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All hail Skydance, the newest mouthpiece for right-wing billionaires

Crikey · 12 October 2026 at 10:42 am

All hail Skydance, the newest mouthpiece for right-wing billionaires

Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery have finally tied the knot in a US$111 billion merger.

Expect the right-wing noise machine to get a whole lot louder.

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