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Paramount Global

Edgar Bronfman Jr. was gearing up to make a rival bid for Paramount.
William D. Cohan • August 28, 2024

The Invisible Bronfman

News and notes on Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s brief, absurd, and embarrassing attempt to acquire Paramount Global. “He got a lot [of investment] quickly, but not the last mile needed for certainty,” one deal participant told me.
William D. Cohan • August 25, 2024
Bronfman, Ellison & The Battle of the PowerPoints
Edgar Bronfman jr.
The latest strategic considerations regarding Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s 13th-hour bid for Paramount, how the special committee is adjudicating the rival offers, and why David Ellison’s Skydance will almost certainly come out on top.
John Ourand • August 22, 2024
Bronfman’s Closing Pitch
edgar bronfman jr
A close reading of Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s leaked pitch deck for investors in his long-shot bid for Paramount Global.
shari redstone
Matthew Belloni • August 16, 2024
It’s Go-Shop Time for Paramount
Edgar Bronfman Jr. may be publicly kicking the tires, but the special committee of the board has so far delivered what Shari Redstone wants. There’s little reason to think the committee won’t deliver again.
Mario Gabelli
William D. Cohan • July 17, 2024
Casus Gabelli
Can Paramount’s long-suffering Class A shareholder successfully twist Shari’s arm and find out what, exactly, David Ellison and the RedBird guys are paying for her slice of the pie? Herewith, a conversation with Mario Gabelli, the architect of Operation Fishbowl.
Mario Gabelli
Eriq Gardner • July 16, 2024
Skydances With Wolves
David Ellison’s $8 billion takeover of Paramount is already facing legal challenges, including a new suit from Mario Gabelli, the long-suffering Paramount shareholder who is now questioning whether Shari’s sweetheart deal was just a little too rich. Here, Gabelli explains his beef. Plus: there’s another unexpected wrinkle in the deal.
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
William D. Cohan • July 14, 2024
Shari’s Schmuck Insurance
The Ellison/RedBird deal to buy Paramount includes a 45-day “go-shop” period, during which the special committee is empowered to consider other bidders: Sony and Apollo, Bronfman and Bain, Barry Diller, or Steven Paul. But there are a dozen reasons to believe that none of these rumored suitors will upset the apple cart.
David Ellison
Matthew Belloni • July 11, 2024
Ellison’s Hands-On, Arm’s-Length Paramount Preview
Skydance’s leader told me he’ll be involved in the decisions at Paramount Global during the deal-review process “within all the regulatory bounds we have,” and that he’ll maintain “the appropriate seat at the tables.” But what does that actually mean in practice?
gerry cardinale
William D. Cohan • July 10, 2024
The Shari Orchard
An assessment of the dynastic saga, the heavy NAI carrying costs, the Ellison anointment, and simultaneous challenge of growing the business while eliminating $2 billion in carrying costs. “It’s a huge commitment,” Gerry Cardinale, the founder of RedBird Capital, told me on Tuesday.
Larry Ellison, David Ellison
Matthew Belloni • July 9, 2024
Money Wins Paramount
Skydance’s David Ellison reveals plans for the storied studio as he leverages his father’s Oracle fortune and the motivation to reinvent a dying company amid questions about his promised tech fixes: “This is what I wanna do for the rest of my life.”