Paramount Global and Skydance have agreed on terms of a merger between the two entertainment companies that's valued at $8 billion, according to a report. Skydance, the media company founded by David Ellison, has agreed under the proposed deal with a Paramount special committee to pay $2 billion for Paramount's parent company, National Amusements, which is controlled by majority stakeholder Shari Redstone, according to CNBC. As part of the deal, Skydance will buy out nearly half of Paramount's class B share ...

This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. Paramount and Skydance have agreed to terms of a merger, which will likely be announced in the coming days, CNBC's David Faber reported Monday. The Paramount logo is displayed at Columbia Square along Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, California on March 9, 2023. ...

The David Ellison-led Skydance, which has been in the running for months to take control of Paramount, had sweetened its offer in recent days in order to assuage the concerns of non-voting shareholders. In the current scenario, those shareholders would be in line to receive $15 a share, a 26% premium over the company's stock price as of Friday. Sources familiar with the discussions confirmed the proposed terms to Deadline after The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg had reported them earlier Sunday. As Param ...

Skydance Media has submitted a sweetened offer for Paramount Global, according to a person familiar with the matter. The new deal improves terms for both classes of Paramount shareholders, and provides more cash, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Specific details of the offer could not immediately be determined. David Ellison's Skydance Media has been in talks to buy Paramount for several months. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/Shutterstock A spokesman for a special committee of the ...

David Ellison's Skydance has sweetened its offer to acquire Paramount Global, Deadline has learned, in an attempt to make it more palatable to the company's Class B stockholders. Shareholders have trashed the outlines of a previous deal and threatened to sue. Ellison's original offer was to buy out Par's controlling shareholder Shari Redstone for a significant premium, resulting in a windfall for her, and then merge Skydance into Paramount keeping the combined company public. Stockholders wanted to be bough ...

In a highly anticipated announcement, Paramount Global and Charter Communications said they're extending their longstanding partnership with a multi-year distribution agreement for Paramount's full portfolio of linear cable networks, CBS owned-and-operated broadcast stations and direct-to-consumer streaming services. In addition to CBS, subscribers to Charter's Spectrum will keep BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount Network, as well as premium service Paramount+ with Showtime. In a new twist ...

And no, the fact that Warren Buffett made the exact same mistake as me doesn't help much, either. Mr. Buffett and I are about to part ways, anyway. He is now completely sold out of Paramount, while I am hanging in. Yes, I am still buying. Get all the ribbing out of your systems, and then read on. Although a few rounds remain to be played in the game, it is no longer inconceivable that none of the various deal permutations that have been put forward for Paramount will pan out, and that it will continue as an ...

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Paramount Global's EVP, Chief Communications and Corporate Marketing Officer Julia Phelps will leave the company at the end of May. Paramount is in a tumultuous period now as the company controlled by Shari Redstone juggles two suitors and saw its CEO pushed out earlier this month. Film studio and Nickelodeon chief Robbins along with CBS boss George Cheeks, and Chris McCarthy, head of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, are now operating a joint office of the CEO. MORE Phelps al ...