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Paramount Skydance Targets Q3 Closing Date for Warner Bros. Discovery Transaction as David Ellison Vows to ‘Honor the Legacy of Two Iconic Companies’

By Cynthia Littleton Feb 27, 2026 | 3:42 PM

Paramount Skydance has set an ambitious target of closing the Warner Bros. Discovery transaction by the fall as David Ellison’s media conglomerate trumpeted its hard-fought agreement to acquire its much larger rival. In a statement issued Friday, Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance, said, “From the very beginning, our pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery […]