over recent years: however price-sensitive you think voters are, they are more price-sensitive than that. Yes, Trump supporters are loyal. But a principle is not a principle until it costs you money. on.ft.com/4oqsaDA

Is California’s economy heading for a deep slump?— US President Donald Trump’s mass deportation programme is starting to take a bite out of California’s $49bn agriculture business, which produces… www.ft.com/content/291b... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Strong @financialtimes.com “Big Read” by @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social on the impact of immigration authorities on the Californian economy - financially and morally. ⬇️

Stephen Colbert, the cancelled late night TV host-Colbert will probably continue to make jokes at the expense of the network until he is let go. After that he may opt to move to podcasts or streaming… www.ft.com/content/be62... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

US regulators approve Skydance acquisition of Paramount-The approval comes a week after Paramount announced it was cancelling Late Night with Stephen Colbert, which… www.ft.com/content/2d66... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Walking the secret staircases of Los Angeles-When we walk, we take our dog-eared copy of Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles by Charles Fleming, who began climbing the steps… www.ft.com/content/943e... @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

…to “go fuck themselves”. Musk began heaping more pressure on Yaccarino and the pair failed to gel, said four people who worked with both of them. The billionaire’s blunt style clashed with his deputy’s Madison Avenue polish. @grimeslikedimes.bsky.social

Linda Yaccarino: Elon Musk’s X deputy who ‘tried to ride the tiger’-She was tasked with bringing back advertising dollars to a platform whose politically polarising owner had told brands who did not spend with them… www.ft.com/content/833c... @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social @financialtimes.com