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Rightfiber closes purchase of Fastwyre's Nebraska broadband business

Grain Management-backed Rightfiber completed its acquisition of American Broadband Holding Company's Fastwyre Broadband operations in Nebraska, expanding its 20-state fiber footprint.

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$110BStrategic acquisitionMedia & TelecomCompletedOct 7, 2026

Paramount closes $110B Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, becomes Skydance

Paramount completed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on October 6, forming a combined company called Skydance under David Ellison. The deal unites Paramount+ and HBO Max with CBS, CNN, TBS and franchises like Game of Thrones and the DC Universe. It closed after settlements with a coalition of U.S. states and a Hollywood writers' union cleared the main legal hurdles.

1/3 of basic cableStrategic acquisitionMedia & TelecomCompletedOct 6, 2026

Paramount closes its hard-fought takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

David Ellison's Paramount Skydance is set to close its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday after a year of rejected offers, a bidding war, multiple regulatory approvals, an antitrust challenge from state attorneys general and a settlement. The combined group will be renamed Skydance and trade under ticker "SKYD," controlling two storied film studios and nearly a third of basic cable programming.

3M books createdStrategic acquisitionMedia & TelecomCompletedOct 6, 2026

Personalized Story Group acquires Hooray Heroes

Personalized Story Group has acquired Slovenian personalized book publisher Hooray Heroes, which has created more than three million personalized books, adding it to a portfolio including Story Bug and My Story Tale.