Skydance officially launches, merging Paramount with Warner Bros. Discovery
TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman reports Skydance launches this week as a public company (SKYD), merging Paramount with Warner Bros. Discovery under CEO David Ellison, who must cut $6 billion in costs while carrying $80 billion in debt.
Why it matters. Rivals and regulators now watch whether Ellison can integrate two studios and hit mandated output levels while slashing costs, a precedent for whether debt-fueled media consolidation can actually work.
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