HBO moves fast while rest of new Skydance braces for cuts
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.
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 · Lesley Goldberg · read the original.
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