It also fielded a bid for Showtime but deemed it insufficient.

Ehrlichs revised 12-month price target for Paramount shares is $9.

Discovery shares, though it is below Disneys level.

Paramount Pictures

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Selling assets, she added, are the most clear-cut way for management to drive shareholder value.

The complicating factor in the case of Paramount is its ownership structure.

Non-executive Chairwoman Shari Redstone runs National Amusements, which controls Paramounts shares.

WGA West building in Hollywood