How Skydance got here: it bought Paramount in August 2025, went after Warner Bros. Discovery weeks later, won a bidding war with a roughly $110 billion deal in February, and settled a challenge from state attorneys general before the expected close.
The Skydance name caps eighteen months of deals: Ellison's production company closed its purchase of Paramount in August 2025, went after Warner Bros. Discovery weeks later, won a bidding war with a roughly $110 billion agreement in February, and settled a challenge from state attorneys general before the expected close on Tuesday.
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David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance
CNBC · Oct 2, 2026
