John Oliver Dodges David Ellison-Skydance News on ‘Last Week Tonight’
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- Irish Times Business·2h agoParamount closes Warner merger in historic Hollywood deal
Deal makes David Ellison one of the most important power brokers in entertainment industry globally
Read at Irish Times Business → - CBC Arts CA·2h agoParamount and Warner Bros merger complete: Skydance
Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion US takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, further concentrating power in an industry already run by just a handful of major players.
Read at CBC Arts CA → - MobileSyrup CA·3h agoParamount completes Warner Bros. deal to create Skydance
Paramount Skydance has officially closed its US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. With the completion of this deal, the two Hollywood giants will now operate as one massive studio known simply as Skydance. David Ellison, who served as Paramount Skydance CEO,…
Read at MobileSyrup CA → - Irish Independent World·3h agoParamount and Warner Bros wrap up mega deal to create Skydance
The deal brings together two of the world’s biggest film studios
Read at Irish Independent World → - NPR News Now·8h agoNew Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros.
The Paramount and Warner Bros. merger has survived court challenges, public protests and regulatory scrutiny. Now, the Hollywood heavyweight, named Skydance, begins operating.
Read at NPR News Now → - The Verge·1d agoCNN’s boss will remain as Paramount and WBD merge into Skydance
CNN CEO Mark Thompson will remain at the head of the news network when Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closes this week. Thompson wrote in a memo to employees that he believes the combined company will "fully support the principle and practice of the…
Read at The Verge → - Financial Times·1d agoEllison sticks with Thompson as CNN boss amid Trump attacks
Decision comes a day before blockbuster deal to combine Paramount and Warner Bros is expected to close
Read at Financial Times → - Deadline Hollywood·1d agoNew Skydance Sets Executive Structure As Paramount-WBD Merger Set To Close
After a year of negotiations, false starts, and internal and external politicking, the question of who will run the combined media and entertainment giant created by Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery has been answered. As anticipated, the company, which will be called…
Read at Deadline Hollywood → - NYT Business·1d ago5 Challenges David Ellison Faces as Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Merge
The tech scion has given his combination of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount a new name: Skydance. Now he must make tough decisions about news, movies, streaming, sports and debt.
Read at NYT Business → - Variety·1d agoJohn Oliver Dodges David Ellison-Skydance News on ‘Last Week Tonight’
The big media news this week concerned Skydance Corp., David Ellison’s newly formed Hollywood mega-company comprising Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which Ellison (and his father Larry) acquired in a $111 billion debt-addled merger that is set to officially close…
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