Mediawan's Pierre-Antoine Capton and others weigh in on how the enlarged company will impact the global marketplace
By Elsa Keslassy, Alex Ritman, Nick Vivarelli
Getty Images After nearly a year of dealmaking drama, Paramount Skydance‘s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery is about to become reality. Across Europe, where the Paramount chief David Ellison has spent time courting support for his vision of building a Hollywood colossus, the mood is surprisingly upbeat.
The debt-laden $111 billion merger is set to close Oct. 6 after a federal judge signed off on Paramount’s settlement of the antitrust lawsuit filed by 12 states in July.
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