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Paramount’s Warner Bros. megamerger will just be called Skydance
Source: The Verge
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Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
- US judge approves settlement allowing Paramount to acquire Warner Bros
- Mark Ruffalo Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will ‘Stifle Creativity’ and ‘Weaken Free Speech’: It ‘Should Never Have Been Approved’
- Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on If He Sees Paramount-Warner Bros. As Competition, and If He Courted Casey Bloys: ‘We Had a Very Well-Publicized Lunch’
- Casey Bloys Says He Believes David Ellison Plans to ‘Maintain What We’ve Done’ at HBO as Paramount and Warner Bros. Merge
- Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to Depart at Warner Bros. Following Paramount Close
- David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance
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