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# HBO moves fast while rest of new Skydance braces for cuts
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/hbo-moves-fast-while-rest-of-new-skydance-braces-for-cuts/
- Published: 2026-10-08T22:58:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-09T00:07:06.000Z
- Description: The Ankler’s Lesley Goldberg reports agency sources say Casey Bloys’ HBO team has been unusually aggressive in the first 48 hours after the Skydance-Paramount-WBD merger closed, even as Ellison must still find six billion dollars in promised synergies.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Lesley Goldberg, Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery and becomes Skydance

**Why it matters.** Agents read HBO’s early spending spree as a signal of where Ellison will protect investment, strengthening Bloys’ hand as layoffs and a Paramount+/HBO Max merger loom elsewhere.

*Signal from* [*The Ankler*](https://theankler.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Lesley Goldberg*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-lesley-goldberg/) *·* [*read the original*](https://theankler.com/48-hours-hbo-comes-in-hot-to-market-even-as-skydance-shudders/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*