Paramount won't say whether Middle East money is funding its WBD deal

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Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, at a US-Saudi event in Washington, DC; November 2025.
Saudi Arabian ruler Mohammed bin Salman at a US-Saudi investment event in Washington DC, in November 2025. In December, Paramount said a Saudi-controlled fund would pitch in $10 billion towards its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Paramount nabs 2 big hires as it looks to jump-start its streaming ads business

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AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 15: Danielle Carney, Head of Live Sports and Video Sales, Amazon Ads attends Amazon unBoxed 2024 at Austin Convention Center on October 15, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Amazon)
Danielle Carney is joining Paramount's ad sales team from Amazon.

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David Ellison's Paramount is shaking up a key engineering group as it looks to catch up to Netflix's tech

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Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is on a mission to help his streamer catch up with Netflix.

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Netflix says it bailed on WBD because of money, not Donald Trump

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos arrives for meetings at the White House on February 26, 2026 in Washington, DC., shortly before announcing that Netflix was no longer going to try to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House on Thursday, and shortly after announced his company was no longer going to try to buy much of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Read the memo: David Ellison addresses staff as Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. make it official

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Paramount Skydance CEO and chairman David Ellison

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Leaked audio: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav tells employees Paramount deal felt 'whiplash-y'

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav just pitched staffers on the Paramount-Skydance deal.

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Here's what smart people are saying about Paramount winning the Warner Bros. Discovery deal

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Paramount-Skydance made a higher bid than Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Why MrBeast's former manager says we won't see another MrBeast

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Jimmy Donaldson — better known as Mr. Beast — is the biggest personality on the internet. His former manager says platforms like YouTube and TikTok are working to prevent another star breaking through in the same way.

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Paramount's WBD takeover 'is not a done deal,' says California's attorney general

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California attorney general says, not so fast to Paramount Warner Bros. merger

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It's easy to understand why Netflix walked away from WBD

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Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos departs the White House on February 26, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visited the White House Thursday afternoon to discuss his company's Warner Bros. bid. Hours later, Netflix walked away from the deal.

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