EXCLUSIVE: Parabolic Revenue Jumps 106% Sequentially With First ConnectAndSell Contribution
Banzai International, Inc.(NASDAQ:PARA), an AI-powered agentic applications company doing business as Parabolic, said Wednesday it expects preliminary third-quarter revenue of approximately $4.7 million. Revenue Jumps 106% Sequentially The…
Paramount Antitrust Settlement Clears Way for Merger With Warner Bros. Why the Stock Is Down.
“This deal gives certainty about the future of production in California,” Bonta said in making the announcement. Warner Bros. stock surged 11% to $30.87, erasing all its losses for the year. After rising nearly 9% when the settlement was f…
Could You Have Seen Warner Bros Discovery Stock's Run Coming?
Image from Pixabay Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) stock gained about 55% from mid-September 2025 to mid-September 2026, while Disney, Netflix and Comcast all fell and the S&P 500 returned 17.3% including dividends. By August 2026 the company…
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Paramount, Warner Bros., Accenture, Novo & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Paramount , Warner Bros. Discovery — Shares jumped over 5.8% and 7%, respectively after The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Paramount and California's Attorney…
Paramount Is One of Today’s Worst S&P 500 Stocks on a Warning Against Mega-Merger
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery long-awaited merger has been at a standstill. Barclays analysts led by Kannan Venkateshwar resumed coverage of both stocks, rating Warner Bros at Equal Weight with a $28 price target and Paramo…
Paramount Is Today’s Worst S&P 500 Stock on a Warning Against Mega-Merger
Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery long-awaited merger has been at a standstill. Barclays analysts led by Kannan Venkateshwar resumed coverage of both stocks, rating Warner Bros at Equal Weight with a $28 price target and Paramo…
California AG Rob Bonta cancels Paramount merger settlement talks
California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled a settlement meeting with Paramount scheduled for Monday, accusing the company of leaking and misrepresenting details of an earlier negotiating session, according to CNN. Monday's meeting, whi…
Banzai International Inc (PARA) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Acquisition and ...
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Revenue: $2.3 million in Q2 2026, a decrease of 27% from $3.1 million in Q2 2025. Gross Profit: $1.8 million in Q2 2026, down from the prior-year quarter. Gross Margin: 80.2% in Q2 2026, remaining…
Paramount demands $1.9 billion from states, citing Warner deal delays
David Ellison's Paramount Skydance has asked a judge to force California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and his coalition of 11 other states to set aside as much as $1.9 billion as the Warner Bros. Discovery merger challenge heads into overtime. In…
Parabolic Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Banzai International, Inc. d/b/a Parabolic Cost Reductions Contribute to $3.4M Increase to Net Income from Q1 2026; Company Acquires ConnectAndSell, Expectedto Increase FY2026 Revenue to $17M and FY2027 Revenue to $26M Management to Host S…
Parabolic to Host Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call on Friday, August 14, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Banzai International, Inc. d/b/a Parabolic SEATTLE, Aug. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Banzai International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PARA) (d/b/a "Parabolic" or the "Company"), a leading AI-powered agentic applications technology company, will hold a…
Disney Stopped Leading With Its Own Headline Growth Number
Photo by geralt on Pixabay The consolidated earnings-growth metric, that management once led with, no longer opens its remarks, and the businesses the replacement metrics measure move at very different speeds. Walt Disney (DIS) has changed…
National CineMedia (NCMI) Reports Q2 Loss, Lags Revenue Estimates
National CineMedia (NCMI) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.1 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.09. This compares to a loss of $0.11 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. T…
Paramount Risks Costly Penalties as Lawsuit Stalls WBD Merger
Concerned about an AI bubble? Sign up for The Daily Upside for smart and actionable market news, built for investors. A lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general led by California has Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery officia…
Paramount gets EU approval for Warner Bros takeover despite US suit
Investing.com -- Paramount Skydance Corp. received conditional approval from the European Union on Wednesday for its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., marking progress for the deal as it faces legal challenges in the…
Paramount-Warner Bros. deal on hold after court ruling
Hollywood's biggest deal in decades is on hold. On Monday, a federal judge temporarily blocked Paramount Skydance's efforts to complete its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, ruling that the proposed $111-billion merger "raises serious qu…
Paramount stock tumbles after Arete downgrade on debt concerns
Investing.com -- Paramount Skydance shares fell 8% Thursday after Arete Research downgraded the media company to sell from neutral and slashed its price target to $2, a Street low, citing concerns about the debt burden from its planned mer…
Paramount-Warner’s ‘Too Low’ Deal Odds Leave Room for Arb Profit
(Bloomberg) -- Paramount Skydance Corp.'s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. just won crucial US approval — but with many hurdles remaining, traders still see opportunity to profit from how this $110 billion transaction will…
U.S. states preparing antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal
California and roughly 10 other states are preparing an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to Reuters. The lawsuit is expected to be filed in the coming weeks. Cali…
Ellison Privately Vows to Keep Enlarged Paramount’s Debt in Line
(Bloomberg) -- It began as a concession in private conversations to assuage wary credit analysts looking at Paramount Skydance Corp.’s blockbuster takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.: a verbal pledge by the Ellison family to do whateve…
Ted Turner Built CNN on Debt and Near-Bankruptcy. Here Is Why You Should Not Try to Copy Him
Quick Read At 4x leverage, a 25% asset decline wipes out 100% of equity, and Paramount (PARA) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) embody the rare cases where this bet paid off—not the norm. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset's…
Trump discloses hundreds of millions of dollars in trades in first quarter
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Paramount's Ellison underscores his pledge to make 30 films a year when his company buys Warner Bros.
Paramount Skydance is in the process of acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison defended his commitment to release 30 movies a year once his media company swallow…
Paramount seeks FCC approval for foreign investors in Warner Bros. deal
Paramount filed with the Federal Communications Commission this week seeking approval for the foreign investments backing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to regulatory filings made public Monday. Among the backers name…
Netflix and Paramount are locked in a bidding war for Warner Bros but the stock market is already picking a winner. Since the merger talks began, Warner Bros stock has surged while both bidders Netflix and Paramount have taken a hit. As it…
Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount's $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
NEW YORK (AP) — An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders’ stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape closer to the finish line. On Thursday, Warner Br…
Netflix shares dive as revenue barely beats expectations
Netflix says the World Baseball Classic held earlier this year boosted its popularity in Japan, one of the coutries where games were played (MARIO TAMA)·MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP Netflix shares plummeted mo…
Shareholders soon will vote on the proposed sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount Skydance. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times) Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders will soon render a verdict on Hollywood's biggest merger in nearly a deca…
Can Paramount and Warner Bros. Defy History of Lackluster Hollywood Mergers?
Concerned about an AI bubble? Sign up for The Daily Upside for smart and actionable market news, built for investors. That’s all, folks. Well, maybe. With Netflix bowing out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Paramount Sk…
Market Madness: Why JPMorgan, McDonald's are slam dunk stock picks
Tipping off Yahoo Finance's "Market Madness" bracket tournament, Winthrop Capital CIO Adam Coons joins Julie Hyman to make the case for the first round of corporate match-ups, which includes JPMorgan Chase (JPM) vs. TJX (TJX) and McDonald'…
Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers On $63 Million Trump Library Fund After Nonprofit Dissolution
On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) once again pressed for clarity on the fate of millions pledged by major companies to a future Trump Presidential Library after the original nonprofit managing the funds was dissolved. Elizabeth Wa…
Warner Bros boss to make $700m from Paramount sale
David Zaslav, the chief executive of Warner Bros Discovery, is in line for a $700m (£524m) payday - Cindy Ord/VF26/Getty The chief executive of Warner Bros is in line to make more than $700m (£524m) after the Hollywood studio was sold to r…