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Combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery company to be named Skydance

2 sources · first seen 18:46 2 Oct · updated 18:49 2 Oct

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  • David Ellison announced the combined company will be named Skydance
  • The announcement came less than two weeks after Paramount settled an antitrust lawsuit

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Paramount-WBD merger leadership and name

Paramount CEO David Ellison named outgoing Mattel chief Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of the anticipated Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery combination. Ellison later said the combined company will be named Skydance.

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2 reports · earliest 18:46
MintDavid Ellison reveals new name for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery company: Skydance18:46CNBCDavid Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance18:49