NEW YORK, United States — US media conglomerate Paramount Skydance announced Friday it will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal valuing the combined company at $110 billion, after beating Netflix in a bruising bidding war. The agreement ends a five-month saga and creates an entertainment behemoth whose impact on a struggling media landscape — and connections to Donald Trump’s White House — will be closely scrutinized. The merged entity will include CNN, CBS, HBO and Nickelodeon as well as some of Hollywood’s most valuable franchises. These include Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, the DC Universe, Mission Impossible and SpongeBob SquarePants. […]... Keep on reading: Paramount acquires Warner Bros. in $110-B mega-merger