Skydance Reports First Earnings Post-Merger, Outlines $6bn Cost Cuts
Skydance co-CEOs David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz reported first-quarter results after merging with Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing plans for $6 billion in cost savings.
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First reported by Variety, 1h 27m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
7 publishers have covered this in 13 articles since 9 Nov 2026. Variety published first, on 9 November at 19:35 UTC; Deadline followed 1h 27m later. The most recent article, from Variety, appeared on 12 November at 15:30 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), CNBC (major outlet), Bloomberg Markets (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, Quartz, All Content from Business Insider.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietySkydance Games Layoffs Hit Following Warner Bros. Merger
- VarietyCNN Sees Some Staff Buyouts Under Skydance Merger Plan
- DeadlineSkydance Floats First Earnings Report As Hollywood Mega-Studio: Sizing Up The New Empire
- CNBCSkydance outlines its $6 billion in planned cost savings. Here's the breakdown
- VarietySkydance Q3 Profit Powered By Studios, Streaming
- QuartzSkydance is planning at least $6 billion in cost cuts after Warner Bros. deal
- Bloomberg MarketsSkydance Reports First Earnings Since Merger
- DeadlineSkydance Bosses Throw Shade On Warner Bros Film Slate; Q4 Profit Will Take $200M Hit
- All Content from Business InsiderSee what Skydance's CEOs said to employees after exceeding estimates in first earnings report
- DeadlineSkydance Games Hit By Layoffs
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Hollywood’s Next Big Deal: Will Netflix Make an M&A Play for NBCU? Variety ·
- Skydance Succession: As David Ellison Sets His Team, Heads Are Rolling as Hollywood Finds Out Who’s Really in Charge Variety ·
- Skydance Earnings: Wall Street Is Skeptical So Far The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Skydance Reports First Earnings Since Merger Bloomberg Markets ·
- Skydance Q3 Profit Powered By Studios, Streaming Variety ·
- Skydance outlines its $6 billion in planned cost savings. Here's the breakdown CNBC ·
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- CNN Sees Some Staff Buyouts Under Skydance Merger Plan Variety ·
- Skydance Games Layoffs Hit Following Warner Bros. Merger Variety ·
- Skydance Games Hit By Layoffs Deadline
- See what Skydance's CEOs said to employees after exceeding estimates in first earnings report All Content from Business Insider
- Skydance Bosses Throw Shade On Warner Bros Film Slate; Q4 Profit Will Take $200M Hit Deadline
- Skydance is planning at least $6 billion in cost cuts after Warner Bros. deal Quartz
- Skydance Floats First Earnings Report As Hollywood Mega-Studio: Sizing Up The New Empire Deadline
In this story
- Skydance
- David Ellison
- Ynon Kreiz
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Paramount