Listen below or click here for full show notes Subspace Chatter Here are links to 122  additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories.  CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere) Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Enterprise STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere) Star Trek: …

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Bob Bakish Out as Paramount Global CEO

Skydance Puts Revised Offer On The Table For Paramount

Paramount’s new Office of the CEO led by 3 senior execs is a ‘highly unusual’ move | Fortune

Sony Pictures, Apollo Offer to Buy Paramount for $26 Billion in Cash

Sony, Apollo express interest in Paramount buyout amid Skydance bid

Paramount news: Skydance could drop bid after Sony Apollo offer

Paramount Appears Set to Back Away From Skydance Deal

David Ellison Woos A-Listers to Boost Flagging Paramount Bid

James Cameron and Ari Emanuel Offer Support of Skydance-Paramount Bid

Paramount Deal Talks: Peacock Streaming Pact Next?

Sony and Apollo plan to break up Paramount, NYT reports | Reuters

Simon & Schuster sold to Penguin Random House | CNN Business

A Merger Between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster Was Blocked, but Brought the Industry Little Clarity – The New York Times

Video: Byron Allen On Why Paramount Global Shouldn’t Be Broken Up – TV News Check

Here are links to 122  additional stories.broken out by series, movies and other categories. 

CLASSIC TV SERIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Forgotten Star Trek: TNG Episode Filled With Original Series Easter Eggs | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek’s Best Character Has A Secret Tie To James Bond | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek Theory Changes Two Next Generation Fan-Favorite Characters, Reshapes Entire Series | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Why Wesley Crusher Left Star Trek, and Why He Came Back

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek’s Best Show And Why It’s At The Top | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek’s Most Underrated Show Almost Lost Its Best Character | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

STREAMING SERIES AND MOVIES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek: Discovery

Discovery Was Built On Earth Like USS Enterprise In J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

Star Trek: Discovery’s Red Angel Explained

Star Trek: Discovery – Rayner Crosses the Line | Star Trek

I Heard A Criticism About Star Trek Discovery That I Admittedly Don’t Have An Answer For | Cinemablend

THEORY: Did ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Finally Resolve The “Calypso” Mystery? – TrekMovie.com

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Reveals Moll & L’ak’s Backstory — Plus, What’s Next? | Entertainment | mycouriertribune.com

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 5 ‘Mirrors’ is a quality installment, but weighed down by another anchor of nostalgia | Space

Would Book Ever Join Starfleet? “Potentially,” Explains Star Trek: Discovery’s David Ajala

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Heads Into Extra-Dimensional Space In Search of the Next Clue

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 5 Review – Mirrors | Den of Geek

Love Is Always the Answer on Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek Just Addressed One of Deep Space Nine’s Biggest Unanswered Questions | Den of Geek

‘Star Trek: Discovery’: David Ajala Talks Book & Michael’s Relationship, Plus More Grudge

RECAP | Star Trek: Discovery 505 – ‘Mirrors’ | Star Trek

8 New Details Star Trek: Discovery Revealed About DS9’s Breen

“Jelly Breens”: Star Trek Writer Deep Dives Into Discovery Season 5’s Breen Villains

One Of Star Trek’s Biggest Mysteries Was Just Solved And It Explains The Dominion War | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Discovery Just Did A Secret Strange New Worlds Crossover

Recap/Review: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Reflects On Its Choices In “Mirrors” – TrekMovie.com

Prep Begins For ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Season 3 Finale; Cast And Directors Share BTS Images – TrekMovie.com

Jonathan Frakes Sees Opportunities With Streaming Star Trek Movies, Weighs In On “Filler Episodes” – TrekMovie.com

Discovery Season 5 Episode 5 Easter Eggs Reveal the Fate of a Classic Star Trek Ship | Den of Geek

(COLUMN) Rice: Just Another Gal from Casper – watching ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ – Casper, WY Oil City News

Love Is Always the Answer on Star Trek: Discovery

Why Ethan Peck Didn’t Appear As Star Trek: Discovery’s Mirror Universe Spock Revealed By Writer

Star Trek Discovery Cancellation Ruins Strange New Worlds Crossover? | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Interview: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Writer Carlos Cisco On Unmasking The Breen And Revisiting The ISS Enterprise – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Reveals Fate Of Mirror Universe Saru

L’ak’s Star Trek: Discovery Identity Reveal Was Foreshadowed In Season 5’s Premiere

Book Knew 2 Weird Things In Star Trek: Discovery, But How?

Star Trek: Discovery – L’ak and Moll’s Secret | Star Trek

Star Trek: Discovery’s 5 TNG Progenitors Scientists & Clues Meanings Explained

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5’s Betazoid Is A Marina Sirtis Counselor Troi Tribute

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 6 goes old school and benefits because of it | Space

It’s The (Other) Enterprise! How Discovery’s I.S.S. Enterprise Connects Three Eras of Star Trek | Star Trek

Star Trek Just Secretly Hinted At New Spinoff? | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Star Trek: Discovery’s Final Season Is ‘Dependent on a Very Significant Star Trek Easter Egg,’ Says EP

Star Trek: Discovery Disappointingly Avoids Homeworld Of Enterprise’s Dr. Phlox

Star Trek: Discovery episode “Whistlespeak” is Some Classic Prime Directive Nonsense | The Workprint

David Ajala Explains Star Trek: Discovery Seemingly Ending Cleveland Booker’s Story In Season 4, And Why He’s Glad He Returned For Season 5 | Cinemablend

A Famous Star Trek Hero Committed Michael Burnham’s Crime With a Twist

Where’s Saru? Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Sidelined The Kelpien Hero

William Shatner’s Star Trek Movie Ideas Live Again In Discovery Season 5

This Star Trek: Discovery Character Is Named After a Real Scientist

I’ve Been Missing Detmer & Owosekun In Star Trek: Discovery Season 5

What Does God Need with a Computer? How Discovery Re-Frames a Classic Star Trek Story | Star Trek

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 5 episode 7 ‘Eirgah’ is the best yet of this final season | Space

Star Trek Discovery Season 5 Episode 7 Review: Erigah Reveals New Breen Secrets | Den of Geek

Star Trek: Picard

Michael Dorn Wanted Armin Shimerman To Play The Ferengi That Worf Killed In Star Trek Picard – TrekMovie.com

Seven Of Nine & Raffi’s Star Trek: Picard Love Story Origin Revealed By Michelle Hurd

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Directors Post Filming Updates

Strange New Worlds Actors Reveal Cut Star Trek Musical Finale Moment & Why Spock Dances

Truth About Captain Pike’s Hair Confirmed By Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Jess Bush

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Star Trek: Discovery Sets Up A Problem For Starfleet Academy Show To Solve

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES (in order of premiere)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

DeForest Kelley Made A Change To Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy In The Voyage Home

Star Trek: Generations

One of the Most Underrated Star Trek Films Is Far Better Than Fans Remember

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek’s Writers Didn’t Invent The Borg Queen – A Paramount Executive Did

Star Trek Beyond

Krall’s Bizarre Vampire Powers In Star Trek Beyond Explained

Untitled Star Trek Kelvin-verse movie [currently not on Paramount announced roster]

Chris Pine is also baffled by the Star Trek 4 new writer news: “I thought there was already a script?” | GamesRadar+

OTHER MEDIA
Star Trek video games/board games

Star Trek Adventures Second Edition Rules Changes Revealed (Exclusive)

Star Trek Comics/graphic novels/magazines

The Fight Against The Space Parasites Isn’t Going Well For B’Elanna In Preview Of ‘Star Trek: Defiant’ #14 – TrekMovie.com

MISCELLANEOUS

Paramount+/Paramount Global News

Paramount, Skydance inch closer to a merger agreement: Sources

Comcast Earnings: Is Peacock Strategy Working? [Parrot Analytics] | Scoop News

Pluto TV launches channel with exclusive content about Real Madrid » Media in Canada

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish 2023 Pay Disclosed

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish’s 2023 Pay Dips Slightly To $31.3M

Paramount Global-B (PARA) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week’s Release | Nasdaq

In Paramount takeover effort, Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide | Reuters

Pluto TV to Roll Out ‘South Park’ Channel

Here’s Why Paramount Global-B (PARA) is a Strong Value Stock

Jo Ann Ross, Paramount’s Veteran Ad-Sales Chair, Plans to Exit

Rtl will take over Nickelodeon Germany satellite slot – IMDb

Paramount Global (PARAA) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here’s Why

Movie Studio Profit Report: A Year of Major Transition

‘Dune: Part Two’ Studio Legendary Eyes Growth Independent of Paramount – Bloomberg

Paramount, Skydance inch closer to a merger agreement: Sources

Paramount Global and Skydance Media Near Merger Deal, Eyeing CEO Change

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish Might Be Ousted Amid M&A Talks

Paramount Global mulls replacing CEO Bakish as it pursues merger – MarketWatch

Sony-Apollo Bid for Paramount Could ‘Bring More to the Table’ Than Skydance

Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms – YouTube

Star Trek related science news

Scientists Get Serious in the Search for a Working Warp Drive

Star Trek Warp Drive One Step Closer To Reality | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT

Franchise-wide/Miscellaneous

Stuck in a Loop: The Best of Star Trek’s Time-Jumping Episodes | Star Trek

Star Trek’s Paramount Plus Movies Must Keep Canceled TV Shows Alive

Star Trek: Voyager & DS9 Crossed Over In The Mirror Universe

2-Hour Star Trek Is “On The Table”, Says Jonathan Frakes & What This Means For Picard’s Legacy Spinoff

8 Planets Star Trek Destroyed

Star Trek Advertised Enterprise By Having A Klingon Knock Out A Hater

Star Trek Stage Officially Announced By Pinewood Studios

Star Trek Beyond: Who Got Really Rich from the Franchise

Alex Kurtzman Says There’s An Infinite Number Of Star Trek Stories To Tell, But New Shows Must Be “Authentic” – TrekMovie.com

Why Star Trek’s Replicators Outraged Some Of The Series’ Biggest Writers

Convention news/fandom

3 iconic Star Trek actors are beaming into Montreal Comiccon this summer – MTL Blog


Actor Watch

‘William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill’ Documentary Arrives On VOD On Friday – TrekMovie.com

‘Star Trek’s’ History-Making Black Woman Captain Sonequa Martin-Green Shares How She Got Here | News | BET

Star Trek’s Biggest Badass Reveals a Surprising Starship Secret

William Shatner Is Asking You to Re-Examine Your Life

Star Trek’s George Takei pens children’s book detailing childhood in World War II internment camps – ABC News

George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me | TED Talk

WARP FIVE: Sonequa Martin-Green on the Gift of Michael Burnham | Star Trek

This Was Anton Yelchin’s Favorite Episode From Star Trek: The Original Series

‘Star Trek: Discovery’: David Ajala Talks Book & Michael’s Relationship, Plus More Grudge

WARP FIVE: David Ajala on Embracing Second Chances and the Heavy Burden of Legacy | Star Trek

Wilson Cruz Recalls ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Audition & Being ‘Formidable Enough’ (VIDEO)

As a Star Trek Era Ends, One Star Reveals the Franchise’s Greatest Lesson

Star Trek’s Most Painful Drama: Why Did William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy Fall Out? – IMDb

‘Star Trek: Discovery’: Mary Wiseman on Tilly’s Protective Side, Ultimate Goal, and Finale Ending | Entertainment | elpasoinc.com

William Shatner Says He’d Be Willing To Do Another ‘Star Trek’ Voyage

William Shatner says he would consider ‘Star Trek’ return: ‘Here comes Captain Kirk!’

Walter Koenig Says William Shatner Was “Funny” & “Made Us All Laugh” On Star Trek: The Original Series

William Shatner Calls Return To Star Trek “Intriguing Idea,” Suggests Digital De-Aging To Play Kirk Again – TrekMovie.com

Crowdfunded ‘Space Command: Redemption’ Released, Features Star Trek’s Doug Jones, Robert Picardo & More – TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: Discovery’s Doug Jones Confirms Why Saru Has Been Missing From Season 5 Epsiodes

Jonathan Frakes Reveals How Roddenberry Described Riker & How “Nervous” He Was In TNG Season 1

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Star Talks [Spoiler]’s Death: ‘I Kind of Sussed It Out’ | Entertainment | standardspeaker.com

Main Mission, Part 1

Star Trek: Discovery
“Mirrors”
Written by Johanna Lee & Carlos Cisco
Directed by Jen McGowan

Main Mission, Part 2

Star Trek: Discovery
“Whistlespeak”
Written by Kenneth Lin & Brandon Schultz
Directed by Chris Byrne

Main Mission, Part 3

Star Trek: Discovery
“Erigah”
Written by M. Raven Metzner
Directed by Jon Dudkowski

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