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  "id": 12383734,
  "title": "Paramount and Warner Bros are now one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here’s how we got here",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/paramount-and-warner-bros-are-now-one-hollywood-giant-skydance-heres",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T12:54:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/06/paramount-and-warner-bros-to-become-one-hollywood-giant-skydance-heres-how-we-got-here/"
  },
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  "account": "Skydance-owned Paramount has successfully completed its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a new Hollywood giant known simply as \"Skydance.\" The merger combines two of America's most established moviemaking studios, alongside HBO Max titles ranging from \"Harry Potter\" to \"The Godfather,\" and networks like CNN, CBS, and Paramount+. The deal sees billionaire David Ellison and his co-CEO Ynon Kreiz taking the reins of the newly formed company. This consolidation of power in the industry comes after a tumultuous year-long battle over Warner's fate, with Netflix initially being a competing suitor before dropping out in favor of Skydance-owned Paramount. Despite opposition from numerous Hollywood figures, including celebrities like Jane Fonda and James Cameron, as well as critics of the merger, the deal has been praised by Ellison, who emphasized the promise of the future in a statement to AP.",
  "summary": "CHICAGO (AP) — It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.",
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        "title": "Paramount and Warner Bros are now one Hollywood giant: Skydance. Here’s how we got here",
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        "title": "Paramount closes $110B deal with Warner Bros. Discovery after months of wrangling",
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        "title": "How Paramount, Warner Bros made Skydance",
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        "title": "Paramount closes deal to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery",
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        "published": "2026-10-06T13:45:45.000Z"
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        "title": "Paramount and Warner Bros merge into one Hollywood giant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/paramount-and-warner-bros-merge-into-one-hollywood-giant",
        "published": "2026-10-06T14:18:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Le Monde Economie",
        "title": "Paramount finalise le rachat de Warner Bros Discovery pour 110 milliards de dollars, créant un nouvel empire du cinéma et de la télévision",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/paramount-finalise-le-rachat-de-warner-bros-discovery-pour-110",
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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