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... This Reuters item, via Forbes, could be the biggest case of leaping before looking in film journo world this week. And it’s only Monday! ...
Reuters: Paramount Could Merge With Other Studio?
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Could Paramount Pictures merge with Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, or another major studio? That’s a possibility that Reuters is reporting in this article . Veteran investor Mario Gabelli is quoted in his suggestion that “a wave of consolidation in the industry” is forthcoming from the film industry. Gabelli, the chief executive of Gamco Investors Inc, who owns shares of Viacom (the parent company of Paramount), “said he expects dealmaking among movie studios as they seek to cut costs.” “‘Today there are seven or eight motion-picture studios,” he said. “A round of ...
Terry Gilliam's 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus' To Debut In Munich Later This Month; Hits Germany December 3
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... issue of Barron's. Simply salient financial speculation? Nope, Gabelli is, The chief executive of Gamco Investors Inc, who owns shares of Viacom, said he expects dealmaking among movie studios as they seek to cut costs. Who knows though, this could be premature. We won't pretend to be experts here, but mergers of these kinds tend to always leave art on the cutting room floor. Something to be worried about and bad for the business as a whole. [Reuters] ...
Would Sony Or Universal Buy Paramount?
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Would Sony Or Universal Buy Paramount? With the entire country in a recession, the movie industry is making even more money than it was last year. Paramount, one of the oldest studios in the industry, is sitting on top the biggest movie of the year, Star Trek , and has another coming with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . And yet a financial analyst quoted at Forbes.com 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 ...
Discussion: What if Paramount Merged with Sony or Universal?
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Major Studios Won't Consolidate, but Minors May Merge
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... Studios answer to beleaguered corporate parents fighting their own battles. Paramount owner Viacom--which one report suggests is open to a Paramount merger when there's no evidence that anyone has interest in buying anybody else--has volatile Sumner Redstone at the helm as ad rates plummet. Each of the six media behemoths is rocked to some degree by the horrid ad climate: 30 to 70 % of their incomes come from ads. News Corp and Time Warner are coping with reeling publishing empires. NBC/Universal parent GE is dealing with its troubled financing division. ...
