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What you need to know about Skydance's bid for Paramount, from financing a deal worth $32 billion to its plans for the media empire

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 13:23

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Producer David Ellison attends the Royal Film Performance and UK Premiere of — Skydance Media, which co-produced the "Top Gun" reboot with Paramount, wants to merge with the entertainment giant. The film studio is helmed by David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison.
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Paramount axed its CEO, then held a bizarre earnings call where it played the 'Mission: Impossible' theme song over and over and refused to take questions

Tue, 04/30/2024 - 03:14

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Bob M. Bakish, Shari Redstone, Tom Cruise and Brian Robbins attending the US Premiere of — Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, Paramount Global major shareholder Shari Redstone, Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise, and Nickelodeon boss Brian Robbins.
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Paramount CEO Bob Bakish is officially out

Mon, 04/29/2024 - 16:47

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Exiting Paramount CEO Bob Bakish, seen here in 2019
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Will David Ellison's dad help him save Paramount?

Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:59

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Larry Ellison and David Ellison — Larry Ellison is expected to help finance a deal for his son David to buy Paramount.
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Today's the day Warner Bros. Discovery can sell itself. Buyers may be hard to find.

Mon, 04/08/2024 - 14:04

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David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, arrives at the Sun Valley Lodge for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 11, 2023 in Sun Valley, Idaho — Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
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I went to SXSW and saw Netflix and Amazon competing with splashy sci-fi, while Paramount+ pitched its whole line-up

Tue, 03/12/2024 - 18:06

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MoviePass MovieCrash picture presented on screen at theater — I was in town for the premiere of "MoviePass, MovieCrash."
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The Best Streaming Services in 2024

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 09:51

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There was a time when you could hop onto Netflix and feel like you had pretty much any movie or show at your fingertips. Those years are long gone. Now, consumers have a growing number of streaming providers clamoring for attention, splitting up the media catalog against dozens of services and making finding the best…