{
  "id": 11584324,
  "title": "‘Real Time’: Bill Maher Tells New Skydance Bosses “Don’t Believe What Trump Is Tweeting About Me”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/real-time-bill-maher-tells-new-skydance-bosses-dont-believe-what",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T02:32:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/real-time-bill-maher-tells-skydance-bosses-dont-believe-trump-1237145929/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bill Maher addressed the recent Paramount-Warner Bros merger on his show \"Real Time\". The merger means that Paramount now owns Warner Discovery, which in turn owns HBO, and consequently, Maher's show. As a result, Maher is now owned by Skydance, which is part of the new ownership structure.\n\nMaher had a message for his new owners, the Ellisons, warning them not to believe everything Donald Trump has to say about him. Trump had recently posted on Truth Social, criticizing Maher's ratings and suggesting that Republicans should not use him as a sounding board.\n\nMaher claimed that Trump's insults do not bother him and jokingly asked Trump not to mention that he attended Cornell University.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Bill Maher Sends a Message to New Skydance Bosses Ahead of Merger Closing – and It’s About Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/bill-maher-sends-a-message-to-new-skydance-bosses-ahead-of-merger",
        "published": "2026-10-03T02:41:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}