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  • Why the Paramount‑Warner merger threatens democracy
  • The Paramount-WBD Merger Gets Real, and San Sebastián Gets Louder
  • Paramount merges with Warner Bros; CEOs sent memo to employees warning of layoffs

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fastcompany.com /1 week ago

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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mediabistro.com /1 month ago

The Paramount-WBD Merger Gets Real, and San Sebastián Gets Louder

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 […]

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timesofindia.indiatimes.com /2 weeks ago

Paramount merges with Warner Bros; CEOs sent memo to employees warning of layoffs

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...

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cbsnews.com /2 weeks ago

Paramount closes $110 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

The merger unites two major movie studios, news operations CBS News and CNN and cable networks including Comedy Central and TNT.

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engadget.com /2 weeks ago

Controversial $110 billion mega-merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. finally closes

New media empire will be known as Skydance, with CEO David Ellision calling it a 'historic day.'

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cartoonbrew.com /3 weeks ago

Judge Clears Final Hurdle For Paramount-WBD Merger, And Hollywood Gets A Little Smaller

The states have settled their antitrust challenge, leaving one fewer major employer, buyer, and competitor in an already shrinking industry.

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screendaily.com /1 month ago

How will the Paramount-WBD merger impact the indie film sector?

Many questions as media mogul races to close $111bn merger.

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theguardian.com /2 weeks ago

Goodbye Warner, hello Skydance: how will the major merger really impact Hollywood?

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...

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fastcompany.com /2 weeks ago

Paramount officially merges with Warner Bros. Here’s how we got here

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...

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pocketgamer.biz /2 weeks ago

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s $111bn merger officially closes today

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...

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forrester.com /2 weeks ago

The Paramount-WBD Deal Closes Today — Now What?

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...

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cnet.com /3 weeks ago

Hollywood’s Newest Media Colossus: Paramount and Warner Bros. Merge Under Skydance

Skydance will now be one of the largest media companies in history, consolidating film studios, broadcast and cable networks, news and streaming.

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aljazeera.com /2 weeks ago

CNN, CBS News now under one roof as Paramount-Warner Bros merger closes

The newly combined company is called Skydance and began trading on Wall Street on Tuesday.

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realclearpolitics.com /2 weeks ago

Skydance Merger Will Remake Hollywood, News Business

More top-down control, and less room for dissent.

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gizmodo.com /2 weeks ago

Paramount And Warner Bros Are Officially One Mega Company

David Ellison prevails in his quest for media domination.

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jamaicainquirer.com /2 weeks ago

Why Paramount-Warner merger has sparked fears about press freedom 

Paramount Skydance has completed its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, bringing CNN and CBS News under the same corpora...

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latimes.com /2 weeks ago

Paramount-Warner Bros. transaction closes, creating a new Hollywood colossus

Shares of the merged company, now called Skydance, began trading on the stock market Tuesday morning.

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meprinter.com /1 week ago

Tunisia Creates New Media Powerhouse via Merger

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...

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koreatimes.co.kr /3 weeks ago

A Paramount-Warner merger will hurt Hollywood and people of color

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...

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thehindubusinessline.com /2 weeks ago

Paramount closes Warner merger in historic Hollywood deal

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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philstockworld.com /1 week ago

Why the Paramount-Warner merger is a problem for democracy

Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or … Source

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nofilmschool.com /3 weeks ago

The Paramount-Warner Bros. Megamerger Is Official: What Will They Call the New Studio?

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...

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localnews8.com /3 weeks ago

Paramount-Warner Bros. merger moves forward after judge approves settlement

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...

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legaltechmonitor.com /1 month ago

States Clear Major Hurdle for Paramount-Warner Merger With Settlement

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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