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Shareholders Approve $111B Paramount-Skydance Merger Amid 4,000-ProtestShareholders Approve $111B Paramount-Skydance Merger Amid 4,000-Protest

4/24/2026

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Shareholders approved the $111 billion Paramount Skydance merger Thursday.
An opposition letter gathered 4,194 signatures after launching on April 13, 1,000 names.
Organizers rallied at the headquarters at 9 a.m. ET and planned a 5:30 p.m. ET protest in Washington, D.C. outside a dinner hosted by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.
Opponents including Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola and Jane Fonda argue the merger would concentrate ownership, cut jobs, raise costs and leave four U.S. film studios.

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Shareholders approved the $111 billion Paramount Skydance merger Thursday.
An opposition letter gathered 4,194 signatures after launching on April 13, 1,000 names.
Organizers rallied at the headquarters at 9 a.m. ET and planned a 5:30 p.m. ET protest in Washington, D.C. outside a dinner hosted by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.
Opponents including Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola and Jane Fonda argue the merger would concentrate ownership, cut jobs, raise costs and leave four U.S. film studios.