If Sony and Apollo Global win the fight to buy the media company, they plan to keep the studio business and sell everything else.
Category: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
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Sony and Apollo in Talks to Acquire Paramount
After letting exclusive talks with the movie studio Skydance lapse, Paramount’s directors met over the weekend and decided to negotiate with all the suitors.
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Is It Good to Go Exclusive?
The exclusive period for Paramount’s potential merger with Skydance expired without a deal, highlighting the long-debated question of whether exclusivity is a waste of time.
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Paramount Will Let Exclusive Talks With Skydance Lapse, Imperiling Deal
Negotiations are now likely to focus on another suitor, Sony, which has teamed up with the private equity giant Apollo on a $26 billion bid.
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Political Furor Over U.S. Steel Bid Puts Cfius in Spotlight
Backlash over the deal has echoes of the 1980s when Nippon Steel tried and failed to buy another American metal company.
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What Will Warren Buffett Bet on Next?
Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will gather in Omaha for the conglomerate’s annual meeting on Saturday, with questions about the company’s future.
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Calls to Divest From Israel Put Students and Donors on Collision Course
To get protesters off campus lawns, Brown University and others have agreed to consider ending investments linked to Israel. But how?
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Sony, Apollo Express Interest in Buying Paramount
Paramount has been exploring a potential deal for months, talking to suitors including Skydance, producer of “Top Gun: Maverick.”
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F.T.C. Clears Exxon Mobil’s Acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources
The Federal Trade Commission will bar Pioneer’s chief executive, Scott Sheffield, from joining Exxon’s board, saying he colluded with OPEC to reduce oil production.
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Paramount Faces a Mountain of Questions
Bob Bakish, the media giant’s chief executive, is out, removing an obstacle to a deal with David Ellison’s Skydance. But the company’s future is no clearer as a key deadline approaches.