今日，派拉蒙·斯凯丹斯完成了以1110亿美元收购华纳兄弟探索公司的交易。此前，试图阻止该交易的努力因被最高法院大法官埃琳娜·卡根驳回而宣告失败。
Paramount Skydance completed its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery today, after a last-ditch effort to block the deal was rejected by Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.
合并后的新公司命名为“Skydance”，这一名称源自派拉蒙去年通过另一笔交易收购的企业。据Skydance在宣布交易完成的新闻稿中介绍，新公司整合了两家全球规模最大的电影制作公司，旗下还拥有流媒体平台派拉蒙+与HBO Max、CBS、CNN，以及包括CBS体育和TNT体育在内的各类体育频道，同时还拥有丰富的节目资源库和大量知名品牌与影视IP。
The post-merger company is called Skydance, taking the name of a firm that Paramount bought in a separate deal last year. The new Skydance combines two of the largest movie studios, streaming services Paramount+ and HBO Max, CBS, CNN, "and a portfolio of live sports including CBS Sports and TNT Sports, as well as a deep programming library and expansive collection of brands and franchises," Skydance said today in a press release announcing completion of the deal.
此次收购原本因加利福尼亚州及另外11个州提起的诉讼而有所延迟。今年7月，美国加利福尼亚州北区地方法院的阿拉塞利·马丁内斯-奥尔金法官裁定，此次合并极有可能大幅削弱市场竞争，违反反垄断法。
The merger was delayed a bit by a lawsuit filed by California and 11 other states. In July, US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín in the Northern District of California ruled that the combination would likely reduce competition substantially and violate antitrust laws.