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Shari Redstone

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The Shari & Ari Windfall Strategies

News and notes on Shari Redstone’s artful use of her special committee to the board, and Ari Emanuel’s own financial maneuvering.
William D. Cohan • April 7, 2024
William D. Cohan • March 31, 2024
A Paramount Twist & Trump’s Meme Windfall Options
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News and notes on the latest ironic development in the Paramount Global auction. Plus, a brief investigation into whether Trump can convert his billions’ worth of Truth Social stock into much-needed cash.
William D. Cohan • March 24, 2024
Shari’s Apollo Landing & Trump Coupon Murmurs
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News and notes on the latest intrigue among the Sconset set: the next steps in the Apollo-Paramount foreplay and whether Donald Trump can get his money.
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Matthew Belloni • March 22, 2024
Shari’s Choice: The Legendary Angle
The latest bid for Paramount’s “film and TV studio” isn’t just from Apollo, but also Legendary Entertainment—a previously undisclosed element that may portend how the Redstone saga eventually ends.
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William D. Cohan • March 17, 2024
Imagining the Apollo-Paramount Arranged Marriage
Apollo is certainly not the suitor that Shari Redstone dreamed about. But is it the best she can get? And what “value” might they “extract” from the family empire?
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William D. Cohan • March 3, 2024
Zaz’s Bonus Math & Trump’s Banking Crisis
News and notes on the Downtown Cip table chatter: Zaz’s Paramount false flag and Trump’s increasingly cumbersome penalty financing solutions.
During the fourth quarter of 2023, Warren Buffett sold 30.4 million shares of Paramount, or about one-third of his stake in the company.
William D. Cohan • February 18, 2024
Buffett’s Big Short
The Oracle of Omaha, presumably pissed that his underlings did the Paramount deal in the first place, is cutting his losses and apparently voting with his feet on a sale process run by his old banker, Byron Trott. Plus: Peltz’s defeat.
Byron Allen watches Smokey Robinson perform as he was honored with the 2023 UCLA Neurosurgery Visionary Award at The Beverly Hilton on October 11, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California.
Matthew Belloni & Eriq Gardner • February 2, 2024
Lord Byron & The Courtship of Shari
Allen’s lofty $14.3 billion overture for Paramount Global—and his mysterious financial backing—isn’t being taken seriously in Hollywood. But he may have sway in Washington, where the F.C.C. could make life difficult for Byron’s rivals.
When rich and powerful families get into a sticky situations, they tend to call Warren Buffett’s favorite banker, Byron Trott.
William D. Cohan • January 31, 2024
Some Like It Trott
Byron Trott, perhaps the most successful investment banker of his generation, has helped Buffett, the Pritzkers, the Waltons, and the Mars families. Can he work the same magic for Shari Redstone?
Joe Ravitch attend The Sylvia Center's Tenth Anniversary Art of Cooking Gala on October 26, 2017, in New York City.
Matthew Belloni • January 29, 2024
A Banker’s View of Media M&A in 2024
A candid conversation with Raine Group’s Joe Ravitch, one of the sharpest and most outspoken bankers in the media/sports sectors, about the deal climate, global fears, and the future of Paramount and Lionsgate.