Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger latest

Last updated on October 2nd 2025:

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Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - Hollywood Reporter: Dan Rather Warns Paramount Buying Warner Bros. Discovery “Would Change CNN Forever”

Story from Hollywood Reporter:

Longtime CBS Evening News anchor and regular 60 Minutes contributor Dan Rather does not like what he sees happening at — and to — his old employer.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - New York Post: Warner Bros. Discovery shares spike as CEO David Zaslav shops media group around — setting up bidding war for Paramount Skydance

Story from New York Post:

David Zaslav wants a bidding war for his media conglomerate — and investors say “bring it on!”

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - New York Post: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav wants bidding war for his media giant — even as Paramount Skydance plans takeover offer

Story from New York Post:

Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav is looking to set up a bidding war for his media conglomerate – even as David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance plans a multibillion-dollar takeover offer, The Post has learned.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - Cord Cutters: Warner Bros. Discovery Hopes Amazon, Apple, or Netflix Will Buy Its Struggling Company

Story from Cord Cutters News:

The media industry is undergoing a seismic shift as Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief executive, David Zaslav, maneuvers to ignite a fierce bidding war for his sprawling conglomerate, even while David Ellison’s freshly merged Paramount Skydance gears up for a massive multibillion-dollar acquisition push to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - Variety: Why Does David Ellison Want Paramount to Swallow Warner Bros. Discovery Whole? To Beat Rival Suitors to the Punch

Story from Variety:

David Ellison’s Skydance Media just completed the $8 billion takeover of Paramount Global five weeks ago.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - New York Post: Sizing Up A Possible Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger, Hollywood Wonders If This Episode Is A Repeat

Story from Deadline:

News that Paramount is exploring a bid for all of Warner Bros. Discovery, just weeks after closing its merger with Skydance, has bent a few brains from Wall Street to Hollywood despite recent speculation that something was in motion.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - New York Post; The Larry and David show: Flush Ellisons set sights on Warner Bros. Discovery

Story from New York Post:

Look no further than David Ellison’s father for reasons number one, two and three behind Paramount Skydance’s reportedly likely and imminent bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery Shares Spike on Report David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance Readying Acquisition Bid

Story from Variety:

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery shot up as much as 33% Thursday on a report by the Wall Street Journal that Paramount Skydance is prepping a takeover bid of Warner Bros. Discovery in its entirety.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - Deadline: Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Soars Amid Report of David Ellison Offer

Story from Hollywood Reporter:

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders finally have a growth stock on their hands — for today, anyway.

Warner Bros. Discovery/Paramount Skydance Corporation merger - Deadline: Paramount Exploring Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

Story from Deadline:

The just merged Paramount Skydance is exploring a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, heralding potentially more change in an entertainment landscape that’s seeing rapid shifts.