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Paramount Completes $110 Billion Warner Bros Merger to Form Skydance
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News18•06-10-2026, 22:56
Paramount Completes $110 Billion Warner Bros Merger to Form Skydance
- •Skydance completed its blockbuster 110 billion dollar takeover of Warner Bros Discovery on Tuesday, creating a new entertainment heavyweight under CEO David Ellison.
- •The merger unites iconic franchises like Mission Impossible, Harry Potter, and DC Studios with major networks including CBS, CNN, Paramount Plus, and HBO Max.
- •Shares of the combined company shifted to the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SKYD following the resolution of legal barriers.
- •David Ellison appointed former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO to manage daily operations, while the company plans to merge HBO Max and Paramount Plus into a single streaming service.
- •The newly formed giant faces approximately 80 billion dollars in debt and the challenge of delivering 6 billion dollars in planned cost savings while maintaining high film output.
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Paramount Skydance completed a blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, forming an entertainment company led by CEO David Ellison and trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SKYD.
The main legal barriers to the merger were removed following settlements reached with a coalition of US states and a Hollywood writers union.
The company plans to combine streaming services like HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single platform. Additionally, it has pledged to release at least 30 films annually in the first two years following the closing, increasing to 32 films a year for the subsequent three years.
