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Three Paramount board members to step down amid talks to merge with Skydance: report

Four members of Shari Redstone’s Paramount Global board are expected to step down from the entertainment giant amid merger talks with Skydance Media. The Wall Street Journal reported This was disclosed on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the situation. A person familiar with the matter told Reuters earlier this month that Paramount’s board of […]

Paramount investor rips Shari Redstone’s deal to sell media giant

Investors in Paramount Global have slammed Shari Redstone over a deal to sell the company to Skydance Media, claiming the heiress is trying to line her own pockets at the expense of public shareholders. Matrix Asset Advisors implored Paramount’s board in a letter Monday to reject Skydance’s proposed merger with the media giant, calling it […]

Paramount reportedly could acquire Skydance in $5 billion all-stock deal

A deal between Paramount Global and Skydance Media could see the media conglomerate acquire the independent studio in an all-stock deal worth about $5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Under the terms being discussed, National Amusements, which controls Paramount, would receive more than $2 billion in cash in the first phase of the […]

Paramount Global board discusses exclusive sale talks with Skydance: report

Paramount Global, the prestigious Hollywood studio home to Paramount Pictures, CBS, MTV and other cable networks, is reportedly considering entering into exclusive negotiations with Skydance. If they enter into exclusive negotiations, they will work with media mogul Shari Redstone, who owns a controlling interest in the media giant through her stake in National Amusements, and […]

Paramount, Skydance in talks about possible merger: Report

Media companies Paramount and Skydance are in talks about a potential merger, according to a new report. The two companies have been in talks about a potential deal in recent weeks. The New York Times reported Tuesday noted that entertainment mogul and Skydance founder David Ellison met with Paramount’s board to discuss his vision for […]

Apollo offers $11B for Paramount Pictures studio

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management has made an $11 billion offer to wrest Paramount Global’s Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures from media heiress Shari Redstone’s debt-ridden remaining company. It is reported that he did. The surprising offer comes as an independent committee of the company’s board of directors considers a competing bid from Skydance Media […]

Zucker and Shell in talks with Paramount as ousted execs eye network TV return

Jeff and Jeff, or Jeff Shell and Jeff Zucker, may be returning to network TV sometime soon. Both men, who were forced out of their jobs at NBCUniversal and CNN over sex scandals, are now at private equity firm Redbird Capital, which is run by Shari Redstone’s management. Skydance Media’s ongoing plot to take over […]