https://deadline.com/2024/05/sony-p...ion-bid-for-whole-company-anymore-1235921657/
Sony & Paramount Sign Non-Disclosure Agreement Allowing Deal Talks To Start, But It’s Not Looking Like A $26 Billion Bid For Whole Company Anymore
Sony just wants the studio. Some industry players believe Apollo mostly wants the studio lot as a real estate play. Paramount Global’s CBS broadcast assets might need to be sold off. Sony might not be able to own them under foreign ownership regulations, and may not want to. As things stand, Apollo’s current station holdings would put it over the Congressionally mandated broadcast cap.
https://www.thewrap.com/paramount-special-committee-recommends-skydance-sweetened-offer/
The Journal reports that Hollywood producer Steven Paul has also been lining up financing for a bid for National Amusements of around $3 billion and that at least one other investor group has also expressed interest in purchasing National Amusements, citing sources familiar with the matter. A representative for Paul did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
https://www.thewrap.com/paramount-special-committee-recommends-skydance-sweetened-offer/
Paramount Special Committee Recommends Revised Offer From David Ellison’s Skydance Media
Paramount Global’s independent special committee agreed to recommend a revised offer from David Ellison’s Skydance Media, paving a way for the potential merger of his production company with the struggling media conglomerate, according to the Wall Street Journal and other media reports.
The decision, which follows months of negotiations, now puts the fate of the media conglomerate in the hands of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone.
Representatives for Paramount and Skydance declined to comment.
why is this in the picard gen thread and not in it's own? not that i mind that much but i feel it should be in it's own threadM&A stuff
There's one or even two in the Future of Trek Forumwhy is this in the picard gen thread and not in it's own? not that i mind that much but i feel it should be in it's own thread
Again, none of that has anything to do with Picard at this point. The series is done.I'm curious to see what "surprises" Alex Kurtzman has in store for the franchise.
Hopefully, one of them will be #StarTrekLegacy (the show that a good portion of the fandom has been crawling over broken glass for -- the writers'/actors' strikes, the Paramount merger).
Legacy is intended as a spinoff of Picard.
There are those of us who want to see Seven command the E-G. How does she interact with a crew that's half her age? How does her shady past affect her decision-making today?
Seven's shady past makes her unlike any Captain the Enterprise has ever had. We want to see it.
At this point, yes, since all of these are hypothetical future of Trek topics. Paramount merging with another corporate entity has no bearing on a show that finished production last year.We have one thread open about the chances of a Picard spinoff and another thread asking for a Shaw series ... For the sake of consistency, why not move them too?
Why single out Legacy? I can discuss the chances of a hypothetical Picard spinoff occurring but not Legacy? A Picard spinoff? It makes no sense.
Legacy is about Picard -- a continuation of Picard S3 and a follow-up of "The Last Generation". It has everything to do with Picard.
The others are basically representing my own feelings on the topic. I'm fine with the future of Paramount being discussed in Future of Trek. I'm fine with Legacy being discussed here even though its status as something that would ever happen is highly dubious (and if it ever did get greenlit, it would arguably belong more in FoT as a separate project). Having the future of Paramount backdoored in because of its bearing on Legacy seems a step too far removed from Picard.We have one thread open about the chances of a Picard spinoff and another thread asking for a Captain Shaw series ... For the sake of consistency, why not move them too?
Why single out Legacy? I can discuss the chances of a hypothetical Picard spinoff occurring but not Legacy? A Picard spinoff? It makes no sense.
Legacy is about Picard -- a continuation of Picard S3 and a follow-up of "The Last Generation". It has everything to do with Picard.
I resent being silenced.
I resent being silenced.
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