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A Skydance billboard is displayed outside Paramount Global office in Times Square, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news

By Matt Sedensky

October 6, 2026 at 4:38 p.m.

What the Skydance deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will mean for streaming, movies,...

FILE – The Paramount Pictures water tower is seen in Los Angeles, Dec. 18, 2025, with the Hollywood sign in the distance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros to become one Hollywood giant known as Skydance

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

October 6, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

Skydance-owned Paramount closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in...

FILE – The main stage appears during the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Emmy Awards to move to Prime Video in 2027 in 6-year deal between Amazon and the Television Academy

By Andrew Dalton

October 6, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

The Emmy Awards are moving to Prime Video starting in 2027 in a six-year deal...

This image released by ABC shows Vice President JD Vance, center, with co-hosts, from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin during an appearance on “The View” in New York on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Lou Rocco/ABC via AP)

JD Vance went on television to plug a faith memoir. ‘The View’ had other plans.

By Meg Kinnard

June 16, 2026 at 5:27 p.m.

Vice President JD Vance, appearing Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” to promote his newly released...

Rich Koz as Svengoolie, circa 1982. (baiduhai archive)

Today in Chicago History: Rich Koz morphs into Svengoolie, the city’s iconic ghost host

By Kori Rumore

June 16, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 16, according...

Fox to buy streaming pioneer Roku in a $22 billion deal

By Michelle Chapman

June 15, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Fox Corp. has agreed to buy the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued...

La Grange area resident Stella Grace Fitzgerald, right, joins fellow stars Nate Bargatze, Mandy Moore, Charlotte Tucker, and Birdie Borria at "The Breadwinner" Nashville Premiere at Regal Hollywood & RPX on May 13, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

La Grange area actress makes her big screen debut in ‘The Breadwinner’ after earning straight As

By Jim Dudlicek

June 17, 2026 at 9:59 a.m.

Stella Grace Fitzgerald, a student at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, stars with...

In this May 31, 2006 file photo, film critic Gene Shalit is seen during a toast with “Today” show cast and crew at the end of Katie Couric’s final show, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Gene Shalit, longtime ‘Today’ show movie critic and U of I graduate, dies at 100

By Mark Kennedy

June 13, 2026 at 11:13 a.m.

Gene Shalit, a movie critic and arts reporter for decades who was known for his...

White Sox right fielder Braden Montgomery celebrates after hitting a walk-off, two-run home run in the 10th inning against the Braves on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Rate Field. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Column: Throwback telecast ends in walk-off win for Chicago White Sox, CHSN and Bob Costas

By Paul Sullivan

June 10, 2026 at 7:48 a.m.

Chicago Sports Network planned a 1980s theme night for the White Sox telecast with Bob...

The traveling desk for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is on display for the "Evolution of Late Night Television" exhibition at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in the West Loop on June 4, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago Media Report: ‘Late Show’ set arrives, WGN-TV sued over ‘Mr. Finance’ and a King-sized loss for Bulls

By Robert Channick

June 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The latest Chicago Media Report covers the arrival of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”...

FILE – The SAG-AFTRA building is pictured following a press conference announcing a strike by The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on July, 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Actors’ union approves 4-year contract with studios and streamers

By Andrew Dalton

June 5, 2026 at 7:50 a.m.

Television and movie actors on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to ratify a four-year contract with studios...

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson holds the Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Russell Wilson confirms he’s retiring from the NFL to join CBS Sports

By Associated Press

June 3, 2026 at 8:14 p.m.

Russell Wilson is one of three quarterbacks to throw at least 20 touchdown passes in...

FILE – Scott Pelley, anchor of “CBS Evening News,” at the CBS Upfront in New York, May 15, 2013. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Scott Pelley fired from ’60 Minutes,’ deepening turmoil at CBS News

By Hannah Schoenbaum

June 3, 2026 at 6:29 a.m.

CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he...