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‘Halo’ Video Game Studio Bungie Lays Off 17% of Staff, Restructures Development Strategy
CEO Pete Parsons says the cuts, which will impact 220 employees, come in part due to “enduring economic conditions”
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Channing Tatum Still Hopes ’23 Jump Street’ Happens
“It’s still the best script that I’ve ever read for a third movie,” the actor says in a recent interview
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Why Hollywood Creatives Prefer a Skydance Deal With Paramount | Analysis
As a deal seems close, creatives warn that a merger between Sony and Paramount would mean fewer buyers for their work
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Sony Future Filmmaker Awards Presents 6 Winners Camera Equipment, $22,500 in Prizes
The second annual event featured more than 8,400 short films
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Sony to Close TriStar TV
Executives Jennifer Turner and Nicole Norwood will exit the studio as part of the move
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‘Wolfs’ Trailer: George Clooney and Brad Pitt Are Lone Fixers in Apple Action-Comedy
The duo last worked together 15 years ago in 2007’s “Ocean’s Thirteen”
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Sony-Apollo Backs Away From $26 Billion Paramount Bid but Paves Way to Continued Deal Talks, NDAs
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management gain access to the studio’s nonpublic financial information, The New York Times reports
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Paramount Stock Takes 5% Hit After Reports of Sony ‘Rethinking’ Bid
The Japanese conglomerate has yet to sign an NDA for its joint bid of $26 billion with Apollo Global Management, CNBC reports
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Sony Succeeded in Becoming a Powerful Arms Dealer in the Streaming Wars — If Only Paramount Had Done the Same
Sony-produced films and series consistently punch above their weight on streaming platforms
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Apollo CEO Marc Rowan Shrugs Off Regulatory Concerns Over Paramount Bid: ‘These Paths Are Well Trodden’
The private equity firm has made a joint, nonbinding $26 billion all cash offer with Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Paramount’s Options: Apollo-Sony or Skydance? The CEO Office Might Win Out | Analysis
The three-man Office of the CEO offered a plan to sell the Paramount lot, slash headcount and maybe even sell Pluto
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Paramount Opens Talks With Sony and Apollo for Acquisition
The Paramount board’s special committee met over the weekend on the matter, after allowing an exclusive negotiating window with Skydance Media to lapse
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Paramount, Skydance Exclusive Talks Window Likely to Close Without a Deal, So What Happens Next?
The board’s special committee faces a tough choice: go through with an unpopular Skydance sale, explore Sony and Apollo’s $26 billion offer or go it alone
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Sony Pictures Television Names Kate Gill as SVP of Comedy Development
The former Paramount TV Studios exec will oversee development for new comedy series across all platforms
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Skydance Merger Talks and CEO Exit Loom Over Paramount Q1 Earnings
Paramount reports its quarterly results Monday afternoon as the May 3 deadline for exclusive merger discussions between the two companies quickly approaches
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