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Paramount Closes $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover

The media giant has acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, creating the world's largest provider of news, sports and entertainment.

13 publishers · 21 articles · first seen 5 Oct 2026 · updated 29d ago

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0%50%100%61%23 Sept, 16:02 UTCnowThe Hollywood Reporter: $1.1 Billion for Five Warner Bros. Execs: Who Cashed Out From Paramount Sale · 9 Oct, 15:03 UTCThe Hollywood Reporter: David Zaslav Cashed Out More Than $600 Million in Warner Bros. Stock in Connection With Sale to Paramount · 8 Oct, 21:19 UTCBloomberg Markets: Paramount’s Monster Debt Deal Offers Few Safeguards to Investors · 7 Oct, 16:30 UTCAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera: Why Paramount-Warner merger has sparked fears about press freedom · 7 Oct, 13:56 UTCBloomberg.com: Iran Increases Attacks, Paramount Closes $81B Warner Bros Deal · 6 Oct, 19:03 UTCBloomberg.com: Iran Increases Hormuz Attacks, Paramount Closes Warner Bros Deal · 6 Oct, 18:03 UTCBloomberg.com: S&P at All-Time High, Paramount Closes $81B Warner Bros Takeover · 6 Oct, 17:10 UTCBloomberg.com: Bloomberg Intelligence: Paramount Closes Warner Merger (Podcast) · 6 Oct, 16:41 UTCBloomberg.com: S&P at Record High, Paramount Closes Warner Bros Deal, More · 6 Oct, 16:21 UTCJust In News: Paramount closes deal to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery · 6 Oct, 13:45 UTCBloomberg.com: S&P Opens at Record, Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Deal, More · 6 Oct, 13:40 UTCWashington Post Business: Paramount closes $110B deal with Warner Bros. Discovery after months of wrangling · 6 Oct, 13:07 UTCCNBC: Paramount's hard-fought takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery closes Tuesday. Here's how we got here · 6 Oct, 10:00 UTCThe Hollywood Reporter: Longshot Bid to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Filed to Supreme Court · 5 Oct, 21:32 UTCThe Dispatch: The FBI Was Hacked. Who’s Next? · 7 Oct, 10:28 UTCLatest articles: Paramount closes Warner merger in historic Hollywood deal · 7 Oct, 01:00 UTCBBC Entertainment: Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger · 6 Oct, 20:18 UTCTimes of India: Paramount closes $110bn deal with Warner Bros Discovery: The new firm is Skydance · 6 Oct, 16:59 UTCFrance 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines: Paramount completes takeover of Warner Bros, creating media behemoth Skydance · 6 Oct, 16:23 UTCDeadline: Plaintiffs Seek Last-Minute Hail Mary In Supreme Court Petition To Halt Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger · 5 Oct, 22:57 UTCHacker News: Paramount, Warner Bros Formally Merge, Form Giant Mountain of Disastrous Debt · 7 Oct, 16:11 UTC

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Price data
TimeChance of yes
now61%
12 Oct, 19:56 UTC61%
12 Oct, 05:18 UTC75%
12 Oct, 04:16 UTC56%
12 Oct, 02:46 UTC19%
11 Oct, 22:58 UTC54%
10 Oct, 04:40 UTC70%
9 Oct, 18:00 UTC75%
9 Oct, 05:27 UTC67%
29 Sept, 05:53 UTC14%
25 Sept, 15:50 UTC75%
24 Sept, 23:46 UTC68%
24 Sept, 16:18 UTC54%
23 Sept, 16:02 UTC75%

The story so far

13 publishers have covered this in 21 articles since 5 Oct 2026. The Hollywood Reporter published first, on 5 October at 21:32 UTC; Deadline followed 1h 25m later. The most recent article, from The Hollywood Reporter, appeared on 9 October at 15:03 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), CNBC (major outlet), Washington Post Business (major outlet), Bloomberg Markets (major outlet), Just In News (major outlet), Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera (major outlet), Deadline, France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines, Times of India, BBC Entertainment, Latest articles, The Dispatch and 1 more, all listed under Sources below.

One prediction market prices this story:

  • UFC — the market puts it at 61%, with $261 traded in the last 24 hours, closing 31 Mar 2027. The market resolves to Yes if a Paramount representative mentions UFC during the upcoming earnings call or its question-and-answer session. Otherwise, it resolves to No. Readers often mistake the source of truth, assuming any news report counts instead of only statements made by Paramount representatives on that specific call.

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How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on UFC at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. The Hollywood ReporterLongshot Bid to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Filed to Supreme Court14%
  2. DeadlinePlaintiffs Seek Last-Minute Hail Mary In Supreme Court Petition To Halt Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger14%
  3. CNBCParamount's hard-fought takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery closes Tuesday. Here's how we got here14%
  4. Washington Post BusinessParamount closes $110B deal with Warner Bros. Discovery after months of wrangling14%
  5. Bloomberg.comS&P Opens at Record, Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Deal, More14%
  6. Just In NewsParamount closes deal to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery14%
  7. Bloomberg.comS&P at Record High, Paramount Closes Warner Bros Deal, More14%
  8. France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlinesParamount completes takeover of Warner Bros, creating media behemoth Skydance14%
  9. Bloomberg.comBloomberg Intelligence: Paramount Closes Warner Merger (Podcast)14%
  10. Times of IndiaParamount closes $110bn deal with Warner Bros Discovery: The new firm is Skydance14%
  11. Show 11 later sources
    1. Bloomberg.comS&P at All-Time High, Paramount Closes $81B Warner Bros Takeover14%
    2. Bloomberg.comIran Increases Hormuz Attacks, Paramount Closes Warner Bros Deal14%
    3. Bloomberg.comIran Increases Attacks, Paramount Closes $81B Warner Bros Deal14%
    4. BBC EntertainmentParamount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger14%
    5. Latest articlesParamount closes Warner merger in historic Hollywood deal14%
    6. The DispatchThe FBI Was Hacked. Who’s Next?14%
    7. Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraWhy Paramount-Warner merger has sparked fears about press freedom14%
    8. Hacker NewsParamount, Warner Bros Formally Merge, Form Giant Mountain of Disastrous Debt14%
    9. Bloomberg MarketsParamount’s Monster Debt Deal Offers Few Safeguards to Investors14%
    10. The Hollywood ReporterDavid Zaslav Cashed Out More Than $600 Million in Warner Bros. Stock in Connection With Sale to Paramount14%
    11. The Hollywood Reporter$1.1 Billion for Five Warner Bros. Execs: Who Cashed Out From Paramount Sale67%▲53 points since the previous source
  12. Current odds61%

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. $1.1 Billion for Five Warner Bros. Execs: Who Cashed Out From Paramount Sale The Hollywood Reporter ·
  2. David Zaslav Cashed Out More Than $600 Million in Warner Bros. Stock in Connection With Sale to Paramount The Hollywood Reporter ·
  3. Paramount’s Monster Debt Deal Offers Few Safeguards to Investors Bloomberg Markets ·
  4. Why Paramount-Warner merger has sparked fears about press freedom Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ·
  5. Iran Increases Attacks, Paramount Closes $81B Warner Bros Deal Bloomberg.com ·
  6. Iran Increases Hormuz Attacks, Paramount Closes Warner Bros Deal Bloomberg.com ·
Show 15 more sources
  1. S&P at All-Time High, Paramount Closes $81B Warner Bros Takeover Bloomberg.com ·
  2. Bloomberg Intelligence: Paramount Closes Warner Merger (Podcast) Bloomberg.com ·
  3. S&P at Record High, Paramount Closes Warner Bros Deal, More Bloomberg.com ·
  4. Paramount closes deal to acquire Warner Brothers Discovery Just In News ·
  5. S&P Opens at Record, Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Deal, More Bloomberg.com ·
  6. Paramount closes $110B deal with Warner Bros. Discovery after months of wrangling Washington Post Business ·
  7. Paramount's hard-fought takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery closes Tuesday. Here's how we got here CNBC ·
  8. Longshot Bid to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Filed to Supreme Court The Hollywood Reporter ·
  9. The FBI Was Hacked. Who’s Next? The Dispatch
  10. Paramount closes Warner merger in historic Hollywood deal Latest articles
  11. Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger BBC Entertainment
  12. Paramount closes $110bn deal with Warner Bros Discovery: The new firm is Skydance Times of India
  13. Paramount completes takeover of Warner Bros, creating media behemoth Skydance France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines
  14. Plaintiffs Seek Last-Minute Hail Mary In Supreme Court Petition To Halt Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Deadline
  15. Paramount, Warner Bros Formally Merge, Form Giant Mountain of Disastrous Debt Hacker News

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