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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Stock Soars as $70 Billion‑Plus Takeover Race Heats Up – Paramount, Netflix & Comcast Face Bid Deadline

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Stock Soars as $70 Billion‑Plus Takeover Race Heats Up – Paramount, Netflix & Comcast Face Bid Deadline

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) is at the center of one of the biggest media takeover battles in years, with Hollywood studios, tech streamers and Gulf sovereign wealth funds all circling the owner of HBO, CNN and the DC Universe. As first‑round bids are due on 20 November, Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is pushing for a higher price, investors are piling into the stock and new reports keep reshaping the narrative almost by the hour. Reuters+1 At early afternoon trading today, WBD shares traded around $23.69, up just over 4% on the day, giving the company a market capitalization
19 November 2025
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Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ: PSKY) Jumps on First Post‑Merger Earnings: $1.5B Content Push, $3B Cost Cuts, Paramount+ Price Hike — 11/11/2025

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ: PSKY) Jumps on First Post‑Merger Earnings: $1.5B Content Push, $3B Cost Cuts, Paramount+ Price Hike — 11/11/2025

Paramount Skydance Corporation reported its first results since the Skydance–Paramount merger and the stock rallied after management laid out a bigger streaming-and-studios investment plan and raised its cost‑savings target. Shares were up ~5.5% today as CEO David Ellison emphasized a tech‑forward overhaul, a fatter content slate, and a sharper path to profitability. Reuters Quick take (today) What happened on November 11, 2025 Stock reaction & strategy. Investors bid PSKY higher after management raised its savings target to $3B, laid out >$1.5B in incremental 2026 programming investments, and reiterated a push to unify streaming platforms and ramp to ~15 theatrical releases
11 November 2025
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Paramount Slashes 1,000 Jobs as New CEO Eyes $60 B Warner Bros. Takeover

Paramount Slashes 1,000 Jobs as New CEO Eyes $60 B Warner Bros. Takeover

Layoffs Under Ellison’s New Regime Just two months after Skydance Media’s $8+ billion takeover of Paramount Global, the combined company – now Paramount Skydance Corp. – is undertaking one of the entertainment industry’s largest recent staff reductions reuters.com theguardian.com. On Wednesday (Oct. 29), CEO David Ellison kicked off the first phase: roughly 1,000 layoffs across U.S. operations spanning film, TV, streaming, and corporate units reuters.com. Additional cuts bringing the total to about 2,000 jobs eliminated are expected in the coming weeks abcnews.go.com. Ellison, 40, assumed leadership of Paramount Skydance after orchestrating the merger in August, which made him the latest Hollywood mogul
29 October 2025
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