 This deal was months in the making. Paramount Global has finally agreed to merge with Skydance Media. As part of the complicated agreement, Paramount Chair Sherry Redstone agreed to sell her family's National Amusements for $2.4 billion. National Amusements controls about 77% of the voting stock in Paramount. Futures are little changed this morning. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq start out at new record highs. Gina Cervetti, Bloomberg Radio.