David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance
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It's a full-circle moment for a company that has undergone two major acquisitions within the last 18 months.
Directly affected
Indirectly affected
- SPY SPDR S&P 500
The broad U.S. stock market
- TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
Long-term U.S. government bonds
- QQQ Invesco QQQ
Large technology stocks
- GLD SPDR Gold Shares
Gold can move with the broad market
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
Source: CNBC Top
Price since this story was published: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
Who reported a Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) trade near this story
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Who gains and who loses around Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
Companies mentioned with this story
- WBD Warner Bros. Discovery
For “David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance,” Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: The reported development directly names WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC in the headline; GA resolved that company to WBD
- PSKY Paramount Skydance
In “David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance,” Paramount Skydance (PSKY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected PSKY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: paramount, skydance. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
“David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance” (2 Oct 2026) reaches Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) through this story.
The link for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is this: The reported development directly names WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC in the headline; GA resolved that company to WBD
A second company, Paramount Skydance (PSKY), is listed for a different reason: GA selected PSKY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: paramount, skydance. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
Dates and price levels for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
PSKY traded between 8.97 and 11.48 across 13 sessions. The latest close on file is 9.78. WBD traded between 27.84 and 30.99 across 13 sessions. The latest close on file is 30.97.
A simple score for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)
21 out of 100
“David Ellison says combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be named Skydance” scores 21 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 2 linked companies.