As David Ellison Gave Employees A Celebratory Breakfast Buffet On October 1st, Skydance Executives Are Bracing For Incoming Layoffs To Continue With Further Rounds Into 2027 - On Streaming Head Cindy Holland's Shocking Exit, They Say “We Thought We Had Home-Court Advantage With All The New People.”

As David Ellison Gave Employees A Celebratory Breakfast Buffet On October 1st, Skydance Executives Are Bracing For Incoming Layoffs To Continue With Further Rounds Into 2027 - On Streaming Head Cindy Holland's Shocking Exit, They Say “We Thought We Had Home-Court Advantage With All The New People.”

variety.com
u/lowell2017 — 11 days ago

Investors & Money Managers Are Tying Oracle's $160B+ & Skydance's $87B+ Debt Loads Together As Larry Ellison's Financial Risks - While Assumption Was Additional Capital Can Be Injected, Debt Buyers Also Discussed How Much Weight To Put On Larry's Equity Backstop Guarantee During Bonds & Loans Sales.

bloomberg.com
u/lowell2017 — 12 days ago

After Denial Of Company Investor Paul Robbins's Motion To Expedite Lawsuit Against Ellisons, RedBird, & Board Directors On Redstone Sale & WarnerDiscovery Pursuit, He Filed Affidavit On September 18th Saying There's No Compensation For Dismissal. His Case Officially Closed 3 Days Later On The 21st.

u/lowell2017 — 12 days ago

Banks Only Sold Skydance's $52B Debt Financing Package To 1000 Investors, Most Of Whom Were Hedge Funds Portfolio Managers - As The Shuffled Loans & Bonds Tumbled, CFO Dennis Cinelli Says About $200M Of Annual Interest Was Reduced: “In A Choppy Market For Debt, We Feel Good About Where We Landed.”

bloomberg.com
u/lowell2017 — 12 days ago

Skydance Insiders On David Ellison Promoting His Film Lieutenants Goldberg & Greenstein: “This Is Too Big A Job & They Don’t Have The Chops. Producers Can’t Stand Them & Roll Their Eyes. David Just Cares About Loyalty From His Own People. In Terms Of Quality Control, It’s Going To Be A Disaster.”

vulture.com
u/lowell2017 — 12 days ago

While David Ellison Brings Up His Film Lieutenants, Co-CEO Ynon Kreiz Is Eyeing Peter Rice For Some Potential Role, Which Could Be Above Goldberg & Greenstein's Purview Or Parallel To Them - On Cindy Holland's Exit: “It’s Setting Out To Be A Boys’ Club Over There Between Bros At RedBird & Skydance.”

pagesix.com
u/lowell2017 — 12 days ago

While They Adore Bari Weiss, Insiders Say Ellisons Feel CBS News's Editor-In-Chief Role Isn't Right For Her Skill Set: “No Leadership Capability Or Interest Or Stamina. Unforced Errors Shows That Management Is Not Her Strength. She Might Be Reporting To George Cheeks Or Refocuses On The Free Press.”

nypost.com
u/lowell2017 — 12 days ago

As Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch Takes The Mattel Torch, Its Former CEO Ynon Kreiz Is Being Recruited For A Senior Management Role At Skydance - In The Middle Of His WarnerDiscovery Pursuit, David Ellison Has Been Courting Him For Months With Insider Touting Kreiz Is “Another Ace Up Ellison’s Sleeve.”

variety.com
u/lowell2017 — 15 days ago
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Skydance's Financing Can Result In A More Than $87B Debt Load With Uncapped Borrowing Costs - While Loans' Interest Can Rack Up Extra $500M Annually, Bonds' Interest Ranges From $450M To Over $600M Yearly. Some Investors Are Skeptical On Leverage Reduction Targets So They Ditched Debt To Buy Bonds.

bloomberg.com
u/lowell2017 — 15 days ago
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Skydance's Streaming Head Cindy Holland Announces Immediate Departure - The Former Netflix Content Chief Also Revealed In An Exit Memo That David Ellison Tapped Her To Be A Strategic Advisor For His WarnerDiscovery Pursuit In January 2025 During The Midst Of The Redstones' Paramount Global Sale.

deadline.com
u/lowell2017 — 15 days ago
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As Skydance's Layoff Bloodbath Looms On Horizon, Many Hollywood Creatives Doubt David Ellison Has The Experience, Skill, & Temperament To Run Either Paramount Global Or WarnerDiscovery. WB's Film Heads De Luca & Abdy Could Be Motivated To Pack Up & Leave If Goldberg & Greenstein Become Their Bosses.

puck.news
u/lowell2017 — 16 days ago
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Skydance's Legal Head Makan Delrahim Is Tasked To Negotiate A Buyout Of Alex Holder's Lindsey Graham Documentary Film - If David Ellison's "Catch & Kill" Whopping 8-Figure Sum Offer Is Accepted, It's Possible Any Recorded Interactions Of Ellison With Late Senator Will Be Scrubbed From Its Final Cut.

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u/lowell2017 — 16 days ago
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States AGs Coalition & Skydance Both Try To Defend Capitulating Settlement In Filings & That It Shouldn't Be Subjected To Senator Cory Booker's Independent Public-Interest Review Suggestion, Saying The Tunney Act Is Only Applicable To US DOJ's Jurisdiction But Not States' Own Regulatory Authorities.

deadline.com
u/lowell2017 — 16 days ago
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Banks Pitched Skydance's $44B Bond Sale With Yield As High As 9% For US Dollars & 7.5% On Euros - The $12.4B Second-Lien Junk Bonds Attracted More Than $23B In Orders While The $32B First-Lien Investment-Grade Bonds Had Demands Of More Than $51B. But Investors Might Back Out Due To Actual Pricing.

bloomberg.com
u/lowell2017 — 16 days ago
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As Silicon Valley Campaign Donors Hounded California Officials On Negotiations, David Ellison Called Up Hollywood Unions For Support On Sunday's Settlement Talks - If Skydance Can't Actually Pay Down Its $80B Debt Mountain, Paramount Global & WarnerDiscovery Will Be On Selling Block Again Very Soon.

puck.news
u/lowell2017 — 23 days ago
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While New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota Didn't Initially Agree On California AG's Talks With Skydance, Several States Felt Litigation Costs Were Too Much To Maintain As CA Shouldered Most Of It So Ellisons Will Pay 40M To Help Cover It. WGA Was Also Ready To Drop Their Case Yesterday.

bloomberg.com
u/lowell2017 — 23 days ago
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How Trump WH's Press Ban Plays Out During Skydance's WarnerDiscovery Pursuit - A Media Executive Says “Why Particular Ownership Matters. While All Focus On D.C., Decisions Made At Much Higher Level. Murdoch Did It For WSJ & Fox So Will Ellisons Do That For The Big Moments That'll Ultimately Matter?”

puck.news
u/lowell2017 — 23 days ago
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Sunday Night After Afternoon Talks, Skydance & State AGs Coalition Ran Into A Negotiation Stalemate With Different States Can't Deciding On Top Priorities For Concessions. NY AG Wanted To Focus On Job Protections To Help WGA & CNN's Editorial Independence Promises. Insider Says “Bonta Had Leverage.”

pagesix.com
u/lowell2017 — 23 days ago
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Before Sunday Afternoon's Talks With The State AGs Coalition, David Ellison & His Legal Team Were Apparently Growing Weary & Thought They Would Have To Continue Pressing Their Relocation Threat PR Campaign - A Skydance Insider Says “They Were Scared Because It Really Seemed Like It Was Touch & Go.”

nypost.com
u/lowell2017 — 23 days ago
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With The Capitulation Of The States AGs Coalition, David Ellison, His Private Equity Partner RedBird's Gerry Cardinale, & Middle Eastern Wealth Funds Get Ready To Fire Up Their Jackhammer & Wrecking Ball On The Storied Legacy Built By The 4 Warner Brothers (Harry, Albert, Sam, & Jack) & Ted Turner.

themediamix.co
u/lowell2017 — 24 days ago