WBD in talks to merge with Paramount

GrandAdmiral said
Dude be going hard with these bids. It took the Waltons to keep him from buying the Broncos.

Seems like this isn't the first time he(and others) were offering to purchase part of paramount-owned assets. Paramount seemingly wanted to sell a portion of BET last year, but I guess decided against it for some reason.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/ente...rks-sale-tyler-perry-byron-allen/70614105007/
Byron also wants (or wanted) to buy ABC studios/assets etc, (if) Disney ever decided to sell it, and made his offer public. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/disney-byron-allen-10-billion-offer-abc-fx-national-geographic/

Doug B said
I keep thinking of Byron Allen as first, second, and third a late-night TV host. And that wasn't that long ago ... 15 years give or take? He's certainly kicked major ace in business since then (although I'm sure he was already successful in business back during his hosting days, as well).

yeah, it is surreal to see where he is now. When I see his name, I read it as "Byrooonnnn Alllennnnn" b/c he had a tv show in.. late 80s(?) where he would interview celebrities, and he would announce his name like that.