Why the Paramount‑Warner merger threatens democracy
Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or dictatorship in history.” More than...
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Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or dictatorship in history.” More than...
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger cleared its final regulatory hurdle with a settlement that tells you more about the next five years of studio operations […]
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merged on October 6, creating Skydance Corp. This merger led to a memo announcing upcoming layoffs to support integration efforts. Dav...
The merger unites two major movie studios, news operations CBS News and CNN and cable networks including Comedy Central and TNT.
New media empire will be known as Skydance, with CEO David Ellision calling it a 'historic day.'
The states have settled their antitrust challenge, leaving one fewer major employer, buyer, and competitor in an already shrinking industry.
Many questions as media mogul races to close $111bn merger.
After a windier road than expected, Paramount and Warner are now one, under the banner of Skydance, and the film industry is set for a shake-upHollywood’s big five have officially...
It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The companies completed the deal on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood g...
Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially merged in a deal valued at $111 billion. After a bidding war between Netflix and Paramount began last year, Netflix ultimately...
Step aside Disney-21st Century Fox, the biggest takeover in Hollywood history closes today (Tuesday, October 6). After 13 months of “will they or won’t they” boardroom and courtroo...
Skydance will now be one of the largest media companies in history, consolidating film studios, broadcast and cable networks, news and streaming.
The newly combined company is called Skydance and began trading on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More top-down control, and less room for dissent.
David Ellison prevails in his quest for media domination.
Paramount Skydance has completed its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, bringing CNN and CBS News under the same corpora...
Shares of the merged company, now called Skydance, began trading on the stock market Tuesday morning.
The Tunisian media landscape is undergoing a major consolidation following a presidential directive to merge SNIPE-La Presse and Dar Assabah The post Tunisia Creates New Media Powe...
Two of the five biggest studios in America want to become one. If Paramount is allowed to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery, a single company will control roughly a third of the movies...
The new company, which will be called Skydance, combines two of the five largest Hollywood film studios, uniting major franchises such as Harry Potter and Mission Impossible
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Next week, unless there's some sort of crazy final-minute block, Paramount and Warner will finally merge, and another studio consolidation in Hollywood will be complete. A federal...
By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Paramount entered the final stages of merging with Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday afternoon, when a federal judge approved last week...
A coalition of states has settled its challenge to the proposed $81 billion Paramount-Warner transaction, removing one of the most significant remaining legal threats to the deal....
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