{"rewrite":{"id":"r_aa1dff03ce1746c1bf14d42e","clusterId":"c_aa5dd74e6a09b368d288baad","slug":"paramount-skydance-closes-warner-bros-discovery-deal","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Paramount Skydance Closes Warner Bros. Discovery Deal","summary":"Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, forming Skydance Corporation with the assets of both companies. David Ellison is CEO. HBO Max, Paramount+, CNN, CBS, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures fall under one owner. Bobby Kotick, Laurene Powell Jobs and Ynon Kreiz join the board, with Tony Blair as advisor. The games divisions, including NetherRealm and Avalanche, are consolidated.","whyItMatters":"The merged group puts Warner Bros. Games and Skydance Games under one owner, which changes who controls the studios behind Mortal Kombat and Hogwarts Legacy.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe deal took shareholder and regulatory approval in multiple countries. A rival bid from Netflix was reported during the process, and the purchase closed at a reported total of 111 billion dollars.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe board adds Ynon Kreiz, Laurene Powell Jobs and Bobby Kotick as directors, and Tony Blair as an advisor. The games side is where the corporate line matters most: NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software now sit alongside Skydance Games, whose Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is in development. The company says it expects further multimedia use of its IP and a larger game business.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"NetherRealm and Avalanche now sit under David Ellison's Skydance, the same owner as HBO Max and CBS. Bobby Kotick on the board puts a games executive inside the room where those studios' budgets get set.","twitterPost":"Bobby Kotick joining the Skydance board puts a games executive in the room where NetherRealm and Avalanche budgets get decided.","threadsPost":"NetherRealm and Avalanche are now consolidated under Skydance, the same owner as HBO Max, Paramount+ and CBS. Bobby Kotick sits on that board, which puts a games executive inside the room where those studios' budgets get set.","newsletterBlurb":"Paramount Skydance closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and relaunched as Skydance Corporation, with David Ellison as CEO. The company now holds Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, HBO Max, Paramount+, CNN and CBS, and its board adds Bobby Kotick, Laurene Powell Jobs and Ynon Kreiz. On the games side, Warner Bros. Games and Skydance Games end up in the same corporate group.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20261007012/\",\"title\":\"Paramount and Warner Bros. merger completed. New \\\"Skydance\\\" launches with games division consolidated, Bobby Kotick and others appointed to board\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4416,"outputTokens":610,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791353228,"createdAt":"2026-10-07T06:01:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T06:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T06:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_aa5dd74e6a09b368d288baad","canonicalTitle":"ParamountとWarner Bros.の統合が完了。ゲーム部門も集約する新生「Skydance」が発足，ボビー・コティック氏らも取締役に就任","representativeArticleId":"a_78f1ea5285ac74f720d00046","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Paramount\",\"Warner Bros.\",\"Skydance\"],\"people\":[\"Bobby Kotick\"],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-07T04:49:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-07T04:49:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T06:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20261007012/","title":"ParamountとWarner Bros.の統合が完了。ゲーム部門も集約する新生「Skydance」が発足，ボビー・コティック氏らも取締役に就任"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Paramount","Warner Bros.","Skydance"],"people":["Bobby Kotick"],"type":"business","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}