WorldPingParamount Skydance and Warner Bros.
Discovery have officially merged into Skydance Corp.
And the top leaders have notified the new company’s staffers that layoffs are in the offing.
Release schedules, box office and industry deals show where audience attention and studio money are moving next.
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Skydance Credit Rating Cut By Fitch Citing Heavy Debt Load, Integration, Execution Risk
Anonymous Content Partners Tony Lipp & Dara Gordon Leaving Company After More Than A Decade
Skydance Credit Rating Downgraded by Fitch on Massive Debt in Wake of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
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WorldPingThe new Skydance’s ability to repay its massive debt following the megamerger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is being called into question by credit rating agency Fitch.
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The deal brings together two major streaming platforms, Paramount+ and HBO Max, along with networks including CBS, CNN, MTV, TBS, Comedy Central, and Food Network.
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WorldPingEXCLUSIVE: Tony Lipp and Dara Gordon, talent managers and partners at Anonymous Content, will be leaving at the end of the year when their contracts are up after the company opted not to renew them.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
WorldPingFitch has cut its debt rating on the new Skydance citing “significant execution and integration risks” and higher leverage of a merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal formally closed Tuesday.
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WorldPingThe newly created Skydance has extended and expanded employment agreements for key corporate executives including CEO David Ellison, President Andrew Brandon-Gordon, CFO Dennis Cinelli and Chief Legal Officer Makan Delrahim.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
The combined company now has the scale to take on Netflix and Disney, but little room for error as it balances massive spending on film and TV with servicing its crushing financial obligations.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Hollywood Reporter
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