Lucas Manfredi is a TV Business reporter at TheWrap, writing about the programming, executives and trends in the television and streaming industries. Prior to joining the TheWrap in November 2022, he spent four years at Fox Business as a production assistant and a reporter on its digital team. He has a Bachelor of Science in Television-Radio production from Ithaca College and can be reached at lucas.manfredi@thewrap.com.
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Skydance’s David Ellison, Andy Gordon, Dennis Cinelli, Makan Delrahim Get Post-Merger Pay Bumps in Contract Extensions
The four executives are also eligible for annual equity awards in 2027, which will then increase in value in 2031
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Over 30 Movies, a $30 Billion Content Spend and So Much Debt: What We Learned From Skydance’s Kickoff Event
Co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz share their plans for the new company housing Paramount and Warner Bros.’ numerous businesses
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Skydance Adds Laurene Powell Jobs and Bobby Kotick to Board of Directors, Tony Blair to Advise
Jobs and Kotick join Ynon Kreiz as new additions to Paramount’s existing board
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Skydance CEOs Tease ‘Aggressive’ Content Investment, ‘Difficult Decisions’ to Come in First Employee Town Hall
“We are not coming together to manage decline. We are coming together to build for growth. And we are going to be ambitious about it,” David Ellison says
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RedBird Triples Commitment in Skydance to $6 Billion
The private equity firm invests another $4 billion into the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. business
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Fitch Downgrades Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery Credit Ratings as Merger Closes
The firm cited “materially higher leverage” after the acquisition and “significant execution and integration risks,” as well as uncertainty about achieving its $6 billion in cost savings
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Who Is Skydance’s New Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz?
The former Mattel CEO will oversee day-to-day operations and find the $6 billion in merger cost savings
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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s $110 Billion Merger Closes
The Skydance conclusion comes after months of twists and turns, including a bidding war with Netflix and a legal fight with 12 state attorneys general
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Wall Street Banks Wrap Up $52 Billion Debt Sale
The move comes as the $110 billion Skydance deal is slated to close next week
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim, California AG Rob Bonta Get Candid on Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
TheGrill 2026: The two appeared (separately) on stage on the same day the antitrust settlement was officially approved
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Paramount’s Makan Delrahim Says Threat to Move Out of California ‘Was Not a Bluff’
TheGrill 2026: The media giant’s chief legal officer unpacks how the settlement with 12 state AGs came together and addresses concerns around politics and CNN’s independence
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Judge Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Settlement
The move clears the final hurdle for the $110 billion deal’s closing
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Rob Bonta ‘Vehemently and Respectfully Disagrees’ That He ‘Caved’ on Warner Bros.-Paramount Suit
TheGrill 2026: The California Attorney General says David Ellison’s threat to move out of the state, as well as calls to settle from Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass and Xavier Becerra, had “no influence” on his decision
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Ynon Kreiz to Serve as Co-CEO of Combined Paramount-Warner Bros.
Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch is succeeding Kreiz as chairman and CEO of the toymaker
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Mark Wahlberg and Ted Reunite in First Look at Peacock Animated Series
Seth MacFarlane’s comedy debuts with eight episodes in December with more to come in 2027
