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Skydance Media and RedBird Complete Merger with Paramount Global to Create Paramount, a Skydance Corporation

August 7, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Skydance Media, supported by investor RedBird Capital Partners and an investor group, completed a merger with Paramount Global to form a standalone public company, Paramount, a Skydance Corporation (Nasdaq: PSKY). The transaction combines Paramount's content library and distribution network with Skydance's production and technology capabilities, with a focus on capturing synergies across studios, direct-to-consumer streaming and TV media.

Paramount Skydance Launches $30/Share All-Cash Tender Offer to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

February 27, 2026

Media & Entertainment

Paramount Skydance has commenced an unsolicited all-cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30.00 per share. WBD’s board later determined that Paramount Skydance’s revised $31.00-per-share proposal is a “Company Superior Proposal” under its merger agreement with Netflix, triggering a four-business-day match period for Netflix’s deal terms.

Paramount Skydance Acquires The Free Press

October 6, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Paramount Skydance has acquired The Free Press, the digital media outlet founded by Bari Weiss, in a stock-and-cash deal reported to value the outlet at roughly $150 million. Bari Weiss will remain CEO and editor‑in‑chief of The Free Press and will also take on the role of editor‑in‑chief at CBS News, reporting directly to Paramount Skydance chair and CEO David Ellison.

Sony Pictures Television Acquires Silvergate Media

December 10, 2019

Media & Entertainment

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) acquired Silvergate Media (via Silvergate Topco Limited) from Silvergate's management team and Shamrock Capital for approximately $195 million. The deal gives SPT full control of Silvergate's children's IP and production capabilities (and a minority stake was acquired in Silvergate BP Bidco Limited), supporting Sony's strategic expansion into the kids' genre and global children's content.

Nielsen Holdings To Be Acquired in $16B All-Cash Takeover Led by Evergreen Coast Capital and Brookfield Business Partners

March 29, 2022

Data & Analytics

Nielsen Holdings plc entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a private equity consortium led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation (affiliate of Elliott Investment Management) and Brookfield Business Partners, along with institutional partners. The deal is an all-cash transaction valued at about $16 billion (approximately $28 per share), subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

RedBird Capital Partners and CJ ENM Lead $275M Strategic Investment in Skydance Media

February 11, 2020

Media & Entertainment

Skydance Media received a $275 million strategic investment led by RedBird Capital Partners and CJ ENM, valuing the company at $2.3 billion. The round—also supported by existing investors including the Ellison family and Tencent—aims to expand Skydance's global reach across film, television, animation and interactive platforms, with a particular emphasis on strengthening presence in the APAC region.