Mr. Bronfman has frantically put a bid together over the last week even as Paramount raised questions about his financing.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his bidding group now have until September to sell Paramount on their offer.

The offer by Edgar Bronfman Jr. comes days before a crucial deadline in the scramble to acquire control of Paramount.

Almin Karamehmedovic, the senior executive producer of ABC’s flagship newscast with anchor David Muir, will run Disney’s news division.

The planned service from Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery was slated to cost $42.99 a month and aimed at fans who had abandoned cable…

The satirical site is hoping a newspaper with fake stories and fake ads will lead to real money.

The company is cutting staff ahead of its merger next year with the Hollywood studio Skydance.

David Zaslav, the company’s chief executive, said the accounting change was an acknowledgment of the pressures facing traditional media.

Ziff Davis is acquiring CNET for more than $100 million. Its chief executive thinks more acquisitions are on the horizon.

The Washington Post is creating a division to find valuable audiences in new places. The C.E.O.’s last company shows that’s a tough road.