[Keith]

Apparently this has been called off

www.cnbc.com 

Thank goodness for that, as it would have probably seen the partial destruction of Paramount, based on what's happens at WBD since they merged. Viewers wouldn't have benefitted, as I'm sure more TV series and films would have been needlessly cancelled for the purpose of tax write-offs, regardless of how near complete they were.

Perhaps interesting to note was the other key points in that article.

* Skydance Media is still doing due diligence on a potential transaction with Paramount Global, the people said.
* Comcast isn't interested in buying any Paramount Global assets but would consider commercial partnerships, like bundling or merging Peacock and Paramount+.