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Paramount’s $52 Billion Debt Saga Ends With Hair-Raising Finale

Bloomberg Markets Friday 02 October 2026, 17:18 UTC By Claire Ruckin 1 min read
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Instant losses and angry phone calls. If the months-long search for debt to fund the audacious takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance Corp. were a prestige drama, the past few days would have been the messy season finale.

A cast of thousands. Records smashed. Instant losses and angry phone calls. If the months-long search for debt to fund the audacious takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance Corp. were a prestige drama, the past few days would have been the messy season finale.
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