Paramount Global reported its last set of financials under Redstone family ownership with a massive jump in theatrical revenue (up 84%) from Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning last quarter. Released May 23, it’s grossed nearly $600 million worldwide. Crime drama MobLand on Paramount+ and CBS Sports were other bright spots in the three months that beat forecasts on some …
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It’s hard to believe, but fall is officially around the corner. Enjoy the last weeks of summer and welcome the new season with fresh movies and TV shows coming to Paramount Plus this August. Kicking things off is “The Infernal Machine,” starring Guy Pearce as a reclusive author who gets pulled back into the spotlight when he begins receiving a …
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Ahead of Paramount closing its $8 billion merger with Skydance on Aug. 7, the company reported a solid quarter. Revenue increased 1% year-over-year while profits came in at $57 million. “Many on this call understand the enormous importance of this business to my family and to me,” Shari Redstone, non-executive chair of Paramount’s board of directors, said during Thursday’s earnings …
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Erik Gruenwedel July 31, 2025 Paramount+ July 31 disclosed an increase in operating income and revenue despite losing 1.3 million subscribers in the second quarter ended July 31. The subscription streaming VOD platform ended the fiscal period with 77.7 million subscribers, down from 79 million through the end of March. Paramount attributed the decline to the end of an international …
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David Ellison, son of software centi-billionaire Larry Ellison, nurtured a relationship with Paramount over the past 15 years as a movie producer. His father’s fortune and political status also scored points. The Federal Communications Commission greenlit the $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance Media on Thursday, 383 days after the deal was first announced. The merger, which is set …
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EXCLUSIVE: In what has been buzzed about around town for quite some time, Sony‘s Columbia Pictures EVP Production Peter Kang is expected to get a title bump to President of Production as Sony Motion Picture Group co-President Josh Greenstein is negotiating to join Paramount Skydance in a C-suite role, sources tell us. Kang, we hear, will report into Sanford Panitch, …
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Josh Greenstein has been tapped to join Paramount following the company’s sale to Skydance. It is unclear what title Greenstein will have, but sources say his role will not be limited to motion pictures. Greenstein was most recently president of Sony Motion Picture Group, a role he shared with Sanford Panitch. It is unclear if he will be replaced. Greenstein …
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It’s all but official: Sony Motion Picture Group co-president Josh Greenstein will depart the studio for a top job under David Ellison once the $8 billion Paramount Global–Skydance merger closes, sources confirm. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to report this spring that Greenstein would be part of the management team installed by Ellison at the newly configured conglomerate. It’s …
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If there is one thing that can really bring out a crowd, then it is a big chunk of controversy. And right now, there is nothing in the world more controversial than President Donald Trump and South Park’s unrelenting annihilation of the current Commander-in-Chief in the opening episode of its 27th season. Add in the ongoing headlines surrounding Paramount and …
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