latinoreview.com - 6/15/2009
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The CEO of Gamco Investors, who owns shares of Viacom, said that Paramont and Sony might be talking about a possible merger within the next six to 12 months. Forbes has more: Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures could merge with Sony Pictures, Universal Studios or another movie studio amid a ...
forbes.com - 6/15/2009
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forbes.com —
NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) - Viacom Inc
's Paramount Pictures could merge with Sony Pictures, Universal...
Studios or another movie studio amid a wave of consolidation in the industry over the next few months, veteran investor Mario Gabelli said in the ...
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Paramount could merge with another studio -Barron's
filmschoolrejects.com - 6/15/2009
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filmschoolrejects.com —
I realize that it’s some tough goings for
almost every sector of the economy – except, apparently,...
psychiatrists are still banking because every is crazier – but I didn’t think we’d start seeing this kind of speculation until the downturn got worse or continued ...
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Major Studios Might Merge Within the Year
atomicpopcorn.net - 6/17/2009
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atomicpopcorn.net —
Reports are circulating that Sony may be in
talks of a possible merger with in the next...
year. This from Forbes- “Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures could merge with Sony Pictures, Universal Studios or another movie studio amid a wave of consolidation in the industry over the next ...
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Strange bedfellows: Sony & Paramount?
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Would Sony Or Universal Buy Paramount?
Cinema Blend News —
... is predicting that Paramount might merge with Sony or Universal before the end of the year. Why? How? He's not saying, of course, just suggesting that Hollywood needs to start cutting corners and streamlining things, and a merger between Paramount and another major studio would be the most likely solution. Honestly, I'm not buying it-- Paramount seems way, way too big to get swallowed up by another company, unlike, say, MGM, which Latino Review mentions as a precursor to this kind of event. For now consider this kind of speculation just some random inside baseball talk ...
Paramount Could Be Merging With Sony Or Universal
The Movie Blog —
... But this one struck me as surprising. Apparently there are rumblings that mega studio, Paramount, is in talks to merge with either Sony or Universal. The guys over at Latino Reviews give us this: ...
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