From films to streaming prices - how the Warner Bros deal could affect you

To address concerns over journalistic independence at CNN and CBS, the settlement creates a news editorial independence board that will be appointed directly by Paramount. The $110bn deal brings two major US television news operations under a single corporate roof. Before the deal, Paramount owned CBS News, and Warner Bros. owned CNN. Both networks have faced intense political pressure - CNN was one of a handful of news organisations banned from the White House by President Donald Trump - as well as leadership shifts amid broader industry consolidation. Paramount chief executive David Ellison has asked CNN boss Mark Thompson - the former director general of the BBC - to remain at the helm after the takeover closes. CBS News's editor-in-chief Bari Weiss will remain in her role. Yet as Paramount targets billions in cost cuts across the merged company, staff fear the consolidation will trigger significant job losses at CNN and CBS. Beyond potential workforce reductions, media advocates and legal experts remain deeply skeptical about whether it can ensure newsroom freedom. Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, described the Paramount-appointed board as "worthless"."The board creates the same First Amendment problems it claims to solve, the government meddling in news," Stern said.