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‘South Park’ Creators Slam Proposed Paramount-Skydance Merger, Saying “It’s F***ing Up” Their Show


South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone released a blistering statement about the pending merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media.

'South Park'Paramount+ In a blistering statement in response to the show’s Season 27 premiere date change announced earlier today, Parker and Stone wrote on X, “This merger is a shitshow and is fucking up South Park. At the same time, South Park streaming rights — believed to be non-exclusive — have been shopped to other platforms, with HBO Max parent Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix making bids, according to a legal letter an attorney for Parker and Stone’s Park County sent recently to RedBird, Skydance and RedBird’s Jeff Shell — who is poised to become Paramount Global President upon completion of its proposed acquisition by Skydance — over alleged interference in the deal negotiations.

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