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Paramount Skydance eyes a Warner Bros. Discovery merger, targeting cost synergies and a stronger streaming position. Click here to read my most recent analysis.
Will antitrust laws prevent Paramount Skydance and Netflix from buying WBD, or does it come down to which CEO can "curry favor" with Trump?
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David Ellison makes his case to the White House as Netflix bid for WBD edges out Paramount Skydance
Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison met with Trump officials and key lawmakers in Washington DC on Wednesday to press his case against Warner Bros. Discovery’s potential selection of Netflix as its merger partner – even as the streaming giant submitted a higher offer in the latest round of bidding, The Post has learned.
Skydance owner David Ellison is trying to buy Warner Bros. with the help of Middle Eastern cash. Ellison, whose company Skydance took over Paramount in a highly publicized eight billion dollar merger in August,
Netflix has agreed to acquire WBD assets for a whopping $83 billion. Rich Greefield says Paramount Skydance can succeed without WBD.
Chicago media executive Louis Carr has been promoted to president of BET, taking over from Scott Mills as Paramount reorganizes the network serving Black audiences.
David Ellison is officially chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance after an $8 billion tie-up. Next on his wish list: Warner Bros Discovery.