Deals & M&A
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Paramount-WBD Unveil Plans for Newly Formed Company as Board Approves $110 Billion Merger
30 theatrically released films per year, streaming synergies and more are part of David Ellison’s vision
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Equalpride Acquires Condé Nast’s LGBTQ Site Them Days After Company-Wide Layoffs
The pickup comes just after Equalpride laid off newsroom staffers from Out, The Advocate and others
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Paramount Pays Netflix $2.8 Billion Breakup Fee After Warner Bros. Deal Win
Netflix shares the transaction’s completion in a Friday SEC filing
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FCC Approves $34.5 Billion Charter-Cox Merger
The agency’s chairman Brendan Carr says the deal will bring greater connectivity and economic opportunity to rural America, keep jobs in the U.S. and protect against “DEI discrimination”
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Jane Fonda Leads Fiery Comedy Skit of Actors Auditioning After Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal: ‘It’s Only the Rush Hour Movies’ | Video
The Committee for the First Amendment imagines a world “where corporations let the president dictate their content decisions”
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Paramount’s ‘Whiplash-y’ Acquisition of Warner Bros. Will Take At Least 6 Months, David Zaslav Says in Town Hall
The CEO noted the change happened “very quickly” during a companywide meeting on Friday
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Netflix Stock Rises Another 10% After Dropping Out of Warner Bros. Bidding War
Shares of Paramount Skydance also jumped another 14% on Friday
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Adam Schiff Says Paramount-WBD Merger ‘Must Be Subject to the Highest Levels of Scrutiny’
“For the sake of America’s moviemaking workforce and movie lovers everywhere, I will continue to push all parties to do their part,” the California Senator adds
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Jake Tapper Breaks Paramount-WBD News to CNN Peers on Air: ‘Affects Everybody I’m Looking At’ | Video
“We have some breaking news in our national lead that affects everybody I’m looking at right now in the studio,” the CNN anchor says
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Paramount-WBD Pact Is ‘Not a Done Deal,’ California AG Teases ‘Vigorous’ Investigation
“These two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny,” Rob Bonta adds
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What Paramount’s Winning Warner Bid Means: More Movies, More Debt and a CNN in Question
For months, Hollywood has been transfixed and horrified by the prospect of either Netflix or Paramount winning the day
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Elizabeth Warren Questions What Trump White House Told Netflix Before Paramount’s WBD Merger Victory
“A handful of Trump-aligned billionaires are trying to seize control,” the Democratic senator says
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Warner Bros. Activist Investor Says Paramount Deal Is ‘Win-Win’ for Shareholders and Hollywood
“We’re thrilled to have shined a light on the need for the WBD Board to pursue a larger, more certain deal with Paramount,” Ancora Holdings says
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CNN CEO Tells Staff ‘Don’t Jump to Conclusions’ After WBD Deal Pivots to Paramount
Free press groups, meanwhile, sound the alarm on Paramount running both CBS and CNN: “Should be unthinkable”
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Paramount Snatches Warner Bros. From the Jaws of Netflix | Analysis
Paramount capitalized on rising regulatory pressure on Netflix to slip in with its “superior proposal”
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