Paramount's Chris McCarthy, George Cheeks, Shari Redstone and Brian Robbins Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Thirteen months after David Ellison and Shari Redstone hashed out an $8 billion megadeal that would shift ownership of Paramount Global from the heir of a media mogul to the heir of a tech mogul, that merger finally closed on Thursday.