)Pictures, Paramount Global holds an extensive catalog of distributed mega hits, from Titanic and Transformers to Indiana Jones, Shrek, and Top Gun. However, the company’s profits have steadily declined since the end of 2021.) tracked a 75% net income decline to $1.1 billion. The next year, the company was in the negative zone at a $0.6 billion net loss, having doubled its decline from 2022 to 155%.
Skydance equity holders to receive 317 million class B shares at $15 per share, with Skydance valued at $4.75 billion. In other words, Paramount class B shareholders will receive a 48% premium, as of July 1st, 2024. Likewise, they will have a 28% premium to class A shares . To that end, Larry Ellison , the multi-billionaire founder of Oracle is yet to fully approve the merger. It may be the case that the Justice Department could move to block the merger. After all, Larry Ellison is known to be a GOP donor through the Republican-aligned Opportunity Matters Fund.
To curtail potential antitrust roadblocks, the filing notes that both the “Ellison family and RedBird do not have attributable interests in any other television broadcast licensees,”. Outside of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Global holds CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Pluto TV, Paramount+ streaming service and Black Entertainment Television .
This made sense after a 40% decline in theatrical revenues. As of Q2 2024 earrings, focus on streaming had some effect as Paramount+ increased revenue 46% year-over-year. The strategic plan is to push streaming to domestic profitability by 2025, aided by $500 million in annualized cost savings.
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