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The stars are aligned for more media and entertainment M&A in 2025.

Film production has failed to bounce back after major strikes last year, and competition from other locales has gotten stiffer.

Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery are rearranging their businesses for mergers and acquisitions. Experts say the next year could transform the media industry.

Battling a 27 percent decline in domestic ticket sales compared with before the pandemic, studios left no marketing drum unthumped in releasing the movies.

Policy stances from the incoming Trump administration, bullish quarterly earnings and an "Elon Musk premium" led to lofty stock returns, experts said.

Investors are digesting a fresh interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve as the impact of Trump's expected policies also remains in focus.

Warner Bros. Discovery stock rose in early trading on Thursday after the company reported strong streaming results in the third quarter.

Netflix has emerged victorious in the streaming wars, according to analysts. But where does that leave everyone else?

In the end, Ms. Robbie got what she wanted, signing a deal with Warner Bros.

The bleak musical drama is on track to open to around $45 million, less than half of what the 2019 version made on its first weekend.

The network is again financing and releasing documentary series and films after backing away from the genre two years ago.

CNN will begin experimenting in October with a subscription model, in a major initiative from its chief executive, Mark Thompson.

The movie has made roughly $190 million in its first 10 days, giving the studio a needed hit after a summer of misfires.