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Skydance’s games division is laying off staff. World News
The Verge • 4d ago

Skydance’s games division is laying off staff.

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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Skydance is merging Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s games teams. World News
The Verge • 1mo ago

Skydance is merging Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s games teams.

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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Skydance is giving voluntary buyouts and bringing staff back into the office five days per week. World News
The Verge • 2w ago

Skydance is giving voluntary buyouts and bringing staff back into the office five days per week.

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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Larry and David Ellison got $1 billion from Elon Musk for their Warner Bros. takeover. World News
The Verge • 3w ago

Larry and David Ellison got $1 billion from Elon Musk for their Warner Bros. takeover.

Semafor reports that, along with other investors like board member Laurene Powell Jobs, “Elon Musk has invested roughly $1 billion in Skydance, according to people familiar with the matter, providing a much needed financial injection as the company looks to cut costs and bolster its stock price. Sound familiar? [Link: Exclusive: Elon Musk makes $1 billion investment in Ellison’s Skydance | https://www.semafor.com/article/10/22/2026/elon-musk-makes-1-billion-investment-in-ellisons-skydance | Semafor]

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