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Data: Company filings; Note: ViacomCBS rebranded as Paramount Global in 2022 and later combined with Skydance in 2025; Warner Bros. Discovery was created from the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery in 2022; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios