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Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Will Be 38.5% Owned by Middle Eastern Funds Following Close: Filing

27 April 2026 at 21:19
Paramount Skydance said the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors, with about 38.5% of the equity in the new company held by a trio of Middle Eastern funds. In a filing Monday with the FCC, Paramount said Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will have a 15.1% equity stake; the United […]

CBS News’ Bari Weiss, Norah O’Donnell Among Attendees at David Ellison’s Dinner Party ‘Honoring’ Donald Trump and the First Amendment

24 April 2026 at 23:18
President Donald Trump delivered remarks for about an hour at the dinner party David Ellison hosted in Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening “honoring” Trump — and intended to celebrate the First Amendment, sources told Variety. Ellison organized the event in Trump’s honor (as well as to recognize CBS News’ White House reporters) as his Paramount […]

Paramount CEO David Ellison’s Pay in 2025 Was $63.2 Million, Former President Jeff Shell Had $60.7 Million in Compensation

24 April 2026 at 21:17
Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison, who is in the midst of trying close a massive deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, had a pay package worth $63.2 million last year — mostly in stock that vests over five years. Jeff Shell, who resigned as Paramount’s president earlier this month to “focus” on a […]

Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. after fiery Netflix battle

23 April 2026 at 16:44
🚢 Plus: Trump orders Navy to ‘shoot and kill’ mine-laying boats {beacon} Happy Thursday. Did you miss the first drop of Olympic tickets? Well, the lottery just opened for the second ticket drop! Does anyone have any tips for how to get women’s gymnastics tickets? 🤞   In today's issue: Warner Bros. Discovery votes to...

LISTEN: Why the Warner Bros.-Paramount Skydance Sale ‘Symbolizes Big Changes in the Industry’

22 April 2026 at 19:20
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, breaks down the Warner Bros. Discovery sale saga as the company’s shareholders prepare to vote on the sale to Paramount Skydance. Gordon, who studies mergers and acquisitions and has used Warner Bros. Discovery as a […]

LISTEN: Hollywood Marshals Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger — Will It Matter?; ‘Lorne’ Measures the Man Behind ‘SNL’

16 April 2026 at 18:08
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Todd Spangler details the growing opposition within media and entertainment to Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. And Marc Malkin talks to documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville about his Focus Features documentary “Lorne,” about the enigmatic “Saturday Night Live” leader. Actor Mark Ruffalo delivered a passionate statement via […]

Mark Ruffalo Blasts Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger at Senate Hearing: ‘Don’t Trust Empty Promises from Billionaires’

15 April 2026 at 20:22
Mark Ruffalo warned of “devastating” effects on film, TV and the news media if Paramount Skydance completes its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Ruffalo, who is among the 2,000-plus Hollywood signatories of an open letter seeking to block the deal, spoke Wednesday via videoconference at a hearing called by Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), the […]

Paramount CEO David Ellison Can’t Attend Senate Hearing on Warner Bros. Merger Because of Death in the Family, Company Says

15 April 2026 at 12:51
Sen. Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, is holding a “spotlight hearing” Wednesday in Washington about Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. David Ellison, Paramount’s chairman and CEO, will not be able to attend the hearing because of a death in the family, according to the company. “Regretfully, Mr. Ellison […]

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