American cable channel focused on cooking and food programming
A look at autumn meals from Sardinia’s riso con maiale e zafferano to apple specials in UK cooking, drawing on Guardian and Business Insider UK pieces as the season turns.
David Ellison has closed the roughly $110 billion merger that combines Paramount and Warner Bros. into a single company rebranded Skydance. The deal has folded HBO Max and Paramount+ together under one owner, brought CBS and CNN into the same corporate roof, and left the new firm carrying heavy debt while promising film release minimums and editorial safeguards.
A revival of traditional Eastern European dishes is taking root in global kitchens. Reports show mushroom stews, potato pancakes, and cabbage preserves sourced from regional peasant cooking traditions are resurfacing in recipes and food writing. The pieces highlight Mačanka-inspired stews, lokše flatbreads, and the use of kvass and beer as cooking liquids to celebrate humble, homey flavors.
Skydance has secured equity injections as Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merge under its banner. Elon Musk’s roughly $1 billion investment deepens ties with Larry Ellison’s family as the new media empire targets at least $6 billion in annual cost savings amid a heavy debt load.