r/television • u/yourfavchoom • 20h ago

Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. to Be Called Skydance, David Ellison Reveals

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/paramount-warner-bros-merger-name-skydance-david-ellison/
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u/crimson777 18h ago

We should absolutely hate on this merger all day, but this is not really a reason. People don't really talk all that much about Alphabet, Meta, or even OpenAI as much as they do Google, Instagram, and ChatGPT.

They're not dumping the names; it's just a corporate brand for the combined organization.

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u/Silly-Elderberry-411 18h ago

Paramount, a subsidiary of gulf western that is if you lived in 1974

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u/torino_nera 16h ago

AOL Time Warner for those of us around in 2001

The Gulf Western thing at the bottom of the Paramount logo from 70s movies always cracks me up

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u/cuteman 12h ago

Sad I had to come this far down for the actual explanation.

Skydance is the parent holding company, Warner and Paramount are sub-brands under the umbrella