Now comes news of tonights Skydance deal.

Skydance has been a big co-financier to Paramounts mega-tentpolesTop Gun: Maverick, Star Trekand theMission: Impossiblefranchise.

Read Redstones note to Paramount Global employees below:

Good evening.

Shari Redstone and David Ellison

Shari Redstone and David EllisonGetty Images

Paramount+ is among the fastest-growing streaming services with an exceptional range of content appealing to all demographics.

I think we can all agree on their enormous contributions to this company.

Paramount and Skydance Media