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.
Release schedules, box office and industry deals show where audience attention and studio money are moving next.
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Skydance Bumps Pay, Extends Contracts For Top Execs; New Bonuses For WBD Brass
Skydance Credit Rating Cut By Fitch Citing Heavy Debt Load, Integration, Execution Risk
Skydance Credit Rating Downgraded by Fitch on Massive Debt in Wake of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Warner Bros. Water Tower Already Repainted to Add ‘A Skydance Corporation’ After Merger Closes
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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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WorldPingDavid Ellison wasted no time in adding the Skydance name to the iconic Warner Bros. water tower in Burbank. On Tuesday morning, shortly after Paramount officially closed its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros.
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WorldPingParamount now owns Warner Bros. as last-ditch effort to stop $111B merger fails.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
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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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.
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WorldPingSkydance will combine HBO Max and Paramount+ into a single streaming service — full report at Engadget.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Engadget
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