Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery

kept by eddie oct 09

Paramount Skydance completed its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery after receiving regulatory clearance, forming a new entertainment conglomerate that will control extensive film, TV, and streaming assets.

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