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Paramount’s Pluto TV Stagnates Despite Broader Free Streaming Bonanza

Is Pluto’s old-style program guide interface setting it back in the race for FAST supremacy?

Broadcasting & Cable

David Ellison's Paramount merger cements the era of the 'nepo CEO'

David Ellison's Skydance Media is buying Paramount Global with help from his billionaire dad, Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle. To earn respect, he'll have to walk a tightrope.

Fortune

Skydance May Not Be Able To Rescue Paramount From Junk-Bond Status, Credit Rating Agencies Say

A lot of questions remain unanswered after David Ellison’s big deal, but Moody’s said it’s still ‘possible’ it could downgrade the conglomerate in the coming months

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Mario Gabelli Wants Same Price for Paramount Voting Shares That Shari Redstone Got

Skydance paying $1.7 billion for National Amusements

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A Huge Hollywood Upheaval Could Turn Star Trek Into the Next MCU

Paramount's merger with Skydance could completely restructure the Final Frontier. Here's how Star Trek could be impacted by this massive game-changer.

Inverse

Who is David Ellison? Heir to the Oracle fortune celebrates clinching $28B Paramount deal

Oracle founder Larry Ellison’s son, David Ellison, announced he reached terms to acquire a controlling stake in Paramount.

Fortune

David Ellison Spells Out Goals for ‘New Paramount’

Plan is to create a media-technology hybrid and cut costs by $2 billion

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Skydance, Paramount to Merge in $8B Deal

Merged venture, named ‘New Paramount’ will be led by David Ellison as Chairman/CEO and Jeff Shell as President

TV Tech

It's Official: Skydance Media And Paramount Global Announce Merger In Groundbreaking Deal

Shari Redstone, Paramount's non-executive chair, will relinquish the family's controlling stake through a complex transaction that will lead to the merger.

International Business Times

Hollywood studio Paramount agrees $28bn merger with Skydance

End to Redstone family’s involvement in media group, which also owns CBS, Nickelodeon and the UK’s Channel 5

The Guardian - UK

Entertainment giant Paramount agrees to a merger with Skydance

Entertainment giant Paramount, which owns CBS and was behind blockbuster films such as “Top Gun” and “The Godfather” has agreed to merge with Skydance

The Independent UK

Paramount Global Agrees to Merge with David Ellison’s Skydance, Jeff Shell Named President

Complex deal is valued at around $8 billion and will take control over Par out of Redstone hands for the first time since 1987

Multichannel News

Paramount and Skydance have officially merged – here's what that means for Paramount Plus

A billion dollar deal to merge Paramount Global with Skydance Media has been reached – here's what that means for its streaming services.

TechRadar

Reports: David Ellison Nears New Deal for Paramount

Ellison’s Skydance Media would pay $1.75B for Paramount’s holding company National Amusements

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International Business Times

National Amusements Strikes Preliminary Deal To Sell Paramount Stake To Skydance Media

The proposed new deal, valued at $1.75 billion, involves Skydance acquiring National Amusements' 77% voting shares in Paramount.

Broadcasting & Cable

David Ellison Forges New Agreement To Buy Paramount Holding Company National Amusements

Two sides also reportedly agree to 45-day period during which NAI and the Redstone family can shop for better offers

The Independent UK

Executive who launched Fox and green-lit ‘The Simpsons’ explores bid to take over Paramount

Media billionaire Barry Diller once ran Paramount Pictures

International Business Times

Paramount Ends Merger Talks With Skydance Amid Dispute Over 'Noneconomic Terms'

The deal was on the verge of completion when National Amusements' lawyers sent an email to Paramount's special committee, announcing the termination of talks.

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The Independent UK

Paramount Global owner calls off merger talks with Skydance Media

National Amusements, which owns a majority voting stake in the embattled entertainment giant Paramount Global, says it has ended talks on a possible merger of Paramount with movie production company Skydance Media

Multichannel News

Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Says Paramount-Skydance Deal is Dead

Statement from family holding company says they were ‘not able to reach mutually acceptable terms'

TV Tech

Paramount, Skydance Deal Collapses

Parent company National Amusements has issued a statement saying they were "not been able to reach mutually acceptable terms"

Fortune

Meet Gerry Cardinale, the investor behind Skydance Media’s bid for Paramount

The RedBird Capital CEO honed his approach to IP at Goldman Sachs by building untraditional IP portfolio and via friend Bob Iger, CEO of Disney.

Fortune

Bob Iger schooled him on Disney's grand theory of IP. Now Gerry Cardinale is backing Skydance Media's $8 billion bid for Paramount Global

Cardinale's RedBird Capital Partners is an "IP monetization engine" that has partnered with celebrities from LeBron James to Ben Affleck. “I think he's focused on world domination,” says one collaborator.

The Guardian - US

Hollywood giant Paramount Global braces for new era as bidders circle

Chair Shari Redstone weighs future of media empire behind Paramount Pictures, CBS and UK’s Channel 5

Multichannel News

Awaiting Buyout, Paramount Execs Lay Out Plans For Cost-Cutting, Streaming Joint Ventures at Annual Meeting

No word on expected deal with Skydance

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