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DEVELOPING · 25 SEP → 14 OCT 2026 · 19 EDITIONS · 49 OUTLETS

Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, forming Skydance

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 24 49 26 Sep 27 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 2 Oct 18:16 UTC · Judge Approves Paramount-Warner Settlement as Skydance Plans October 6 Close 6 Oct 18:19 UTC · Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, creating Skydance 7 Oct 00:14 UTC · Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, forming Skydance

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 2 Oct, 18:16 UTC

    Judge Approves Paramount-Warner Settlement as Skydance Plans October 6 Close

  2. 6 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, creating Skydance

  3. 7 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, forming Skydance

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Warner Bros · from 1 Oct 13:35, 10 outlets
  • David Ellison · from 2 Oct 13:42, 10 outlets
  • Ynon Kreiz · from 2 Oct 13:42, 7 outlets
  • Paramount Skydance · from 6 Oct 08:03, 6 outlets
  • Harry Potter · from 6 Oct 08:03, 5 outlets
  • Donald Trump · from 6 Oct 13:30, 5 outlets
  • Top Gun · from 6 Oct 08:03, 4 outlets
  • Bari Weiss · from 6 Oct 09:00, 4 outlets