If past is present in Hollywood, there's lessons for both David Ellison and David Zaslav from merger mania 100 years ago.

Paramount’s pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery is entering a more confrontational phase. According to reporting by Charles Gasparino of the New York Post, frustration inside the Paramount Skydance camp ...

Paramount has returned to the table with a significantly reworked hostile proposal for Warner Bros. Discovery—this time backed by a very personal financial commitment from Larry Ellison. According to ...

Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay. By Lauren Hirsch As Paramount ...

NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery's friendly agreement to sell itself to Netflix just got upended by a hostile actor -- Paramount, which made Warner shareholders a higher offer and touched off what is ...

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), days after Warner agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion. Paramount is going ...

Paramount is making an all-cash offer, telling Warner shareholders it can beat Netflix’s ‘inferior’ $83 billion offer. Paramount is making an all-cash offer, telling Warner shareholders it can beat ...

Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, in a dramatic new effort that could block Netflix from buying the company. Last week, Netflix emerged as the winner ...

Still fresh off of the completion of its own megamerger, Paramount is staging a hostile bidding war in an attempt to disrupt Netflix and Warner Bros.' takeover. Reading time 3 minutes In the wake of ...

The offer to shareholders comes days after Warner Bros. agreed to sell its streaming and studio business to Netflix. By Benjamin Mullin Lauren Hirsch and John Koblin Paramount on Monday mounted a ...

Paramount Skydance executives are reportedly not pleased about the Netflix deal with Warner Bros. Netflix to acquire Warner Bros., including HBO, for $82.7 billion. Paramount may launch a hostile ...

The Paramount logo is displayed at Columbia Square along Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood on March 9, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty Images) Veteran advertising executive Louis Carr has been ...