Middle East to fund $24B of Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery takeover
The company is informing employees to prepare for the deal to close as soon as the end of July.
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Are the Murdochs and Ellisons behind FCC’s recent interest in sports fragmentation?
CBS could hypothetically lose NFL rights during new negotiations
Gary Bettman: Paramount-WBD merger potentially ‘very good’ for NHL
"I can't wait to meet David Ellison and talk about those things."
NFL reportedly looking to have new media rights deals in place before September
All signs point to Paramount Skydance and CBS Sports as the first dance partners on the floor.
Paramount CEO David Ellison: CBS has ‘planned accordingly’ to retain NFL rights
What I can tell you is we do plan to continue our relationship [with the NFL] and I do believe we have planned accordingly there."
David Zaslav is the luckiest man in American media
Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly considering reopening Paramount talks
WBD is reportedly weighing whether to reopen negotiations with Paramount after the company sweetened its hostile takeover bid.
Roger Goodell’s Super Bowl box jam-packed with media executives
Perhaps as interesting as the execs in the box are the execs not in the box.
Paramount sues Warner Bros. Discovery in effort to advance takeover bid
The company is also staging a proxy fight for board seats.
Warner Bros. Discovery formally rejects Paramount takeover offer (again)
The future of TNT Sports hinges on what happens in the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery.
Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly planning to reject Paramount takeover bid next week
Several WBD shareholder expect Paramount to come back with an even higher offer.
Warner Bros. Discovery to tell shareholders to reject Paramount takeover bid
We will now wait and see if Paramount comes forth with a better offer.
Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, argues deal is superior to Netflix
Paramount submits ‘100% cash’ bid for WBD backed by Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds
Netflix has also reportedly submitted a "mostly cash" bid.
Paramount+ to raise prices when UFC deal kicks in
"These changes will fuel continued reinvestment in the user experience and deliver an even stronger slate of programming for our customers in the year ahead and beyond."
Warner Bros. Discovery publicly weighs sale opportunities amid Paramount bid
The company laid out several potential paths forward, citing "multiple parties" have conveyed interest in a purchase.
Paramount employees facing ‘mass layoffs’ starting next week
The cuts will impact between 2,000 and 3,000 employees in the U.S.
Warner Bros. Discovery denies initial Paramount takeover bid
The news would seemingly make Warner Bros. Discovery's plans to split the company in two more likely.
Elizabeth Warren sounds alarm on potential Paramount-WBD deal
"This media merger must be blocked as a dangerous concentration of power."
Report: Paramount bidding to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
The deal would include TNT Sports.
FCC formally approves Paramount-Skydance merger
The deal had been in regulatory limbo for months amid a lawsuit by the Trump administration.
CBS Sports expected to be ‘bigger players’ for live sports rights after Skydance merger
"When they make that deal, I think (David) Ellison and Co., they want to spend."