GoKawiilParamount Skydance renames merged company 'Skydance' ahead of WBD deal close
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison announced on X that the combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery company will be called Skydance, ahead of the acquisition's completion on October 6. Ellison had previously said Paramount+ and HBO Max would be merged into a single streaming service with roughly 200 million subscribers if regulators approved the deal.
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The rebrand signals Ellison wants Skydance, not Paramount or Warner Bros., to be the public face of the newly combined media giant, though he has said HBO itself would remain a recognizable sub-brand. The name choice and streaming merger could reshape pricing, content libraries and subscriber counts across two of the industry's largest platforms, though details on execution haven't been disclosed.
- Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery closes October 6.
- The combined company will be named Skydance, per CEO David Ellison.
- HBO Max and Paramount+ are expected to merge into one service with about 200 million subscribers, with HBO likely kept as a sub-brand.
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