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DEVELOPING · 1 OCT → 15 OCT 2026 · 15 EDITIONS · 66 OUTLETS

Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, 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 33 66 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 15 Oct 6 Oct 18:12 UTC · Paramount completes $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition 7 Oct 00:08 UTC · Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, forming Skydance

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    Paramount completes $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition

  2. 7 Oct, 00:08 UTC

    Paramount completes Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, forming Skydance

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Warner Bros · 9 outlets
  • David Ellison · 8 outlets
  • Paramount Skydance · 7 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Ynon Kreiz · from 6 Oct 10:00, 5 outlets
  • $110 billion · from 6 Oct 15:43, 4 outlets
  • Larry Ellison · from 6 Oct 10:00, 3 outlets
  • Rob Bonta · from 6 Oct 10:00, 3 outlets
  • European Union · from 6 Oct 10:00, 3 outlets
  • Bari Weiss · from 6 Oct 10:00, 3 outlets
  • $81 billion takeover · from 6 Oct 13:45, 3 outlets
  • Harry Potter · from 6 Oct 15:15, 3 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • state attorneys: 12 (2 from 6 Oct 15:15) → 11 (1 from 11 Oct 14:15)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.