Jeff Shell’s fight with R.J. Cipriani, a notorious provocateur, may have been the proximate cause for his undoing but ultimately it was David Ellison's call. Cipriani is still going on the offensive.

Jeff Shell is unlikely to be directly replaced as president of Paramount, numerous insiders and people who do business with the company tell Deadline.

Vanity Fair spoke to R.J. Cipriani on Wednesday after the news broke that his lawsuit against the studio exec had culminated in Shell’s departure from his position.

The new division, Global Publishing, will adapt the company's IP into books and other titles, while also developing new original stories that could find their way to the screen.

Paramount is launching a publishing imprint, saying it will help boost established franchises and brands and develop original IP. Dubbed Paramount Global Publishing, the imprint will start in the

Two years after the sale of Simon & Schusater, Paramount is getting back into the book biz with the launch of new publishing imprint, Paramount Global Publishing. The newly created publishing will operate under the company's Products & Experiences division,

Paramount Skydance has lined up $24b in funding from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. The new financing structure adds major Gulf investors to the deal, subject to shareholder approval and regulatory review.

Southwest Airlines is raising checked baggage fees by $10, less than a year after ending its “bags fly free” perk that long set it apart, as jet fuel costs have jumped since the start of the Iran war.