Paramount
Paramount has come up in 14 episodes of The Pattern, first on Fri 27 Feb 2026 and most recently on Wed 4 Nov 2026.
Going into a meeting about Paramount? Copy a one-page brief: the threads it sat in, who came up alongside it and the latest stories.
- Usually in
- Music and Entertainment (8), Brand and Business (3), Tech and Digital (2)
- Comes up alongside
- Netflix (5), Warner Bros. Discovery (5), HBO (2), HBO Max (2), Letterboxd (2), ByteDance (1)
The threads it sat in
The idea that connected each episode's stories, latest first.
- Wed 4 Nov 2026Makers now design for how people live
- Thu 1 Oct 2026Data about bodies becomes the premium product class
- Tue 22 Sep 2026Culture's new gatekeepers are venues, not institutions
- Wed 16 Sep 2026Creators seized the institutions. Institutions let them in
- Tue 14 Jul 2026Brands are renting historic places to launch their products
- Sun 12 Jul 2026AI picked a side. Builders win, watchers lose
Every episode
- Wed 4 Nov 2026 · Ep 241Paramount weighs moving Paramount+ drama series to HBO after the mergerVia Deadline · Brand and Business
- Thu 1 Oct 2026 · Ep 217Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery appoint a co-CEO from Mattel before the merger closesA co-CEO from Mattel suggests the merged studio will favour experiential and brand licensing over content volume.Via The Verge · Music and Entertainment
- Tue 22 Sep 2026 · Ep 210The Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger clears state opposition. Consolidation resumes at scale.Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery combining puts a large share of American content production under one owner and its terms.Via Defector · Music and Entertainment
- Wed 16 Sep 2026 · Ep 204Netflix, Disney and Paramount wrestle with AI that can make production calls without sign-offVia The Ankler · Music and Entertainment
- Tue 14 Jul 2026 · Ep 140Twelve US states sue to block the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger. Content consolidation has hit its legal ceiling.With state attorneys general moving ahead of federal regulators, the political will to stop consolidation is outrunning the legal process.Via Design Taxi · Brand and Business
- Sat 11 Jul 2026 · Ep 137Letterboxd is for sale, and every major streamer wants itVia IndieWire · Music and Entertainment
- Tue 30 Jun 2026 · Ep 126Streaming adds a direct commerce layer on top of its advertising surface.Via Adweek · Tech and Digital
- Mon 16 Mar 2026 · Ep 20Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
- Sun 15 Mar 2026 · Ep 19ByteDance halts the global rollout of its AI video generator after Disney and Paramount objectVia Engadget · Tech and Digital
- Mon 2 Mar 2026 · Ep 6Paramount+ and HBO Max to merge once the $111bn deal closesVia TechCrunch · Music and Entertainment
- Sun 1 Mar 2026 · Ep 5Paramount's deal for Warner Bros. Discovery is valued at $111 billionVia TechCrunch · Music and Entertainment
- Fri 27 Feb 2026 · Ep 3Paramount wins Warner Bros. Discovery as Netflix leaves the biddingVia TechCrunch · Music and Entertainment
2 more episodes retold this news.
How we count: an episode counts once for Paramount when Paramount is the subject of a headline or story title, or is one of the names the episode covers and is named in a story, in the thread that connects the stories or in the audio. Being cited as a source does not count.
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