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Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Acquisition: ‘Today Marks Day One of a New Paramount,’ David Ellison Says

David Ellison’s Skydance Media has closed its $8 billion merger with Paramount Global to create new company Paramount ...
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FCC Greenlights Skydance’s $8B Acquisition of Paramount Global & CBS Network

FCC approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including the ultimate parent ...

RedBird Capital’s $2 billion power play: Meet Gerry Cardinale, the private equity kingmaker behind the Paramount–Skydance deal

Private equity firms have been making moves in Hollywood for some time, but Redbird's stake in the Paramount deal is by far ...

Skydance Takes Over Paramount, and a New Era Begins

The merger catapults new power players to the top of Hollywood and ends a tortuous process that has lasted well over a year.

Skydance CEO David Ellison feels the heat, melts down while taking questions as ‘new Paramount’ press conference goes off the rails

Today marks Day One of a new Paramount,” David Ellison, new CEO of the merged Skydance and Paramount, said Thursday.

Paramount Shifting Its Corporate Headquarters To L.A., Keeping Skydance Base In Santa Monica

Paramount, whose corporate predecessors were strongly identified with New York, will be headquartered in L.A. after its ...

Paramount, Skydance complete $8 billion merger as FCC continues CBS probe

Skydance Media and Paramount Global completed their $8 billion merger as the FCC continues investigating CBS News for alleged ...

Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Sheridan and John Krasinski Among Hitmakers Paramount Skydance Needs to Keep Happy

Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Sheridan and John Krasinski are among the biggest names with first-look deals with Paramount Skydance.

Skydance Closes $8 Billion Paramount Deal, Creating “Next-Generation Media and Tech” Giant

David Ellison as CEO and former NBCUniversal boss Jeff Shell as president are running the combined Hollywood company, looking ...