Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery

David Ellison Unveils Skydance Team Who Will Run Paramount-Warner Bros. Empire

Skydance announced the executive leadership for the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery.

The Hollywood Reporter•Alex Weprin5 Oct

David Ellison Names Skydance Corp.’s New Leadership Team for Movies, TV, Streaming and More

David Ellison, on the eve of officially closing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger to form Skydance Corp., has announced his picks for the senior execs to run his new company.

Variety•Todd Spangler5 Oct

Channing Dungey Poised For Expanded Post-Merger Role Overseeing Paramount & WBD Cable Networks – The Dish

EXCLUSIVE: In addition to Casey Bloys and George Cheeks, the television/streaming structure of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros.

Deadline•Nellie Andreeva5 Oct

Post-Merger Skydance Keeping Both HBO Max & Paramount+ Streaming Brands

More indication that the newly-christened combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery company would bundle the two flagship streamers, Paramount+ and HBO Max, instead of merging them into one.

Deadline•Nellie Andreeva3 Oct

New Name of Paramount-Warner Bros. Unveiled: Skydance

The soon-to-merge Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery officially has a name: It’s simply going to be “Skydance,” according to chairman and CEO David Ellison.

Variety•Todd Spangler2 Oct

• critical toward Paramount-Warner Bros · 78%

Ynon Kreiz, as Co-CEO of Paramount, to Receive Pay Package Worth More Than $46.5 Million

Ynon Kreiz, as David Ellison’s right-hand man at the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, is getting a big pay bump over his pay package as CEO of Mattel. Kreiz, 61, signed an initial five-year employment contract with Paramount. He starts Oct.

Variety•Todd Spangler1 Oct

• neutral toward Ynon Kreiz · 99%

Analysis-David Ellison's appointment of Kreiz brings cost-cutter to Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery

• critical toward Ynon Kreiz · 92%

Mark Ruffalo Slams Approved ParaBros Merger: “Bad Deal For This Country”

Mark Ruffalo has been one of the fiercest critics of the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger, and after the deal became a reality Wednesday, the man who plays the Incredible Hulk in the MCU came out swinging.

Deadline•Dominic Patten1 Oct

• neutral toward Mark Ruffalo · 93%

David Ellison just picked Mattel's Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO of the merged Paramount-WBD

David Ellison will share the reins of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery with former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz.

Business Insider•James Faris (jfaris@businessinsider.com)30 Sept

• neutral toward Mattel · 99%

Block The Merger Coalition Asks Judge To Give Them Time To Formally Oppose Settlement Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Lawsuit

A coalition of groups opposed to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is asking a federal judge to set a briefing schedule so they can formally object to a proposed settlement as too weak.

Deadline•Ted Johnson24 Sept

Will the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger be Hollywood's undoing?

Now that Paramount has an antitrust suit, the way is clear for a merger. But many say the deal will be the unmaking of Hollywood. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with screenwriter and showrunner Mike Schur.

NPR•Scott Detrow23 Sept

Judge Sets Hearing On State AGs’ Settlement With Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery

A federal judge has set a hearing for Thursday on the proposed settlement between state attorneys general and Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin set the hearing for 11 a.m. PT via Zoom.

Deadline•Ted Johnson22 Sept

Cory Booker Slams Paramount-WBD Merger Settlement But Blames Company And DOJ, Not State AGs

Sen. Cory Booker (D-CA) weighed in on the proposed settlement reached between Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery and state attorneys general, criticizing the agreement yet casting blame on the David Ellison-run company and the Justice Department.

Deadline•Ted Johnson22 Sept

• neutral toward DOJ · 95%

Paramount Settlement Protects Pluto TV, Sets BET & Comedy Central As Potential Divesture Targets While Omitting Premium Channels & TV Studios

Here is a concession no one really asked for — the settlement of state attorneys generals’ anti-trust lawsuit over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros.

Deadline•Nellie Andreeva22 Sept