April 25 (Reuters) - Paramount Global ( PARAA ):
* PARAMOUNT AND SKYDANCE INCH CLOSER TO A MERGER AS KEY
HURDLE
LOOMS - CNBC
* SKYDANCE MEDIA AND ITS PRIVATE EQUITY BACKERS ARE
TARGETING MAY
TO FINALIZE TERMS ON A DEAL WITH PARAMOUNT GLOBAL- CNBC
* SKYDANCE'S PLAN WOULD NAME DAVID ELLISON CEO OF PARAMOUNT
GLOBAL
AND FORMER NBCUNIVERSAL CEO JEFF SHELL AS PRESIDENT - CNBC
* VALUE FOR SKYDANCE WHICH WILL BE VALUED AROUND $5 BILLION
AND
MERGED WITH PARAMOUNT GLOBAL- CNBC
* ELLISON AND THE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS PLAN TO RAISE ROUGHLY
$4.5
BILLION TO $5 BILLION IN NEW EQUITY- CNBC
* CURRENT PARAMOUNT CEO BOB BAKISH WOULD DEPART THE COMPANY
- CNBC
Source text: https://tinyurl.com/4wnwswam
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