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New name unveiled for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery after merger approval
Savannah Sicurella is an entertainment business reporter with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. At long last, the soon-to-merge Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery has a name: Skydance. The combined entity's CEO David Ellison, who has shepherded the…
Cubs' Jed Hoyer makes 'pitching acquisition' top offseason priority
CHICAGO -- After his team gave up the most home runs in the National League during the regular season -- and another four in two playoff games -- Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said Friday that his focus this winter will be…
One Last Big US Airline Merger Is Waiting in the Wings
As a tumultuous era of airline consolidation — kicked off by deregulation in 1978 — reaches its end game, Alaska Air Group Inc. is well positioned to pull off the industry's last large acquisition on its way to becoming a nationwide…
WISeQey's Subsidiary WISeSat.Space, a Space Technology Company, Completes Business Combination with Columbus Acquisition Corporation
WISeQey's Subsidiary WISeSat.Space, a Space Technology Company, Completes Business Combination with Columbus Acquisition Corporation WISeSat.Space Ordinary Shares Begin Trading on Nasdaq Under Ticker Symbol “SAIQ” Listing Marks a New…
WISeSat.Space, a Space Technology Company, Closes Business Combination with Columbus Acquisition Corporation
WISeSat.Space Ordinary Shares to Begin Trading on Nasdaq on October 2 Listing Marks a New Chapter in the Company's Mission to Bring Cybersecurity to Space and Deliver Trusted Satellite Connectivity WISeSat.Space to Celebrate Milestone with Nasdaq…
Paramount to Change Name to Skydance After Merger Is Complete
Paramount Skydance Corp. will change its name to Skydance once it acquires Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Paramount Chief Executive Officer David Ellison said in a social media post Friday that he didn't want the new corporate identity to diminish or…
Israeli businessman appointed to lead operations amid Paramount-Warner merger
Jewish entertainment mogul David Ellison has appointed an Israeli businessman to help lead operations at the new company being created by his controversial merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. The move came days after a settlement…
Space Monitoring Firm NorthStar Goes Public After SPAC Merger
Shares of space surveillance provider NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. dropped as much as 45% on its first trading day on the New York Stock Exchange after merging with a blank-check company. The Montreal-based firm says its system — using…
Flowco Holdings Inc. (FLOC) M&A Call Transcript
Flowco Holdings Inc. (FLOC) M&A Call October 2, 2026 7:30 AM EDT Andrew Leonpacher - VP of Finance, Corporate Development & Investor Relations Joseph Edwards - President, CEO & Director Phillip Jungwirth - BMO Capital Markets Equity Research Arun…
Billionaire Collector of Legendary Studio Names Uses None of Them
With more than a little help from his father's piggy bank, David Ellison started Skydance in 2006, and it was… fine, as far as production companies go. Not exactly a brand with a historic legacy, but it had some hits. Now, post-merger and…
She Launched Her Brand With $300 and a Sewing Machine. Then She Bootstrapped It to a 7-Figure Acquisition.
Jessica Liao Mayers launched Slate Swim in 2015 with $300, a sewing machine and made-to-order products. Slate's minimalist, seamless swimwear stood out because Mayers resisted chasing trends. Mayers bootstrapped the company, putting revenue back…
James Gunn & DCU Safe After Paramount/WB Merger (For Now)
There's an intensity in the entertainment world right now as the merger of two giants threatens jobs, IPs, and the diversity of voices in the industry. There's a lot of unknown variables. But for now, it seems like one beloved cinematic project…
James Gunn & Peter Safran Staying At DC Studios After WBD Merger
James Gunn and Peter Safran, the bosses of Warner Bros-owned label DC Studios, will continue to lead the film, TV and comic book production hub and do what they do best after Paramount closes its acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. Once upon a…
International Insider: Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Welcome, welcome Insiders. Max Goldbart here taking you through a week in which one of the biggest entertainment deals of this century was waved through. Read on. And sign up here. C-suite winners and losers: In the end it all happened quite…
Paramount CEO asks Mark Thompson to stay on at CNN after the merger. Will he? - Poynter
The big mega media deal of Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery is expected to be finalized next week. Paramount owns CBS News and Warner Bros. Discovery owns CNN. So the big question in media circles is what's to become of CNN when the…
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