TEST First Take 8/14/26

TEST First Take 8/14/26

Plus: Inside LatiNation and how it survived the digital transition, Paramount unwilling to sell CNN and more

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1. How Bob Iger Snatched the Lakers in a Shocking $12.5 Billion Deal

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2. LatiNation at 25: How a Small LA TV Station Survived the Digital Transition

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3. Hollywood Teamsters Remains Opposed to Paramount-Warner Merger: 'Stop Playing Games'

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4. 'Ted Lasso' Season 4 Strikes Biggest Apple TV Launch Ever With Nearly 300 Million Minutes Viewed

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5. Paramount Unwilling to Sell CNN as Industry Pushes for Settlement Concessions

6. David Zaslav Sells $21.7 Million in Warner Stock Amid Paramount Merger Legal Limbo

7. Why ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Director Andrew Patterson Is the Most Exciting Filmmaker You’ve Never Heard Of

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