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Sam Bankman-Fried
William D. Cohan May 19, 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried may be locked up for 25 years for one of the greatest financial crimes in history. But clues to his appeal strategy may be emerging.
shari redstone
William D. Cohan May 15, 2024
More news and notes from inside the Paramount quiet period. “We’re running out of things to delay this on,” shared one participant in the process.
david zaslav
William D. Cohan May 12, 2024
Could the Paramount mess actually provide an unexpected benefit to David Zaslav and Warner Bros. Discovery?
Sam Bankman-Fried
William D. Cohan May 9, 2024
On a recent Tuesday, I went to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn for an intimate chat with America’s most famous prisoner, Sam Bankman-Fried. During our 75-minute conversation, we discussed everything from Caroline Ellison and the travails of his new life, to his regrets about the demise of FTX and his forthcoming appeal.


shari redstone
William D. Cohan May 5, 2024
After letting the Ellison/RedBird exclusivity window lapse, it seems increasingly possible—at least for now—that the deal dies with age, Shari rejects the Apollo-Sony bid, and delays this brutal M&A process until next year. Quelle horreur!
Shari Redstone
William D. Cohan May 1, 2024
Inside the Paramount M&A calamity as Shari and Gerry rejigger their deal, Gabelli signals his C.V.R. venom, and Apollo licks its teeth.
david ellison
William D. Cohan April 28, 2024
The looming apparent ouster of Bob Bakish, which I previewed long ago, has the RedBird and Ellison group inching ahead of Apollo in the Paramount Global foot race—at least for now.
John Paulson
William D. Cohan April 24, 2024
The former Valeant Pharmaceuticals is considering a controversial scheme to transform its best asset into a juicy dividend for its biggest shareholders, John Paulson and Brett Icahn. The company’s anxious creditors, who are owed $16 billion, have called on Wall Street’s toughest lawyers to intervene.


marc rowan
William D. Cohan April 21, 2024
News and notes emanating from the Gin Lane crowd: details about Apollo’s deal for Paramount, and the impact of Solomon’s gangster quarter.
Jeff Shell Gerry Cardinale Jeff Zucker
William D. Cohan April 17, 2024
I’ve got the skinny on the Ellison-Paramount deal—an extraordinarily fascinating deleveraged recap featuring a multibillion-dollar PIPE, Jeff Shell’s return to the top ranks of the media world, and possibly even Jeff Zucker’s revival as a top television executive. You can’t make this shit up. Will the special committee of the board buy it?
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