Paramount’s Warner Bros. megamerger will just be called Skydance

<figure> <img alt="Paramount logo on a blue background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/STKB385_PARAMOUNT_C.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has announced that the company will just be called Skydance when it completes its <a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/886478/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-agreement">$110 billion merger</a> with Warner Bros. Discovery next week. In a <a href="https://x.com/ellisonskydance/status/2106006299909505523?s=20">post on X</a>, Ellison writes that "we wanted a name that would give the combined company an identity of its own while allowing Paramount and Warner Bros. - and all our extraordinary brands - to remain in the spotlight."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier this week, a judge approved the settlement <a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/998302/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-merger-settlement">Paramount reached with</a> California and 11 other states that sued over the planned acquisition, clearing the last major hurdle blocking the deal. Under the deal, Paramount must release a minimum numb …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1004016/paramount-warner-bros-skydance-megamerger-name">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>