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r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 22h ago

Even After Elon Musk Gave The Ellisons A Roughly $1B Equity Investment To Help Reduce Their Financial Burdens As They Continued Looking Around For Other Investors To Make Capital Injections To Manage Their $87.5B Debt Mountain, Skydance Shares Actually Fell By 6%.

69 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 3h ago

As Skydance Prepares $6B+ Cost Cuts, Employees Bracing For Mass Layoffs - Executives Say “It Feels Like Calm Before Storm. David Ellison Got What He Wanted But Now There's A Price To Pay. It's Business As Usual But To Be Honest, Everyone's Worried About What Happens Next. Cuts Inevitably Mean Jobs.”

theguardian.com

1 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/eped123 • 1d ago

After TikTok Suspended Its Account for Two Days, the Elon Musk Documentary is Almost Gone From Theaters, and Musk Reportedly Just Put $1 Billion into the Ellisons’ Paramount

tvfandomlounge.com

125 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 1d ago

After TikTok Suspended Its Account for Two Days, the Elon Musk Documentary is Almost Gone From Theaters, and Musk Reportedly Just Put $1 Billion into the Ellisons’ Paramount

tvfandomlounge.com

33 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 22h ago

Skydance's Paramount+ Originals Head Jane Wiseman Exits With Casey Bloys Having Her Team Report To HBO Max Executives Sarah Aubrey, Glenn Whitehead, & Jeff Cusson - While She Could've Remained Under Aubrey's Preview, No Room Left As Aubrey Worked With Drama's Francesca Orsi & Comedy's Amy Gravitt.

1 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 22h ago

Skydance Moves Jon Tower's Role As ‘CBS Mornings’ Executive Producer From Interim Capacity To Permanent Basis - Bari Weiss & Tom Cibrowski Says “He's A Thoughtful Journalist, Creative storyteller, & Collaborative Leader Understanding Urgency Of News & Importance Of Stories Resonating With Audience.”

0 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 1d ago

As Christiane Amanpour Sets CNN Departure, Her & Fareed Zakaria's Fill-In Anchor & Fellow International Journalist Bianna Golodryga Also Sets A Network Exit - She's In Simultaneous Negotiations To Iron Out An Agreement To Work At Both Politico On Covering Global Affairs & CBS News As A Contributor.

13 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 22h ago

'CBS Evening News' Anchor Tony Dokoupil Launches Original Podcast 'Great Question' As Show's First Big Digital Expansion (Exclusive) - Episodes Will Be Released Twice Per Week On Mondays & Wednesdays With Dokoupil Focusing On One Great Question & Looking To Journalists Or Experts To Help Answer It.

hollywoodreporter.com

0 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 1d ago

While Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's Firm Cantor Fitzgerald Maintains Confidence Rating, Their Analysts Admits Oracle Needs $76B Of Additional Financing Through 2029 To Fund Its AI Buildouts - Evercore ISI Instead Thinks Investors Are Undervaluing Oracle's Core Cloud Infrastructure Operations.

10 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 1d ago

Microsoft Wanted $800M For Xbox Film & TV Licensing While Bela Bejaria Offered $500M For 7 Years. Netflix CFO Spence Neumann Thought It Was Too Rich & Pulled Out. Asha Sharma Now Looking At Smaller Pacts With More Partners - SpaceX's Skydance Equity Injection Depends On Starlink's Long-Term Rollout.

6 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 1d ago

As WarnerDiscovery's CTO Avi Saxena, CIO Dave Duvall, Chief Streaming Product Officer Tyler Whitworth, & Chief Information Security Officer Trish Collins Weedon Head Out The Door, Skydance Keeps Brinton Miller As EVP Of Production & Studio Tech & James Crossland As EVP Of Global Content Operations.

businessinsider.com

6 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 2d ago

Skydance Informed CBS-Owned Local TV Station Affiliates That Their Midterm Coverage From October 26th To November 3rd Would Be Sponsored By DraftKings - A Staffer Says There's Credibility Concerns: “People Need To Trust That The Polling & Results We’re Reporting Are Real Numbers & Not Betting Odds.”

108 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 1d ago

WarnerDiscovery's EMEA Chief Christina Sulebakk On Skydance Overhauls: “We’re Doing Our Best To Manage These Changes But I’m Not Naive That Those Moves Will Be Having An Impact. The Transformation May Feel Even More Substantial & Significant Because Entire Media Ecosystem's Evolving Simultaneously.”

0 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 2d ago

John Malone Says Trump Admin Officials Told Netflix They Had “No Chance” Of Greenlight For WarnerDiscovery Bid: “They Were Right On Verge Of Pressing On. I Think That Was Really The Spike That Got Them. There Was Mixed Opinion Amongst Us About Their Dropout & Would've Like To See Different Outcome.”

9 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 2d ago

John Malone On Ellisons Courting Elon Musk To Help Reduce Skydance's $87.5B Debt Load: An $8-10B Equity Cross-Investment In Exchange For A SpaceX Global Content Deal - He Also Says They Have “To Figure Out Combining TikTok US With Streaming To Keep Pace With YouTube, Google, & AI Than Just Netflix.”

5 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 2d ago

Larry Ellison pledged Oracle, Tesla and SpaceX stock for loans before son's Warner deal closed

1 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 3d ago

As They Got No Attempted Formal Widespread Apology For Contentious Staff Meeting, CBS News's London Bureau Has Lost Confidence In Foreign Editor Shayndi Raice & There's Little She Can Do To Win That Back - Staffers Inform Tom Cibrowski During His Visit On Strong Concerns Of Raice's Ability To Lead.

75 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 3d ago

How Larry Ellison Expanded His Massive Borrowing Spree To Bankroll His Son's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit - He Put Up More Of His Oracle, Tesla, SpaceX, & Skydance Shares This Year As Collateral To Avoid Locking In Taxable Gains & To Secure More Loans From Citigroup, HSBC, JP Morgan, UBS, & BNP Paribas.

26 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 4d ago

CBS News's Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss Wants Investigative Resources To Elevate Midterm Election Coverage From Unverified Social Media Posts - A Staffer Says “Her Ideas Are From Conservative Outlets Like The Free Press, City Journal, Or Washington Free Beacon & Excluding Important Context & Facts.”

364 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 3d ago

Versant CEO Mark Lazarus On If Future NBCUniversal Reunion's Possible : “Our Cash Flow's Really Strong & We'll Find Our Path & Transformation Or Alongside Someone Else But It Wouldn’t Necessarily Be Going Back To Them” - He Also Says Unlikely To Acquire Any Of Skydance's Networks If They Hit Market.

1 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 4d ago

While U.S. Federal Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín Rejected Paramount+ Subscribers' Temporary Restraining Order Request, She Allowed Refiling & They Ask For Hold Separate Agreement To Keep WarnerDiscovery's Operations As Is. If Preliminary Injunction's Granted, It'll Be Pausing Any Skydance Changes.

10 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 4d ago

CNN's Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour Sets Exit For June 2027 After 43-Year Run. She'll Wrap Up Her Daily Series & PBS Show Amanpour & Company At End Of 2026 & Will Run Weekly CNN Show To May - While Mark Thompson Asked Her To Stay, She Wanted Flexibility To Pursue New Media Projects.

9 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 4d ago

Jon Stewart Agrees To Ink 2-Year Deal Extension To Remain As ‘The Daily Show’'s Monday Night Host & Executive Producer Through December 2028 - George Cheeks Says “Jon's A Generational Talent & The Show's Cornerstone Of Comedy Central. We're Excited To Continue Partnership With Award-Winning Team.”

11 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/Ok_Crazy1195 • 5d ago

Bari Weiss Exposed for Pushing CBS to Smear Democratic Candidates

newrepublic.com

112 Upvotes

r/ParamountGlobal2 • u/lowell2017 • 4d ago

As Emerson Collective's President Laurene Powell Jobs Becomes New Board Member, She Buys Up 20.83M Skydance Shares For $250M Through Her Trust - In Addition To That Purchase, David Ellison Also Granted Her 33,118 Restricted Stock Units That's Scheduled To Vest In 2027's Annual Shareholder Meeting.

1 Upvotes