Paramount, Comcast, Netflix submit offers

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Paramount Skydance, Comcast and Netflix formally submitted takeover offers for Warner Bros. Discovery this week ahead of a deadline for first-round offers, according to people familiar with the matter. Paramount Skydance and its advisors had been weighing in recent days whether to submit a higher bid than its previous $23.50-per-share offer that WBD rejected, some […]


Paramount Skydance to slash 1,600 more jobs after revenue disappoints — but issues upbeat forecast

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Paramount Skydance said it will make $1.5 billion in programming investments next year in its first quarterly results for the combined company since the completion of the $8.4 billion merger. Shares of the company were up 7% in trading after the bell. Paramount Global and Skydance Media completed their merger in August, installing new leadership at the media […]


Paramount Skydance to slash 1,000 jobs this week in first wave of mass layoffs

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Paramount Skydance will begin firing 1,000 employees on Wednesday — the first phase of sweeping layoffs that will ultimately eliminate about 2,000 positions as CEO David Ellison pushes to trim $2 billion in costs. The firings mark the first major restructuring since Skydance Media completed its $8.4 billion merger with Paramount Global in August, creating […]


Paramount facing competition for Warner Bros. Discovery as Comcast could emerge as suitor

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The list of suitors for Warner Bros. Discovery is poised to get longer – with possible bidders that include cable-TV giant Comcast, On The Money has learned. As first reported by The Post, Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison is in talks with private equity giants including Apollo Global Management to join a possible bid to buy […]


Possible Paramount Group sale to Rithm shows Manhattan office market’s strength

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Rithm Capital’s prospective purchase of Paramount Group is a stroke of faith in the strength of the Manhattan office market, which is where most of Paramount’s holdings are concentrated. The deal would give Rithm, a major force in commercial and residential credit and asset management, a significant, 13.1 million square-feet, bricks-and-mortar stake for the first […]


Paramount Skydance is preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, sources say

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Paramount Skydance is working with an investment bank as it prepares an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, according to people familiar with the matter. Warner Bros. Discovery had yet to receive an offer as of Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic dealings. A […]


Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery bid would combine big content houses

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Paramount+ signage in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, US, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images David Ellison looks to be buying up a media empire. The CEO and chairman of the newly minted Paramount Skydance has tapped an investment bank to help prepare a takeout offer for Warner Bros. […]


FCC greenlights $8.4B sale of CBS parent Paramount to Skydance

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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday gave the green light to the $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media – finally clearing the way for a deal that had been throttled by allegations of bias against CBS News. The merger, expected to be completed in the next few weeks, will give independent film […]


Skydance boss David Ellison tells Hollywood pals that Paramount merger will close before end of summer: sources

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Skydance Media boss David Ellison has been striking an upbeat tone in his quest to purchase Shari Redstone’s Paramount, On The Money has learned. The budding movie mogul’s quiet confidence to media insiders in recent days may seem a bit odd for regular readers of On The Money. We’ve been chronicling how the $8 billion […]


Paramount has offered $15 million to settle CBS lawsuit with Trump: report

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A month into negotiations, Paramount Global has offered $15 million to settle US President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News, but the parties remain far apart on terms, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation. Trump’s team wants more than $25 million and is also seeking an apology from […]