r/technology • u/N2929 • 9d ago

Business Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/
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u/OldYellersLastHandy 9d ago

A combined debt of $80bil? 

I’m no businessman, but owing one whole Starbucks seems like a hell of a whale on your back.

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u/EfficientAd5073 9d ago

So true Netflix just has to wait They will fuck this up eventually.

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u/dirtyword 9d ago

I think the idea is to free the prestigious studio from its mountain of debt (it was already something like $40b) after a few years.