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So here's the thing about that deal that David Ellison's Skydance Media, Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital, and Shari Redstone's National Amusements Inc (NAI) announced back in July that would lead to Skydance owning Paramount Global Even with the process by which Skydance would take over pretty well laid out, the tentative agreement did give Redstone a 45-day[...]

Earlier this week, the news came down that Paramount Global co-CEOs George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy, and Brian Robbins would begin cutting 15% of the company's global workforce in an effort to eliminate approximately $500 million in costs by the end of the year This afternoon, we learned those efforts would include shuttering Paramount Television Studios,[...]

David Ellison's Skydance Media, Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital, and Shari Redstone's National Amusements Inc (NAI) had a very busy weekend, but it looks like they might be reaching the finishing line in terms of Skydance's attempts to acquire Paramount Global With their temporary deal having received the blessing of a special committee of Paramount's board[...]

Though all sides are remaining mum on the matter until an expected formal announcement on Monday, Bloomberg News and others are reporting that David Ellison's Skydance Media has taken a major step forward in its rollercoaster efforts to acquire Paramount Global from controlling shareholder National Amusements Inc (NAI) Less than a week after a tentative agreement[...]

over the ownership fate of Paramount Global appears to be on in a very big way – with The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporting that acquisition talks have resumed and that a tentative agreement is in place From here, the deal would need to be reviewed by Paramount Global's special committee of its board of[...]

Are bleeding earlobes a thing? But we digress… we were asking those questions at the opening because CNBC is reporting that Paramount Global is looking to merge its Paramount+ streaming service with another existing streamer – with Warner Bros Discovery/Max reportedly expressing more than a passing interest in the idea Earlier this year, there were[...]

Discovery was in on the rumblings, Bloomberg is reporting that Shari Redstone, controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, has reached a tentative agreement with David Ellison's Skydance Media to sell her stake in the company Reportedly, Skydance is in the midst of private talks with "a panel of independent directors at Paramount as part of a provisional[...]

Discovery and Disney, Paramount has removed Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Blue's Clues & You!, It's Pony, Middlemost Post, Ollie's Pack, Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Santiago of the Seas, That Girl Lay Lay, and made-for-Paramount+ Big Nate & Rugrats (2021) from the streamer as a way of getting back on the good side of things[...]

Discovery/Paramount Global, AEW/WWE, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Disney+'s Echo, BBC's Doctor Who, Marvel HQ's It's Jeff & The Avengers, Charmed, Marvel Studios/Lucasfilm 2024, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds/Quentin Tarantino, Great Pretender razbliuto, and more! Images/Screencaps: HBO, WBTV, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount Global, Marvel Studios, ABC, BBC, Paramount+, Netflix BCTV Daily Dispatch: Snowpiercer, The Regime, The Rookie, South Park, Avatar:[...]

It seems Paramount Global is content making the network's library on streaming available as an exclusive bundled option for their existing master hub in Paramount+ The rebranded Paramount+ With Showtime service will cost $11.99 per month, up from $9.99 a month (which still puts it at less than the standard ad-free packages coming from Warner[...]

The rollout follows an initial move last year to unify the billing of the two with significant discounts, as Paramount Global was looking to give an extra boost to the service New subscribers will be able to sign up for Paramount+ with Showtime for $7.99 a month for basic service with ads and $12.99 to[...]