Communication Services News

Latest news and updates from the Communication Services sector.

about 22 hours ago • wsj.com

Paramount's $52 Billion Debt Sale Shows How Higher Rates Are Biting Corporate America

The media company paid through the nose for its record-setting bond deal. Other corporate issuers will too.

2 days ago • cnbc.com

David Ellison just brought in a co-CEO to run his new empire: Meet Ynon Kreiz

David Ellison's appointment of Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO of the soon-to-be-merged Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery answers a key governance question for the new media empire.

2 days ago • wsj.com

David Ellison Won Warner Bros. Now he Has to Make the $81 Billion Deal Work.

The hard fought combination of Paramount and Warner Bros. gets a new name and executive changes ahead of the $81-billion deal's close.

2 days ago • nypost.com

Bari Weiss' fate up in the air as Paramount prepares to close Warner Bros merger: sources

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is mulling changing Bari Weiss' role as CBS News editor-in-chief as his company is set to finalize its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery next week, The Post has learned.

2 days ago • youtube.com

Friday's Final Takeaways: AVGO $60B Chip Financing, "Skydance" Incoming

On a day where Nvidia (NVDA) hit new all-time highs, Broadcom (AVGO) lined up a $60 billion AI chip financing deal. Meanwhile, a name has been decided on the company name that will form once Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and Warner Bros.

2 days ago • fool.com

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to Merge Into Skydance (SKYD).

In a post on X, David Ellison laid out his thinking behind the company's new name, Skydance. Skydance is facing a number of headwinds, including a large debt burden and resistance from Hollywood.

3 days ago • barrons.com

Paramount Shareholders to Get Stock Warrants in Huge Financing Deal for Warner Acquisition

The megamerger is expected to close on Tuesday.

3 days ago • gurufocus.com

Paramount's $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal Just Cleared Its Final Strategic Hurdle

Following its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros., David Ellison's media company, Paramount Skydance Corp. (PSKY, Financials), is preparing to take on the Sky

3 days ago • techcrunch.com

Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will operate as Skydance once their merger closes, Paramount CEO David Ellison announced Friday.

3 days ago • businessinsider.com

David Ellison goes minimalist with his new name for his Paramount-Skydance-Warner-Bros-Discovery empire

David Ellison has a new name for the post-merger combo of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.

3 days ago • wsj.com

David Ellison Renames Combined Paramount-Warner as Skydance

The new name replaces iconic brands that have dominated Hollywood for decades.

3 days ago • nypost.com

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery post-merger name revealed

“Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture,” Ellison wrote on social media on Friday.

3 days ago • deadline.com

Paramount-WBD Will Now Be Called Skydance, David Ellison Reveals

After the expected close of their merger, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will together be known as Skydance. CEO David Ellison revealed the new name Friday in a post on X. The $110 billion merger is projected to be finalized on Tuesday after...

3 days ago • cnbc.com

David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance

David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance

3 days ago • fastcompany.com

CEO shuffle: Changes ahead for Mattel, Condé Nast, and the newly merged Paramount-Warner Bros.

Mattel Inc. is welcoming a new boss. So is Paramount.

3 days ago • fastcompany.com

Paramount's megamerger with Warner is set to close soon as judge approves settlement with 12 states

A federal judge has granted Paramount's settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, allowing the companies to soon close their $81 billion megamerger.In a Wednesday order, U.S. District Judg...

4 days ago • reuters.com

David Ellison's appointment of Kreiz brings cost-cutter to Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery

David Ellison's choice of Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz as his co-captain at the new Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery signals what the media behemoth will care about most: running a lean, cost-efficient business that can pump more ​money out of its storied...

4 days ago • barrons.com

Paramount Bonds Yield Over 10% After New Debt Falls In Price

Paramount was able to get its new big debt deal against a tough backdrop of rising Treasury yields and wider spreads on high-yield corporate debt.

4 days ago • wsj.com

Ellison Asks CNN CEO to Stay After Paramount-Warner Deal Closes

Bari Weiss isn't expected to have a role involving CNN at close of the deal, people familiar with Ellison's thinking said.

4 days ago • gurufocus.com

Paramount Skydance Corporation Announces $41.4 Billion and €885 Million Senior Secured Notes Offerings and $8.5 Billion and €850 Million Term Loan B Facility Pricing

Paramount Skydance Corporation Announces $41.4 Billion and €885 Million Senior Secured Notes Offerings and $8.5 Billion and €850 Million Term Loan B Facilit

4 days ago • prnewswire.com

Paramount Skydance Corporation Announces $41.4 Billion and €885 Million Senior Secured Notes Offerings and $8.5 Billion and €850 Million Term Loan B Facility Pricing

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CORPORATION (NASDAQ: PSKY) (the "Company") today announced that it has agreed to sell $3.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.30% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due ...

4 days ago • prnewswire.com

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Announce Anticipated Closing Date of Paramount Merger

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) ("PSKY") and Warner Bros.

4 days ago • youtube.com

Kreiz a Good Choice for Paramount, Seaport's Joyce Says

Seaport Research Partners Senior Analyst David Joyce reacts to Ynon Kreiz joining Paramount Skydance as co-CEO of the merged company after the completion of the pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Joyce speaks on "Bloomberg...

4 days ago • businessinsider.com

Here's what David Ellison told Paramount employees about the new co-CEO he just hired

Paramount Skydance's David Ellison just introduced his new co-CEO ahead of the company's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

4 days ago • cnbc.com

David Ellison names Ynon Kreiz co-CEO of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery

Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is set to take on the position of co-CEO of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.

4 days ago • wsj.com

Mattel's Ynon Kreiz Named Co-CEO at Paramount-Warner

He will be heavily involved in the day-to-day management as well as strategic planning and the integration of the combined businesses.

4 days ago • wsj.com

Paramount Settlement of Antitrust Case Approved by Judge

The deal announced last week with 12 states, led by California, clears the way for the company's $81-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

4 days ago • businessinsider.com

David Ellison just picked Mattel's Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO of the merged Paramount-WBD

David Ellison will share the reins of the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery with former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz, the company announced on Wednesday.

4 days ago • youtube.com

Ackman on AI & IPOs, Climate Costs, Paramount's Debt Raise

A weekly, midday program that delivers high-impact, editorially driven coverage of the most important corporate transactions shaping the global market. Today's guests: Pershing Square CEO & Founder Bill Ackman, Pulse Fund Founder & Managing Partne...

4 days ago • prnewswire.com

CHAIRMAN AND CEO DAVID ELLISON ANNOUNCES YNON KREIZ CO-CEO OF THE ANTICIPATED COMBINED PARAMOUNT AND WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY AT CLOSING TO HELP BUILD THE NEXT-GENERATION GLOBAL MEDIA COMPANY

Appointment comes as Paramount nears completion of Warner Bros. Discovery merger Ellison sought a partner with the operating firepower to help usher in a new era of entertainment — duo prepared to unlock value for the creative community, sharehold...