David Ellison’s Skydance is in discussions to acquire Shari Redstone’s National Amusements, which owns a controlling stake in Paramount, the Financial Times’ Anna Nicolaou, James Fontanella-Khan, and Christopher Grimes report. After several weeks of talks, Skydance started doing due diligence this week on a potential transaction, the authors say, citing people familiar with the matter.
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