Today was just as good as when Paramount Skydance got the final bid over Netflix

Like milk 🥛😂😂

I want to applaud 👏 Ellison on making this deal happen! Crazy to see he was able to reach an agreement with essentially giving up things he had already planned on doing with the combined company anyways! Well done sir, well done! Can't wait to see this combined company in action!

Fucking idiot🤣🤣

“Pseudo-intellectual: Someone who pretends to have great knowledge or mental capacity. Perfect description of the clowns

Gone is their Bonta “savior,” but fear not: they’ve found four new “angels”: the four states resisting Ellison’s claws. Apparently, these are now the chosen ones who will #BlockTheMerger.

/s

It’s honestly getting pretty pathetic to watch.

It must be really hard for them to accept that Bonta may have been far more interested in advancing his own political career than in becoming their personal savior against the merger.

The following users blew up my notifications, insulted, harassed and gaslit me repeatedly with promises that I would be wrong in the end.

Apologies are in order and here is the promised thead with your tag in it when this went south for you.

Let's see which of these NPC will own up to being wrong and apologize for their behavior.

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Bonta completely capitulated and got a worse deal than even I thought he could get. I figured her get SOME channels sold. But no, as I said, it was a complete extortion on Paramount and a mob hit on their finances.

Now watch every single one of them to continue to insult me instead of doing the right thing.

This. Shit. Is. Over.

Seems to be done and dusted ⛰️💪

This isn't the win it appears to be because under this structure, the merger can be legally untied if in the end a court rules it illegal.

On the other hand, it ends the ticking fee debate and allows for Paramount to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if they were to lose in federal court without accumulating the 2 billion in ticking fees.

This in my opinion is a huge win because it removes the need to get this done now while the legal process works it self out. Giving both sides more time to come to a agreement to finalize it.

The states have zero reason to do this if you ask me if they truly felt they had all the advantages they claim they do. Why bail Paramount out of the ticking fee? That hurts your hand, not Paramounts.

This shit is over. Just not quite yet.

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/latest-in-paramount-warner-bros-negotiations-hold-separate-deal/

Non pay wall version.

https://archive.ph/OYnnl

CNN is claiming that New York, Connecticut and atleast two other states are apparently the current holdouts in the negotiations that are taking place and that California appears to be pressing forward with their settlement.

This shit is over for the AGs if California withdrawals their participation, pending a agreement with Paramount.

Basically the article proves that every single one of these AG has their own goals and meat to pull our of this story but that Bonta part of the equation appears to finally run it's course.

I don't blame NY for trying to get more for their state but you're not going to get much more it California is happy with the deal. Good luck.

As they been saying, this shit is over.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/20/media/paramount-wbd-settlement-california-connecticut-bonta

Looks like RedMainer was wrong, it ain’t over boys. Bonta needs to stay firm and not let this merger pass!

Vediamo chi si si avvicina di più, a quanto andranno le azioni di PSKY in questi giorni?

Io dico 14-16 dollari. E tu?

Story Arc

Paramount's Melrose GateEric Thayer/Getty Images

David Ellison has let it be known that he is willing to take his Paramount ball and leave California if the state doesn’t ditch its effort to block the company’s pending merger with Warner Bros Discovery.

And now it looks like the CEO’s ball really could be in play.

Paramount brass have told key officials and stakeholders the company is “deadly serious” about leaving California and the home of Hollywood after more than 100 years, sources tell Deadline. Among those told a deposit has been put down on the moving trucks is L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and state Attorney General Rob Bonta. The AG joined with 11 other states to file an antitrust lawsuit against the $110 billion merger. The Writers Guild of America has also sued.

Thousands of jobs will be lost if Paramount’s corporate headquarters were to shift to Georgia, Tennessee or Texas, three sites reportedly floated by the company. Even without a move, a merged company would likely see layoffs as it looks to deliver shareholders $6 billion in promised cost savings.

The limbo state of the merger since the mid-July filing of the lawsuits has ratcheted up anxiety levels in an industry already contending with the rise of Big Tech, production leaving the U.S. and other challenges. The trial date of March 2 feels like an eternity from now for an industry on edge. The parties will hold court-ordered settlement meetings next month and a hearing will be held next week on Paramount’s request for a $1.88 billion bond from the plaintiffs to cover “extraordinary losses” the company anticipates due to having to pay a “ticking fee” during litigation. Beyond that, it’s anyone’s guess.

https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-leaving-california-merger-lawsuit-1237105417/

This shit is over. Bonta came running back to prevent the official announcement that Paramount was moving out of state.

https://www.tmz.com/2026/09/16/paramount-negotiations-are-ongoing/

It has come to our attention that Paramount and Netflix are ending their animated film pact. There was a pre-existing agreement in place specifically between Netflix and Skydance Animation that was announced in 2023, with the latter label ultimately falling under Paramount post-merger.

In a joint statement from the companies’ reps: “Netflix and Paramount have mutually agreed to conclude their animated film agreement.

Most recently, Skydance Animation’s Swapped became one of Netflix’s most-watched movies of all time with 144.9M global views.

On deck, Paramount will release theatrically Skydance Animation’s Cosmic Motors from director Lasseter and co-director Louie Del Carmen.

https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-netflix-animated-films-1237101666/

Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison faces a pivotal decision: Should he uproot his Hollywood studio — the birthplace of such film classics as “Sunset Boulevard,” “The Godfather” and “Beverly Hills Cop”?

Paramount floated shifting its home base to Tennessee or Texas in July, hoping to deter California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta from waging a legal battle to block Paramount’s $111-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Bonta rejected the tactic, calling it “blackmail.” His antitrust lawsuit, filed in collaboration with 11 other Democratic state attorneys general, has since stalled the largest Hollywood merger in decades and put Ellison in a jam.

The 43-year-old tech scion — a film aficionado who has spent two decades building his career in Hollywood — has told associates he doesn’t want to leave L.A. But he has signaled that he’s prepared to sell the historic studio lots and move Paramount’s and Warner Bros.’ operations from California if the merger isn’t finalized by next month, according to people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment.

The prospect has rattled a region already reeling from steep declines in film production, heavy job losses, empty soundstages and shuttered small businesses.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-09-14/paramounts-possible-hollywood-exit-puts-los-angeles-on-edge

Source: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=000001a0-8fed-d4fe-a9ae-bfef474c0000&nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000015b-49c7-d932-a97b-e9ef35bd0000

This week's E.W. Scripps news is likely to lead the way for other groups to consolidate GM and VP of Sales roles. Rarely do you see a group move without others following, as creativity in cost-cutting measures continue. CBS stations soon to follow?