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Paramount Skydance Finalizes Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition
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On February 27, Paramount Skydance finalized a $111 billion merger to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $31 per share, backed by $54–57.5 billion in bridge loans and up to $45.7 billion in equity support from Larry Ellison, creating about $90 billion of combined debt. The company plans $6 billion in annual cost synergies and to adopt "AI-native" agentic systems, prompting expected consolidation across studios, news, and streaming and widespread job risks.
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