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Paramount Global to cut 15% of its US workforce before Skydance merger

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The entertainment conglomerate behind Paramount Pictures announced it will lay off about 2,000 people. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

The entertainment conglomerate behind Paramount Pictures is to cut about 2,000 jobs in a bid to reduce costs ahead of a merger with the independent film studio Skydance.

Paramount Global, which also owns CBS, Nickelodeon and the UK’s Channel 5, announced plans to cut about 15% of its US workforce alongside its latest earnings on Thursday.

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