After almost a year in the trenches pulling together his historic combination of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, David Ellison has finally emerged victorious. On Monday, the Silicon Valley heir confirmed he’d reached a settlement with a group of state attorneys general, who sued to block the merger over antitrust concerns. The proposed merger […]
Paramount-Warner Bros. Settlement: What the Guilds, AGs and Activists Are Saying
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- · VarietyParamount, Warner Bros. Insiders Were Stunned by the Settlement With State AGs. Now They’re Girding for Inevitable Mass Layoffs
- · Variety‘Wonder Woman’ Director Patty Jenkins Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is ‘Such Chaos’: ‘The Studio System Is in Bad Shape’
- · VarietyAll the Top Shows, Movies and Networks in the Merged Paramount-Warner Bros: ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ and DC Under One Roof
- · VarietyDavid Ellison Mulls Tapping Elon Musk for Paramount Investment While Closing in on Warner Bros. Takeover: Report
- · VarietyBlock the Merger Coalition Files Legal Request to Oppose Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal
- · VarietyParamount to Raise $7.5 Billion More in Debt to Fund Warner Bros. Deal
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