The performance of consumer discretionary businesses is closely linked to economic cycles. This volatility leads to big swings in stock prices that have worked in their favor recently -
over the past six months, the industry has returned 16.3% and beat the S&P 500 by 4.6 percentage points.
Published: December 18, 2025 Introduction As of December 2025, the American media landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, and at the center of this storm is the newly reorganized Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA; now transitioning to NASDAQ: PSKY). Following the high-stakes, multi-month pursuit and eventual merger with Skydance Media, the legacy Hollywood titan has emerged [...]
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The sale of HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) has become the entertainment and streaming industry's Game of Thrones, with Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ: PSKY) battling for control. Here's a timeline of events so far.
As the sun sets on 2025, the media landscape is unrecognizable from the fractured streaming wars of the early decade. This Christmas, the industry is transfixed by a high-stakes corporate chess match that promises to culminate in a seismic consolidation in 2026. At the center of the storm is Warner
As 2025 draws to a close, the media and entertainment industry is witnessing a seismic shift that could permanently redefine the global streaming landscape. Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) has become the center of a high-stakes tug-of-war between the reigning streaming king, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and the newly revitalized Paramount
The market didn’t do anything dramatic on Monday, which, in late December, is basically a love letter. Stocks drifted higher, tech stayed in the driver’s seat, and the day’s big message was simple: AI is still the trade… and it’s increasingly a power-and-infrastructure story.
Shares of multinational media and entertainment corporation Paramount (NASDAQ:PSKY)
jumped 3.8% in the afternoon session after the company amended its $30 per share all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, with Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison adding a personal guarantee for a major portion of the deal's financing.
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Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD) shares are trading higher Monday after Paramount Skydance Corp (NASDAQ:PSKY) announced it amended its $30 per share all-cash offer to acquire the company.
In a move that has sent shockwaves through both Silicon Valley and the Sunset Strip, Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) co-founder Larry Ellison has effectively "lifted" the financial floor of the media industry. On December 22, 2025, the elder Ellison provided an unprecedented $40.4 billion irrevocable personal guarantee to back Paramount
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