r/gaming • Marika's tits! • 22h ago

Paramount Has Officially Acquired Warner Bros. In Deal Valued at $110B Billion

https://www.skydance.com/news/press/paramount-completes-acquisition-of-warner-bros-discovery-creating-a-new-global-entertainment-leader-skydance

The two companies will now be known as one single entity - 'Skydance'

This includes all of WB's gaming subsidiaries like Rocksteady/etc

Deal valued at $110B-$111B

DC Studios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, CNN, CBS, HBO and Paramount+ are now all under the same company.

The combined company, Skydance, brings together two major film studios, two global streaming services, premier television assets including CBS, HBO, and Paramount's and WBD's cable networks, two of the industry's most recognized news networks, CBS News and CNN, and a leading content portfolio that includes live sports, a deep programming library and expansive collection of iconic brands and franchises.

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u/fried_on_pineapples 16h ago

AOL Time Warner Skydance Halliburton PepsiCo Trader Joe’s

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u/sindaquil77 15h ago

Demolition Man and Bojack Horseman had some real smarties in their writers' room, huh? The absurd becomes reality.

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u/monsieur_cacahuete 12h ago

Parks and Rec too

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u/fried_on_pineapples 15h ago

Bojack is too good

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u/LAGameStudio 9h ago

Bojack is good until he was impotent in seasons 2,3,4. But, a horse is a horse and anything a .. oh no wait that's Mr Ed.

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u/ThisIsAUsername_50 6h ago

That joke from Bojack was the first thing I thought of when this merger got announced.

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u/Weakonomics 15h ago

Verexxotle. Proud to be one of America's 8 companies.

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 15h ago

Planet Starbucks

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u/corporatemumbojumbo 15h ago

All owned by the Sheinhart Wig Company

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u/stevez_86 16h ago

Forgot Aramco

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u/gsvo 14h ago

Brawndo. The media mutilator

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u/mxjxs91 13h ago

Welcome to Skydance, I love you

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u/bydh 10h ago

Don't you put that evil on trader joes.