Michael Barbaro

Netflix has backed away from its deal to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery, a stunning development that paves the way for the storied Hollywood media giant to end up under the control of the technology heir, David Ellison.

Netflix said that for business reasons, it would not match Ellison's higher offer for Warner Brothers.

That means that Ellison's company, Paramount Skydance, will soon own two major studios, plus CBS, HBO, and CNN.

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During a closed-door videotaped deposition on Thursday, Hillary Clinton, the former first lady, Democratic nominee for president and secretary of state, scolded the Republican-led committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein for compelling her to testify when she said she has never met Epstein and had no knowledge of his criminal activities.

The hearing was briefly halted when a Republican committee member, Representative Lauren Boebert, leaked a photograph of Clinton's testimony to a conservative podcaster.

House rules strictly prohibit taking photographs of closed-door hearings.

Democrats on the committee, including Representative Yasemin Ansari, mocked the proceedings as a partisan political stunt that would do little to hold Epstein and his network of wealthy friends accountable.

Today's episode was produced by Shannon Lin, Lindsay Garrison, and Rob Zipko, with help from Michael Simon-Johnson.

It was edited by Maria Byrne, with help from Lexi Diao.

Contains original music by Alishaba Itu, Dan Powell, and music by Rony Misto, Marion Lozano, and Pat McCusker.

and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley, with help from Chris Wood.

Special thanks to David Pearson.

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I'm Michael Barbaro.

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