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Paramount Global acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Paramount Global bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Miramax Word for word“During 2020, we acquired a 49 % interest in Miramax, a global film and television studio, for $ 375 million, which included a cash payment at closing of approximately $ 150 million along with a commitment to invest $ 45 million annually, beginning on the first anniversary of the closing and continuing through 2025, to be used for new film and television productions and working capital.” 10-K for 2022	acquisition	2020	$ 375 million
Chilevisión, a free-to-air television channel, and a controlling interest in Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico, a Spanish language content producer Word for word“During 2021, we made payments totaling $ 54 million, net of cash acquired, for the acquisition of Chilevisión, a free-to-air television channel, and a controlling interest in Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico, a Spanish language content producer.” 10-K for 2022	acquisition	During 2021	$ 54 million, net of cash acquired
Simon & Schuster business Word for word“Department of Justice filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to block our sale of the Simon & Schuster business to Penguin Random House pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated November 24, 2020, between the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, Penguin Random House and Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA.” 10-K for 2022	agreed divestiture	dated November 24, 2020	—
Simon & Schuster Word for word“On October 30, 2023, we completed the sale of Simon & Schuster to affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $ 1.62 billion.” 10-K for 2023	agreed divestiture	On October 30, 2023	$ 1.62 billion
Chilevisión Word for word“During 2021, we made payments totaling $ 54 million, net of cash acquired, for the acquisition of Chilevisión, a free-to-air television channel, and a controlling interest in Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico, a Spanish language content producer.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	During 2021	$ 54 million, net of cash acquired
Skydance Word for word“Challenges combining the Company’s and Skydance’s businesses and realizing expected benefits.” 10-K for 2024	agreed acquisition	—	—
Viacom18 Word for word“The option contract had a notional amount of 42.86 billion Indian rupees and was settled upon closing of the transaction in November 2024.” 10-K for 2024	divestiture	November 2024	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Cash received from selling businesses	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	$92 million	$20 million	$77 million
2017-12-31	$289 million	$892 million	$27 million
2018-12-31	$118 million	$39 million	$29 million
2019-12-31	$399 million	$756 million	—
2020-12-31	$147 million	—	—
2021-12-31	$54 million	—	—
2022-12-31	$0	—	—
2023-12-31	$0	—	—

Deal filings since 2016

2025-08-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-08-07 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2025-05-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-08-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-07-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-03-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-12-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-01-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-12-04 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-10-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-08-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-12-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-09-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-11-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-11-22 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2017-11-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-09-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-07-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-05-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-02-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-10-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-06-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Paramount Global’s annual reports (10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-02-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.