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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…
Regional banks in northern Japan to consider three-way merger
Three regional banks in northern Japan are set to begin merger talks, people familiar with the matter have said, in a fresh sign that industry consolidation is gaining momentum as the population declines. Aomori Michinoku Bank, Bank of Iwate and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
NBCU's Donna Langley On Industry Mergers, Taylor Sheridan, And The Road to 2027
Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios, is not a fan of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery combining. “I think it is bad. I think it's bad for everything,” she said bluntly, addressing the feature film…
Hollywood Dealmakers Eye Creators as Mega-Merger Options Dwindle
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Hollywood's pool of potential mega-mergers is shrinking, pushing dealmakers toward a more fragmented corner of the business: creators, intellectual property and smaller entertainment companies that…
HBO/HBO Max & Paramount+: Casey Bloys on Their Post-Merger Future
Posted in: HBO, Max, Movies, Paramount+, TV | Tagged: HBO, hbo max, paramount Rumored new head of HBO/HBO Max and Paramount+, Casey Bloys, discussed what the future could hold after the merger becomes official. HBO chief Casey Bloys addressed buzz…
Woody Allen's Madrid Film, King Charles and Ozzy Osbourne, AI, Microdrama and M&A: Iberseries Wrap
The sixth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid, Spain's capital brought together industry folks from around the world again for debates, pitches, other business and networking. The rise of AI and microdramas was one of the themes of…
Warner Bros. Discovery And Paramount Merger Is Official As New Company Name Is Announced
According to a report from the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has been given the green light to spend $111 billion dollars to acquire Warner Bros. The deal is expected to close on October 6, 2026, creating an entertainment behemoth that frightens…
James Gunn's Warner Bros. Fate Confirmed Amid Looming Merger
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. The future of the DC Universe has just received a crucial update as Warner Bros. and Paramount are set to merge.
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