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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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Hollywood Spends More Than Half of Its Film Budgets Outside the US, Union Study Shows
The report comes as the entertainment industry pushes hard on Congress to pass a federal production tax incentive
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NBCUniversal’s Mark Marshall Sidesteps Sale Question, Says Comcast Spinoff Is Focused on Growth
TheGrill 2026: The company’s chairman of global advertising and partnerships also tells TheWrap about partnering with YouTube to make more money off late night
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Range Managers Cora Olson and Michael Diamond on the New Rules for Hollywood Representation
Office With a View: The executives tell TheWrap about representing clients like Dan Levy and Kyra Sedgwick, staying the course through industry change and building their decade-long partnership
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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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Law&Crime President on the Lindsay Clancy Bump and Why Legal Expertise Is More Important Than Ever
Office With a View: “It is very rare to have a case like this that really seems to strike a chord with so many people in America and have such divided opinions,” Rachel Stockman tells TheWrap
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It’s a Deal: Paramount and States Settle Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit
The agreement brings an end to months of legal back and forth between both sides
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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Creating California’s First Standalone Tax Credit for Post-Production Work
The bill provides incentive for productions to complete editing, sound, visual effects and other processes in the state
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FCC Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign Investment
Foreign investors will own 49.5% of the non-voting equity in Paramount, with 38.5% of that total controlled by three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds
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Paramount Leaving California Could Mean Up to $21 Billion in Lost Annual Economic Output, Leaked Study Finds
The economic impact report also states that as many as 57,980 full-time jobs would be lost
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Rob Bonta. Makan Delrahim. The $110 Billion Fight Comes to TheWrap’s TheGrill.
The California attorney general suing to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery deal and the executive leading its legal defense will both appear at TheGrill 2026
