Links to THREE items: two reports from the Associated Press and BizTech Weekly and an article of commentary from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for MEDIA 2-23-26 and CUBA, IRAN and UKRAINE.) — MCM

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FROM FEB. 24  Warner Bros gets a higher offer from Paramount in heated fight with Netflix, by Wyatte Grantham-Philips | AP  NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount has raised the price of its takeover offer to $31 per share. The offer by Skydance-owned Paramount had previously stood at $30 per share since December, when it launched its hostile bid to challenge a deal Warner had struck with Netflix for $27.75 per share. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from BizTech Weekly.

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FROM FEB. 24  To whom are our liars lying & what Is the point of their lies? by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News  Last Oct. 25 I was reading the New York Post, as one must to keep one’s head clear in our complicated world — as well as Foreign Affairs, house organ of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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