Skydance plans an HBO Max and Paramount+ bundle in early 2027 and one tech platform within a year. Pluto TV has shrunk to 75 million users.
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The updates came alongside a third-quarter earnings report for the legacy Paramount Skydance.
It’s part of an industrywide trend toward bundling — and a prelude to further integration between the two streaming services.
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Putting Yellowstone and House of the Dragon in one app.
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Ellison claimed AI’s impact on film could be on par with CGI.
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Skydance merged Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s games teams last month, but now it’s making cuts, Aftermath reports. In a statement to Variety, a Skydance spokesperson said that the company has “made the difficult decision to scale down some of our projects.” [Link: Skydance Lays Off Games Workers One Month After Warner Brothers Acquisition | https://aftermath.site/skydance-games-layoffs/ | Aftermath]
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The change means that Paramount Games Studio, which was established this year, will be combined with WBD teams like Rocksteady Studios and Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche Software, Variety reports. [Link: Skydance Sets Leadership Across Games, Experiences, Consumer Products and HR | https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/skydance-games-experiences-products-leadership-1236903948/ | Variety]
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Emmy-nominated actor is also executive producer of the Paramount+ series, which will dramatise the Australian true crime case
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Variety published a memo from CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz about the changes. The leaders have already indicated there will be layoffs. The Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger was completed earlier this month. [Link: Skydance Is Offering Employees Voluntary Buyouts Ahead of Layoffs, Adopts 5-Days-per-Week In-Office Policy | https://variety.com/2026/film/news/skydance-voluntary-buyouts-layoffs-5-days-per-week-in-office-policy-1236931402/ | Variety]
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Skydance is offering voluntary buyouts and ordering staff back to the office five days a week as it seeks $6bn in savings after its Warner Bros merger.
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Musk’s investment into the new media empire comes after Paramount’s $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery
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David Ellison's father, billionaire and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, has a history with Musk.
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The investment will provide a much needed financial boost as the company seeks to cut costs and lift its stock price.
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Another media megamerger in the books.