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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Achieves Nearly 9-Month High in Viewership

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas Achieves Nearly 9-Month High in Viewership

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas has reached a nearly 9-month high in total viewership, marking its best performance since February 16, 2026. The program averaged 7.3 million total viewers during the week of November 2, significantly outperforming CBS by 2.936 million viewers, a 68% increase. Additionally, the broadcast surpassed 1 million viewers in the A25-54 demographic for 13 of the last 14 weeks, increasing its A25-54 viewership by 235,000 compared to the previous year. Tom Llamas also co-anchored NBC News’ midterm election coverage, which ranked #1 across the board. This consistent growth marks 40 consecutive weeks of year-over-year increases across all key metrics for NBC Nightly News.
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Skydance's Pluto TV Experiences Significant Decline in Monthly Active Users

Skydance's Pluto TV Experiences Significant Decline in Monthly Active Users

Skydance's Pluto TV Experiences Significant Decline in Monthly Active Users
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Skydance Succession: As David Ellison Sets His Team, Heads Are Rolling as Hollywood Finds Out Who’s Really in Charge

Skydance Succession: As David Ellison Sets His Team, Heads Are Rolling as Hollywood Finds Out Who’s Really in Charge

Of all the things keeping David Ellison up at night, the countdown to 2028 may be the most pressing. At least that’s what many media observers and Hollywood insiders believe. Ellison’s anxiety, they say, isn’t fueled by the forthcoming presidential election or the Olympic Games that will descend on Los Angeles, where Ellison now owns […]
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Skydance CEO David Ellison Pledges 'Disciplined' Approach to Future Sports Rights Bidding

Skydance CEO David Ellison Pledges 'Disciplined' Approach to Future Sports Rights Bidding

Skydance CEO David Ellison Pledges 'Disciplined' Approach to Future Sports Rights Bidding
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Skydance to Launch HBO Max and Paramount+ Bundle in Early 2027 Following Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition

Skydance to Launch HBO Max and Paramount+ Bundle in Early 2027 Following Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition

Skydance to Launch HBO Max and Paramount+ Bundle in Early 2027 Following Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition
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CNN Sees Some Staff Buyouts Under Skydance Merger Plan

CNN Sees Some Staff Buyouts Under Skydance Merger Plan

A group of CNN veterans — among them camera operators and fact-checkers — have opted to take voluntary buyouts as part of an offer spurred by Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to four people familiar with the matter. The deadline for these employees to accept the buyout came Sunday, according to these people. […]
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Hollywood’s Next Big Deal: Will Netflix Make an M&A Play for NBCU?

Hollywood’s Next Big Deal: Will Netflix Make an M&A Play for NBCU?

David Ellison has knocked out Warner Bros. Discovery, merging it with Paramount into the new Skydance Corp. Now the chatter around town is about the industry’s next megamerger. In the current landscape, only one media company of considerable size could be ripe for a takeover: NBCUniversal. Following its planned spinoff from Comcast in mid-2027, NBCU […]
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Skydance details cost cuts, sets streaming bundle for early next year

Skydance details cost cuts, sets streaming bundle for early next year

By Lisa Richwine and Harshita Mary Varghese LOS ANGELES, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Skydance on Monday detailed plans to deliver $6 billion in cost savings from its Warner Bros Discovery acquisition and said it would launch a streaming bundle of HBO Max and Paramount+ early next year.
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Skydance Q3 Profit Powered By Studios, Streaming

Skydance Q3 Profit Powered By Studios, Streaming

Skydance, fresh from completing its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, said the Paramount part of the business generated profit of $73 million — a swing from a loss in the year-earlier period — but the results did not include data from its new properties, because its deal did not close until October, after the fiscal […]
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Skydance Confirms Early 2027 Launch for HBO Max-Paramount+ Streaming Bundle

Skydance Confirms Early 2027 Launch for HBO Max-Paramount+ Streaming Bundle

Skydance Confirms Early 2027 Launch for HBO Max-Paramount+ Streaming Bundle
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Skydance to Launch HBO Max and Paramount+ Bundle in Early 2027 Following Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Skydance to Launch HBO Max and Paramount+ Bundle in Early 2027 Following Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Skydance to Launch HBO Max and Paramount+ Bundle in Early 2027 Following Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
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Skydance Reports Q3 Earnings, Announces Combined Streaming Bundle with HBO Max and Paramount+

Skydance Reports Q3 Earnings, Announces Combined Streaming Bundle with HBO Max and Paramount+

Skydance Reports Q3 Earnings, Announces Combined Streaming Bundle with HBO Max and Paramount+