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Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance

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The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6.

Directly affected

  • WBD Warner Bros. Discovery

    Named in this report.

  • PSKY Skydance

    Named in this report.

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

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
WBD———————
PSKY———————
SPY———————
TLT———————
QQQ———————
GLD———————

The roughly $110 billion deal is expected to close October 6.

Source: TechCrunch

The price since 2 Oct 2026: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) versus the S&P 500

SPY

Official trades in Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) around 2 Oct 2026

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Who is named in “Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance”

Companies mentioned with this story

  • WBD Warner Bros. Discovery

    For “Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become 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 “Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become 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

How “Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance” reaches Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)

“Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance” (2 Oct 2026) reaches Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) through this story.

For Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the reason on file says The reported development directly names WARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC in the headline; GA resolved that company to WBD

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) is here too. Its reason reads: 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

“Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to become Skydance” scores 21 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 2 linked companies.