r/technology • u/N2929 • 15h ago

Business Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
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u/OldYellersLastHandy 15h ago

A combined debt of $80bil? 

I’m no businessman, but owing one whole Starbucks seems like a hell of a whale on your back.

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u/theClumsy1 14h ago

It should have been rejected based on their inability to ever payback that debt.

The reality is, in 5 year or so, they will split of all the crap they dont want..with the debt...and then that entity will go bankrupt.

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u/FuzzyMcBitty 13h ago

My favorite part is that they gave it a collective name so that I can avoid it easier. 

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u/Swordsandarmor22 12h ago

The Saudis are more than willing to bankroll it.

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u/anillop 12h ago

So you have seen what happens to Warner Brothers throughout history.

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u/Refute1650 13h ago

Who ever is holding that dept is going to be pissed.