Paramount Skydance completes $110 billion Warner Bros Discovery takeover, lists merged Skydance as SKYD
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Paramount Skydance has closed a $110B acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, creating a diversified media group (ticker SKYD) targeting $6B in cost cuts but carrying roughly $80B of debt. The deal underscores consolidation pressure as legacy cable declines and streaming economics remain challenging. Near-term market focus is on integration execution, synergy realization, and leverage management, with read-throughs to broader US equities via media sector risk appetite.
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Paramount Skydance has completed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery and will operate under the Skydance name. The combined company will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SKYD. CEO David Ellison will lead the new group across film, television, streaming and news, with a plan to cut $6 billion in costs.
