Paramount Global and Skydance logos are seen in this illustration taken December 17, 2024. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Paramount Skydance said on Monday it expects $1 billion more in merger savings than it previously forecast as it outlines CEO David Ellison’s ambitions for the company. The update came in Paramount’s third-quarter earnings report — the…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: Stocks were staging a comeback following a nasty selloff on Tuesday. But the rally has not been concentrated in AI-related names. It has developed as…
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Paramount Skydance has a clear holiday wish this year: acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. Fittingly, it may have to wait until Christmas to find out if Santa Zaslav delivers. Warner…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday told investors what to pay attention to next week on Wall Street, highlighting earnings from Palantir, McDonald’s, Robinhood and Warner Bros Discovery. Cramer offered an optimistic outlook for November, even as Wall Street worries about weakrning consumer-oriented companies as the government shutdown persists. He said November and December usually tend…
Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, attends the annual Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 9th, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC Comcast reported earnings Thursday, and it could shed light on how executives view regulators’ attitude toward a potential NBCUniversal-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Warner Bros. Discovery,…
Taylor Swift (L) and Travis Kelce are seen in the Meatpacking District on Dec. 28, 2024 in New York City. TheStewartofNY | GC Images | Getty Images Company: Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) Business: Six Flags Entertainment is a regional amusement-resort operator with approximately 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and nine resort properties across 17…
Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected three Paramount Skydance takeover offers as it fields broad buyout interest, CNBC’s David Faber reported Wednesday, citing sources. Paramount’s last offer was for just under $24 per share and comprised of 80% cash, according to Faber, who previously reported a bid could come in at between $22 and $24 per…
Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday it’s expanding its strategic review of the business and is open to a sale, sending shares of the company 8% higher in premarket trading. Earlier this year, WBD announced plans to split into two separate entities, a streaming and studios business and a global networks business. It’s also been fielding…
The CNN building in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, May 17, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images CNN is trying again at a full-service streaming subscription. The news network, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Thursday its “All Access” subscription will launch in the U.S. on October 28 and cost $6.99 per month or…
VIDEO ID CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said that while headlines continue to swirl around the government shutdown, investors should be paying closer attention to the story the market just finished telling. However, he cautioned that the biggest gains of the year may have passed. “You can tell an awful lot about a market by…
