Organization
Paramount Global
Media company; parent of CBS and CBS News. Taken over by Skydance in 2025.
- Also known as
- Paramount, Paramount Skydance
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acquired
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Warner Bros. Discovery
6 Oct 2026
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Justice Department approval on 12 June 2026; the deal closed on 6 October 2026, per a Poynter commentary dated 7 October.
acquired by
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Skydance Media
2025
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The FCC approved the merger on 24 July 2025.
involved in
- Paramount-Skydance merger owner of CBS and CBS News; the target, whose controlling owner Shari Redstone wanted out Scholarship & press 4
- Paramount takes over Warner Bros. Discovery buyer Scholarship & press 3
- Trump's suit over a 60 Minutes interview agreed to pay $16 million, with no apology Scholarship & press 56
- Trump's suit over a 60 Minutes interview says the suit was without merit and the edit standard Scholarship & press 6
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Timeline 2 dates
- 2025 Skydance Media acquired Paramount Global
- 6 Oct 2026 Paramount Global acquired Warner Bros. Discovery
Proof 6 sources
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Justice Dept. approves Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, NPR, 2026.
Scholarship & press
The Justice Department on Friday approved Paramount's proposed $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are finally one company. So what happens now?, Poynter (commentary), 2026.
Scholarship & press
Paramount Skydance closed its $111 billion deal to take over Warner Bros. Discovery.
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CNN is getting new owners with close ties to Trump, NPR, All Things Considered, 2026.
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And they were approved, you know, a little over 14 months ago to take over Paramount.
So Paramount is taking over Warner Bros. Discovery, which sounds like, OK, it's one big corporate deal.
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FCC approves sale of CBS parent company Paramount, NPR, Morning Edition, 2025.
Scholarship & press
It owns CBS, CBS News.
Shari Redstone wanted out.
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Paramount to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS lawsuit, NPR, Morning Edition, 2025.
Scholarship & press
Paramount will pay $16 million, which will be directed toward Trump's future presidential library and his legal costs.
The parent company of CBS News, Paramount Global, is settling a lawsuit brought by President Trump
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Paramount, President Trump reach $16 million settlement over "60 Minutes" lawsuit, CBS News, 2025.
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Paramount will settle President Trump's lawsuit over a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris for $16 million, the company announced late Tuesday.
Paramount has maintained that the lawsuit was completely without merit and that "60 Minutes" followed a standard editing process.
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