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Paramount Closes $111 Billion Warner Bros Deal

“Paramount closed its one hundred eleven billion dollar Warner Bros takeover, per the Financial Times, with six billion in cost cuts expected.” — Vera Bullock, on air

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  • Financial TimesParamount closes $111bn takeover of Warner Bros

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorParamount closed its one hundred eleven billion dollar Warner Bros takeover, per the Financial Times, with six billion in cost cuts expected.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSomebody's getting a very expensive pink slip.

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The story so far

  1. Paramount and Warner Bros. Merger Begins Operating · NPR
  2. Bovespa Jumps 7.7%; Paramount Closes Warner Bros. Deal · bloomberg.com
  3. Paramount and Warner Bros. Become One Hollywood Giant · AP News
  4. Paramount Completes $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Merger · The Verge
  5. Paramount Closes $111 Billion Warner Bros Deal (this story)
  6. Paramount completes Warner Bros. deal, forms Skydance · Washington Examiner
  7. Paramount Swallows Warner Bros in $110B Merger · BBC
  8. Bovespa slips while Canada and Mexico edge higher · CNBC
  9. Paramount Closes $81 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Deal · The Daily Caller

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