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Skydance Blasts Off: Can David Ellison Make Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Fly?

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Skydance Blasts Off: Can David Ellison Make Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Fly?
Oct 3, 2026 6:00am PT Skydance Blasts Off: Can David Ellison Make Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Fly?

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Todd Spangler

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David Ellison has emerged victorious. And he’s boldly — or arrogantly, if you prefer — decided to name the entertainment giant that he’s bolted together Skydance Corp., nodding to the original name of his film production firm that has swallowed up two Hollywood studios over the past 14 months.

Defying skeptics and beating back opponents, Ellison has harpooned his white whale in buying Warner Bros. Discovery. Now he has to prove that the $111 billion mega-merger can become a profitable entertainment powerhouse, and not just a vessel that will get sucked under by a massive whirlpool of debt.

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