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Neues Unternehmen heißt Skydance: Paramount schließt Warner-Übernahme ab
Paramount hat die Übernahme von Warner Bros. Discovery abgeschlossen. Das daraus entstandene Unternehmen Skydance will HBO Max und Paramount zusammenlegen.

Neues Unternehmen heißt Skydance: Paramount schließt Warner-Übernahme ab
Paramount hat die Übernahme von Warner Bros. Discovery abgeschlossen. Das daraus entstandene Unternehmen Skydance will HBO Max und Paramount+ zusammenlegen.

Filings: Skydance extends the length of contracts and bumps up compensation for its four top executives, and WBD unveils bonuses for outgoing leaders (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/10/skydance-extends-employment-contr…

Skydance Bumps Pay, Extends Contracts For Top Execs; New Bonuses For WBD Brass
Skydance has extended and expanded employment agreements for key corporate executives including CEO David Ellison. WBD unveiled deal-related bonuses.

Naïve, which provides infrastructure for AI agents to handle most business operations, raised a $28.5M Series A led by Nexus, bringing its total funding to $32M (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/naive-…

Naïve raises $28.5M to automate the grunt work of setting up and running a company | TechCrunch
Taking vibe-coding a step further, Naïve claims its infra can automate most of the work in setting up and running a business.

Memo: Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz acknowledge layoffs, saying combining companies will involve "difficult decisions that affect our workforce" (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/skydance…

Skydance CEOs Say Layoffs Will Be Coming After Paramount-WB Merger: Read the Full Memo
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery have officially merged into Skydance Corp. And the top leaders have notified the new company's staffers that layoffs are in the offing.

PS5 modders using AI tools have rapidly installed emulators, as jailbreaks spread across social media; recent games requiring newer firmware are inaccessible (Sammy Barker/Push Square)
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/10/ps

PS5 Jailbreaks Are Escalating at an Unprecedented Pace, and Sony Must Be Sweating
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A profile of Skydance co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, who ran TV company Endemol Group, sold digital content network Maker to Disney, and slashed $1.5B in costs at Mattel (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/who-is-ynon-kreiz-skydance-…

Who Is Skydance’s New Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz?
Ynon Kreiz will oversee day to day operations and the integration of the combined company, including identifying more than $6 billion in cost savings

A look at the challenges facing Skydance, including nearly $80B in debt and a commitment to achieve $6B in operational savings over three years (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/skydance-debt-cash-flow-ellison-s…

Skydance's High-Wire Act Begins: Managing $80 Billion in Debt
After a long battle to get the Warner Bros. deal done, Skydance's high-wire act begins as it has three years to tame its $80 billion debt load.

David Ellison told Skydance staff he supports CNN's legal action to regain access to covering Trump, reiterated his belief in editorial independence, and more (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/10/06/media/david-ellison-cnn-skydance-trump-la…

David Ellison backs CNN’s Trump lawsuit, pledges editorial independence
CNN’s new owner, David Ellison, says he supports CNN’s legal action against the Trump administration over White House access, and will not interfere in the news organization’s coverage.

Filing: Laurene Powell Jobs and former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick join Skydance's board; former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will be a board adviser (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business…

Bobby Kotick and Laurene Powell Jobs Join Skydance Board of Directors
The video game executive and philanthropist will help guide David Ellison's media company.

Paramount completes its $110B acquisition of WBD, creating Skydance and putting David Ellison in control of Hollywood studios, streamers, and cable networks (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/business/media/para…

Paramount Closes Its Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery
After a legal battle, Paramount has finally acquired Warner Bros. Discovery. The new company, Skydance, combines Hollywood studios, streaming services and cable networks.