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Cardinale Calls Ellison 'Future' of Hollywood Amid Paramount-Warner Deal

RedBird founder Gerry Cardinale defends the $110 billion merger, dismissing fears it will harm the industry and praising David Ellison's leadership.

2 publishers · 5 articles · first seen 1 Oct 2026 · updated 36d ago

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How the odds moved · Will Paramount close Warner Bros acquisition?
0%50%100%100%18 Sept, 08:09 UTCnowBloomberg Technology: Paramount Backer Cardinale Says CEO David Ellison Is the ‘Future’ of Hollywood · 2 Oct, 11:02 UTCBloomberg Markets: Paramount Dealmaker Says Warner Merger Is About Growth, Not Cuts · 1 Oct, 23:24 UTCBloomberg Markets: RedBird's Cardinale on Paramount Future & Investing · 1 Oct, 23:22 UTCQuartz: Paramount-Unterstützer Gerry Cardinale nennt David Ellison die „Zukunft“ Hollywoods. · 2 Oct, 13:20 UTCQuartz: Paramount backer Gerry Cardinale calls David Ellison the 'future' of Hollywood · 2 Oct, 13:12 UTC

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The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 1 Oct 2026. Bloomberg Markets published first, on 1 October at 23:22 UTC; Quartz followed 13h 50m later. The most recent article, from Quartz, appeared on 2 October at 13:20 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Bloomberg Technology (major outlet), Quartz.

3 prediction markets price this story:

  • Will Paramount close Warner Bros acquisition? — resolved “Yes” on 6 Oct 2026. The market resolves to "Yes" if Paramount completes an acquisition that transfers control of Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming businesses by June 30, 2027, at 11:59 PM ET. It resolves to "No" if no other entity acquires this specific control within the deadline or if only linear television assets are transferred.
  • Paramount — resolved “Yes” on 6 Oct 2026. The market resolves to Yes if there are qualifying public announcements indicating that Paramount successfully takes over Warner Bros. before July 2027. Otherwise, it resolves to No. Readers often mistake the deadline as the end of the announcement period rather than the cutoff for when the takeover must be confirmed.
  • Will Paramount close Warner Bros. acquisition by end of 2026? — resolved “Yes” on 6 Oct 2026. The market resolves to Yes if Paramount acquires control of Warner Bros. Discovery's studios and streaming businesses by December 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET. It resolves to No if this acquisition does not occur within that specific timeframe. Readers often mistake the linked news story about antitrust talks for the actual closing of the deal.

Odds are the market's probability that the outcome happens, updated every few minutes. They are information about what traders expect, not a forecast we make and not investment advice.

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Paramount close Warner Bros acquisition? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

  1. Bloomberg MarketsRedBird's Cardinale on Paramount Future & Investing99%
  2. Bloomberg MarketsParamount Dealmaker Says Warner Merger Is About Growth, Not Cuts99%
  3. Bloomberg TechnologyParamount Backer Cardinale Says CEO David Ellison Is the ‘Future’ of Hollywood99%
  4. QuartzParamount backer Gerry Cardinale calls David Ellison the 'future' of Hollywood99%
  5. QuartzParamount-Unterstützer Gerry Cardinale nennt David Ellison die „Zukunft“ Hollywoods.99%
  6. Market resolved: Yes

Sources

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

  1. Paramount Backer Cardinale Says CEO David Ellison Is the ‘Future’ of Hollywood Bloomberg Technology ·
  2. Paramount Dealmaker Says Warner Merger Is About Growth, Not Cuts Bloomberg Markets ·
  3. RedBird's Cardinale on Paramount Future & Investing Bloomberg Markets ·
  4. Paramount-Unterstützer Gerry Cardinale nennt David Ellison die „Zukunft“ Hollywoods. Quartz
  5. Paramount backer Gerry Cardinale calls David Ellison the 'future' of Hollywood Quartz

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  • Resolved Will Paramount close Warner Bros acquisition? Yes 32d ago
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  • Resolved Paramount Yes 32d ago

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  • Resolved Will Paramount close Warner Bros. acquisition by end of 2026? Yes 32d ago

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In this story

  • Gerry Cardinale
  • David Ellison
  • Paramount Skydance Corp.
  • Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
  • RedBird Capital Partners
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