merger

David Ellison has decided to name the Frankenstudio media company created by the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The merger will leave the combined company, which will go by the name Skydance, with more than $80 billion in debt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The amended merger agreement also removes a requirement that ON Semiconductor appoints a member of Synaptics’ board of directors to its own board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The same day, Ellison named Mattel Chief Executive Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO of the combined company once the merger closes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

For me, marriage was more like a full-on merger, a reconfiguring of two lives into one, with the well-being of a family taking precedence over any one agenda or goal.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Both companies boast century-old studios, beloved media brands and a recent past that has included several fraught mergers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

If additional events like this one are found, astronomers may be able to determine how frequently neutron star mergers produce magnetars.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

One of the largest media mergers in history has been given the green light after California and 11 other states settled lawsuits Monday.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

While mergers typically lead to corporate overlap and redundancies, Bonta maintained that it would be a "job creator" that will put people back to work across the industry.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

And the people who were already there pushed back, and the mergers pushed harder.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman