There’s a New Media Giant in Town

城中新崛起一位新媒体巨擘。

WSJ What’s News

2026-10-07

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P.M. Edition for Oct. 6. Skydance has ambitions to take on Netflix and other tech behemoths in streaming now that it’s clinched its deal for Warner Bros. Discovery. But WSJ media and entertainment reporter Joe Flint says Hollywood has reservations. German police have arrested the country’s former spy chief on suspicion of espionage, a crisis for the German foreign intelligence service. And workplace reporter Ray Smith says a new layoffs playbook used by companies including Nike and Meta is leaving workers in limbo for months over the future of their jobs. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • Paramount closed today on its $81 billion takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery,

  • and we tell you what's next for the new media giant called Skydance.

  • Plus, companies are telegraphing layoffs weeks or even months in advance.

  • It's almost like there's this drip, drip, drip scenario.

  • So there's this limbo and suspense of people sort of wondering,

  • you know, am I next or should I be looking for another job?

  • And Germany's former spy chief was arrested on suspicion of espionage.

  • It's Tuesday, October 6th.

  • I'm Sabrina Siddiqui for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Alex Ossola.

  • This is a PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • David Ellison's Skydance now controls the Paramount and Warner Brothers Studios, Paramount Plus and HBO Max,

  • and news operations CNN and CBS News.