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Media conglomerate formed by the merger of Paramount and Skydance Media, led by CEO David Ellison, spanning film, TV, and streaming businesses.
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Warner Bros.' Digger opened to $20 million worldwide against up to $250 million in production and marketing spend. It lands days before Paramount Skydance takes control of the studio, whose new owners will decide what kind of films Warner makes next.
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Paramount is set to close its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger on October 6 as Skydance, under a settlement requiring 30 theatrical films a year. Households paying for both HBO Max and Paramount+ keep two apps for now, with no announced price or date for the merged service.
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Paramount's settlement with 12 states won court approval on Sept. 30, clearing the last legal hurdle to its roughly $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal. The states' price is a consent decree adding at least $300 million a year of US film production spending, about 0.27% of the deal's value.
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Paramount Skydance made Mattel's Ynon Kreiz co-CEO in charge of operations and its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery integration. He brings a career built in television long before Barbie to a combined company carrying $52 billion of debt.
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Paramount Skydance will owe $30 million for each film below its 30-a-year floor under the settlement that cleared its nearly $111 billion Warner Bros. deal. The fine starts with the 2027 slate and carries more weight than the threatened Miramax sale, which the company could put off into 2029.
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Disney, ABC and eight owned stations sued the FCC and Brendan Carr in Washington, asking a judge to stop an early license review before it becomes a hearing.
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The long end and the front end rose together while equity volatility sat near its lows for the year. Anyone with floating-rate debt or a refinancing window should reprice assumptions now.
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Paramount Skydance is readying new Paramount+ features to lift engagement and revenue as it finalizes its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Internal documents describe the free tier as a registration funnel meant to turn samplers into paying subscribers at a service struggling with churn.
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Paramount says the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar will take its indirect foreign ownership to 49.5 percent. The FCC approved that. The purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery still waits on a March antitrust trial.
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Diligent Market Intelligence says activity held at H1 2025 levels, settlements were the only real route onto boards, and technology brands were pressed on AI integration and cost rationalization.
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