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Paramount Completes Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover as Skydance Sets Integration Plans

The combined company brings major studios, streaming services and news networks under one owner, with leadership appointments, planned layoffs and a streaming consolidation now taking shape.

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Chapters · 5

  1. 1Paramount and Warner Bros Complete Merger to Form Entertainment Giant Skydance
  2. 2Paramount Completes Warner Bros. Takeover as Skydance Sets Integration Plans
  3. 3Paramount Completes Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover, Creating Skydance
  4. 4Paramount Completes Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover, Creating Media Giant Skydance
  5. 5Paramount Completes Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover as Skydance Sets Integration Plans

Key moments · 12

Paramount completes its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery

Le Monde ↗

Combined Hollywood company takes the name Skydance

Euronews ↗

HBO, CBS and other networks come under shared ownership

BirGün ↗

Skydance begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange

cnn.com ↗

Film chiefs pledge separate studio development and releases

Variety Movies ↗

Ellison reiterates streaming combination will require technical work

The Hollywood Reporter ↗

Skydance signals streaming brands could remain distinct

Forbes ↗

Warner Bros. water tower gets new branding

New York Post ↗

Skydance names leaders for sales, advertising and distribution

Deadline Hollywood ↗

Turner Classic Movies to join Skydance Motion Picture Group

The Wrap TV ↗

David Zaslav receives more than $600 million for shares

Deadline Hollywood ↗

Gerhard Zeiler announces departure for the following week

The Hollywood Reporter ↗

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2 articles

  1. Skydance’s Gerhard Zeiler, Warner Bros. Int’l President, to Depart With Eyes on Politics
    The Hollywood Reporter
  2. Skydance is 'positioned to win in every vertical,' Ellison says
    Breaking News on Seeking Alpha Business & Economy

17 articles

  1. David Zaslav Cashed Out More Than $600 Million in Warner Bros. Stock in Connection With Sale to Paramount
    The Hollywood Reporter
  2. David Zaslav Cashes In: WBD CEO Scores Massive Merger Windfall
    Deadline Hollywood
  3. Turner Classic Movies to Fall Under Skydance Film Group
    The Wrap TV
  4. What I saw as David Ellison's Skydance rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange
    Business Insider
  5. Skydance Names Jay Askinasi Head of Ad Sales, Taps David Decker to Lead Content Sales and Ray Hopkins as Distribution Chief
    Variety Movies

23 articles

  1. What will happen to Paramount+ and HBO Max under the new Skydance?
    Fast Company
  2. SA Asks: What should Skydance investors watch for post-merger?
    Breaking News on Seeking Alpha Business & Economy
  3. Skydance Stock Tumbles 8% Day After Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Closes
    Forbes - Business Business & Economy
  4. Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick named to the board of post-merger Skydance
    Gamasutra
  5. Paramount closes Warner Bros deal as Skydance and plans a single streamer
    The Next Web

52 articles

  1. What audiences could expect from Paramount-Warner merger into Skydance
    CBS Top Stories
  2. Josh Goldstine to Oversee Marketing and Distribution at Warner Bros., Paramount and All Skydance Film Labels (EXCLUSIVE)
    Variety Movies
  3. ‘A Skydance Corp.’: David Ellison immediately puts his stamp on Warner Bros.
    NBC News
  4. Done Deal: Skydance + Paramount + Warner Bros. = Skydance?
    Forbes
  5. CNN, CBS News now under one roof as Paramount-Warner Bros merger closes
    Al Jazeera