ssj12 said:
You do know how mergers work right? one party allows the other party to buy all their assets with an agreement that members of the old company can be put on the board of directors or in high executive positions. Some times this can lead to a brand new company like Activision Blizzard but most of the time it doesn't. So while Viacom is sending Paramount out to pasture while making tons of cash in the process, Paramount's higher ups will become Sony's higher ups. |
Not all mergers are like that, some mergers are just a new company like you said, more than likely it would be a Paramount-Sony Pictures thing where it's 50/50 ownership from Sony and Viacom, let's look at the mergers Sony has had
Sony Ericsson (50-50 venture between Sony and Ericsson)
Sony BMG (50-50 venture between Sony and BMG)
Sony ATV (50-50 venture between Sony and Michael Jackson)
MGM (Conglomerate where Sony owns 20%, Comcast owns 20%, Providence Equity owns 29%, TPG Capital owns 21%, Merchant Banking owns 7% and Quadrangle Group owns 3%)
I really don't think this would be anything other than a 50-50 venture
