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Who is David Ellison? Heir to the Oracle fortune celebrates clinching $28B Paramount deal

Oracle founder Larry Ellison’s son, David Ellison, announced he reached terms to acquire a controlling stake in Paramount.

Fortune

David Ellison Spells Out Goals for ‘New Paramount’

Plan is to create a media-technology hybrid and cut costs by $2 billion

Multichannel News

Skydance, Paramount to Merge in $8B Deal

Merged venture, named ‘New Paramount’ will be led by David Ellison as Chairman/CEO and Jeff Shell as President

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It's Official: Skydance Media And Paramount Global Announce Merger In Groundbreaking Deal

Shari Redstone, Paramount's non-executive chair, will relinquish the family's controlling stake through a complex transaction that will lead to the merger.

International Business Times

Hollywood studio Paramount agrees $28bn merger with Skydance

End to Redstone family’s involvement in media group, which also owns CBS, Nickelodeon and the UK’s Channel 5

The Guardian - UK

Entertainment giant Paramount agrees to a merger with Skydance

Entertainment giant Paramount, which owns CBS and was behind blockbuster films such as “Top Gun” and “The Godfather” has agreed to merge with Skydance

The Independent UK

Paramount Global Agrees to Merge with David Ellison’s Skydance, Jeff Shell Named President

Complex deal is valued at around $8 billion and will take control over Par out of Redstone hands for the first time since 1987

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Reports: David Ellison Nears New Deal for Paramount

Ellison’s Skydance Media would pay $1.75B for Paramount’s holding company National Amusements

TV Tech

National Amusements Strikes Preliminary Deal To Sell Paramount Stake To Skydance Media

The proposed new deal, valued at $1.75 billion, involves Skydance acquiring National Amusements' 77% voting shares in Paramount.

International Business Times

David Ellison Forges New Agreement To Buy Paramount Holding Company National Amusements

Two sides also reportedly agree to 45-day period during which NAI and the Redstone family can shop for better offers

Broadcasting & Cable

Is Charles Barkley's Retirement Declaration Believable … or Bluff?

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we examine the Rube Goldberg workings of Skydance's doomed Paramount purchase, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss' unseemly ghosting of NBA GOAT Jerry West, and some cool trinkets from Apple's World Wide Developers Conference

Broadcasting & Cable

Paramount Ends Merger Talks With Skydance Amid Dispute Over 'Noneconomic Terms'

The deal was on the verge of completion when National Amusements' lawyers sent an email to Paramount's special committee, announcing the termination of talks.

International Business Times

Paramount Global owner calls off merger talks with Skydance Media

National Amusements, which owns a majority voting stake in the embattled entertainment giant Paramount Global, says it has ended talks on a possible merger of Paramount with movie production company Skydance Media

The Independent UK

Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Says Paramount-Skydance Deal is Dead

Statement from family holding company says they were ‘not able to reach mutually acceptable terms'

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Paramount, Skydance Deal Collapses

Parent company National Amusements has issued a statement saying they were "not been able to reach mutually acceptable terms"

Fortune

Bob Iger schooled him on Disney's grand theory of IP. Now Gerry Cardinale is backing Skydance Media's $8 billion bid for Paramount Global

Cardinale's RedBird Capital Partners is an "IP monetization engine" that has partnered with celebrities from LeBron James to Ben Affleck. “I think he's focused on world domination,” says one collaborator.

The Guardian - US

Hollywood giant Paramount Global braces for new era as bidders circle

Chair Shari Redstone weighs future of media empire behind Paramount Pictures, CBS and UK’s Channel 5

Multichannel News

Awaiting Buyout, Paramount Execs Lay Out Plans For Cost-Cutting, Streaming Joint Ventures at Annual Meeting

No word on expected deal with Skydance

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International Business Times

Paramount, Skydance Reach Merger Agreement: Report

Once the deal is closed, two-thirds of Paramount would be co-owned by Skydance and RedBird.

Multichannel News

Paramount Agrees To Merger Terms With Skydance, Private Equity: Report

About half of class-B stockholders get $15 a share

Broadcasting & Cable

David Zaslav Sidesteps NBA and Paramount M&A Questions at Milken Conference, Bombastically Declares That Exec Pay Should Align With Stock Price

‘We love the NBA,’ the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO said

Broadcasting & Cable

Why Audiences Have Turned on Jerry Seinfeld and Other Mysteries of the Media-Entertainment Cosmos

Our latest ‘Next Text’ also ponders, is the NBA In-Season Tournament dead … like TNT? And when addressing Paramount’s ‘Office of the CEO,’ which set of eyes do you look into?

The Guardian - US

Sony and Apollo reportedly make $26bn offer for Paramount

Shares in media giant, whose chief executive Bob Bakish was this week ousted amid reports of clash with Shari Redstone, spike 12%

Multichannel News

Paramount Stock Jumps on Report of $26 Billion Bid From Sony Pictures and Apollo Global

Potentially rivals offer from Skydance Media favored by chair Shari Redstone

Broadcasting & Cable

Are Kenny, Chuckster and 'Inside the NBA' Moving to Amazon?

Also in our latest 'Next Text,' we mark our calendars for FX and Hulu's 'Clipped,' break down the latest on the Paramount sale, and we take fixed wireless and cable mobile to the ol' gravel pit where they belong

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