Deal
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Business
Paramount Takes Major Step to Finalizing Merger With Skydance
The tentative deal, said to be approved by Paramount’s special committee, sets the stage for a new chapter for the…
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Business
Barry Diller Explores Bid to Take Control of Paramount
Mr. Diller, a digital media pioneer, lost a bidding war for Paramount Pictures decades ago. Now, he’s making a run…
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World
Blinken Calls Hamas Changes to Cease-Fire Proposal Unworkable
While the U.S. secretary of state kept up the pressure for a halt to the hostilities in Gaza, Israel and…
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Business
A Sticking Point in Paramount and Skydance Talks: Who Pays For a Lawsuit?
A special committee of Paramount’s board of directors supports a merger with Skydance, a studio that has increased its offer…
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Business
Another Big Oil Deal Despite Regulatory Pushback and Market Volatility
ConocoPhillips has agreed to buy Marathon Oil for $22.5 billion, as consolidation in the U.S. energy sector shows little sign…
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Business
A Plan to Break up Paramount
If Sony and Apollo Global win the fight to buy the media company, they plan to keep the studio business…
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Business
Sony and Apollo in Talks to Acquire Paramount
After letting exclusive talks with the movie studio Skydance lapse, Paramount’s directors met over the weekend and decided to negotiate…
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Business
Is It Good to Go Exclusive?
The exclusive period for Paramount’s potential merger with Skydance expired without a deal, highlighting the long-debated question of whether exclusivity…
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Business
Paramount Will Let Exclusive Talks With Skydance Lapse, Imperiling Deal
Negotiations are now likely to focus on another suitor, Sony, which has teamed up with the private equity giant Apollo…
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News
Witness Who Extracted Secret Tape of Trump Will Return to the Stand
Douglas Daus, a forensic analyst in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, obtained the audio from the phones of Michael D.…