Do Trump’s allies now own everything you watch?

Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros is done, handing David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, control of CBS, CNN, HBO Max, Paramount Plus and more.

Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald are joined by international correspondent Anna Fifield to unpack what it means that CBS is now run by Bari Weiss, a former New York Times writer with no television experience, and why insiders are already asking whether the network’s rightward tilt is coming for CNN next.

Plus: New Zealand’s election campaign heads into its final weeks with both major parties polling at historic lows, and Anthony Albanese’s awkward moment at the Pacific pre-COP meeting in Tuvalu.

Guest: Anna Fifield, Independent journalist and foreign affairs commentator. Author of the Between Giants Substack.

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