Paramount Closes $81 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Deal

“The Daily Caller reports Paramount closed its eighty-one billion dollar Warner Bros. Discovery takeover today, putting CNN, CBS, HBO and two movie studios under Skydance.” — Chip Darnell, on air

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on Market Hours
Published 11:47 AM ET, Tuesday, October 6, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Daily Caller: “Paramount Closes Mega Warner Bros. Takeover After Dem AGs, Hollywood Actors Attempted To Kill It”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 11:47 AM ET on Market Hours, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Dem, Hollywood, Warner Bros, Paramount.
BBN covered this story before: Bovespa slips while Canada and Mexico edge higher (October 6).

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What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Daily Caller reports Paramount closed its eighty-one billion dollar Warner Bros. Discovery takeover today, putting CNN, CBS, HBO and two movie studios under Skydance.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's the world's biggest remote control fight!
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThanks, Chip. Somewhere, one intern just got every login password and a very long group chat.