Paramount-Warner Bros. merger company to be called Skydance
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said the combined company formed through Paramount’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Skydance. Ellison announced the name in a post on X, saying it would give the merged business its own identity while preserving links to the two companies involved.
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced that the company created through Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Skydance. The announcement concerns the name of the combined business after the merger is completed.
Ellison said the merger is valued at $110 billion. The source report says the transaction is expected to be completed next week, but it does not provide a specific completion date.
In a post on X, Ellison wrote that the companies wanted a name that would give the combined company an identity of its own while allowing Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to retain a connection to the new business.
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