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Shari Redstone

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Shari and the Jeffs

News, notes, ruminations, and tea-leaf decoding regarding the final throes of the Paramount M&A saga.
William D. Cohan • June 2, 2024
William D. Cohan • May 15, 2024
Shari’s Ticking Clock
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More news and notes from inside the Paramount quiet period. “We’re running out of things to delay this on,” shared one participant in the process.
William D. Cohan • May 5, 2024
Shari Considers Door No. 3
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After letting the Ellison/RedBird exclusivity window lapse, it seems increasingly possible—at least for now—that the deal dies with age, Shari rejects the Apollo-Sony bid, and delays this brutal M&A process until next year. Quelle horreur!
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William D. Cohan • May 1, 2024
Sharidise Lost
Inside the Paramount M&A calamity as Shari and Gerry rejigger their deal, Gabelli signals his C.V.R. venom, and Apollo licks its teeth.
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Matthew Belloni • April 30, 2024
Not Great, Bob Bakish!
A corporate eulogy for a Redstone yes-man as Shari finally turns on the guy she plucked from obscurity and empowered through Paramount’s troubled foray into the streaming wars, until he quietly sought to sabotage her planned sale to Skydance.
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William D. Cohan • April 28, 2024
One Flew Over the RedBird Nest
The looming apparent ouster of Bob Bakish, which I previewed long ago, has the RedBird and Ellison group inching ahead of Apollo in the Paramount Global foot race—at least for now.
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Matthew Belloni • April 25, 2024
Handicapping Paramount’s Ellison-Apollo Endgame
A feisty dealmaking debate over which suitor will win over Shari Redstone, which offer is better for shareholders, and how the future of Paramount Global could unfold.
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William D. Cohan • April 21, 2024
Apollo’s Latest Shari Twist
News and notes emanating from the Gin Lane crowd: details about Apollo’s deal for Paramount, and the impact of Solomon’s gangster quarter.
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William D. Cohan • April 17, 2024
Gerry & The Jeffs Come for Shari’s Baby
I’ve got the skinny on the Ellison-Paramount deal—an extraordinarily fascinating deleveraged recap featuring a multibillion-dollar PIPE, Jeff Shell’s return to the top ranks of the media world, and possibly even Jeff Zucker’s revival as a top television executive. You can’t make this shit up. Will the special committee of the board buy it?
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William D. Cohan • April 14, 2024
The Paramount Sale Vulcan Chess Theory
As the bizarre and absurd Ellison-Redstone deal marches forward, with board directors fleeing, a new theory has emerged: Shari’s bankers and lawyers are appeasing her for now… until they recommend the Apollo offer instead. Yes, full Revlon mode…