Deals & M&A
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Freedom of the Press Foundation Accuses Paramount of Blocking Ad Critical of Warner Bros. Merger
The ad, which also takes aim at the Ellison family and President Donald Trump, would have run during the UFC’s Freedom 250 event on Paramount+
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How the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Became Political Dynamite | Analysis
Between fear over the right’s consolidation of news to allegations of antisemitism, politics have taken center stage in this deal
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DOJ’s Clearance of Paramount-WBD Merger Surprised Staff Investigators | Report
The Wall Street Journal reports that a group of career lawyers were due to recommend a lawsuit to challenge the $110 billion merger
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How Roku Will Supercharge Fox’s Streaming and Advertising Businesses | Analysis
But the $22 billion deal could also prompt scrutiny from regulators and content partners over Roku’s neutrality and the combined entity’s FAST services
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Fox to Buy Roku in $22 Billion Deal
Together with Tubi, they would hold the third-largest share of U.S. television viewership
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Block the Merger Vows to Stop Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Despite DOJ Green Light
“This merger is not a done deal, and we will continue to work to make sure it never is,” the coalition writes
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Elizabeth Warren Rips DOJ’s Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Sign-Off: ‘State AGs Must Block This Merger’
California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the deal remains under investigation
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Justice Department Clears Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
The regulator determined that the $110 billion deal is “not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers”
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Roku Stock Surges 20% on Sale Talks
Bloomberg reports that the streamer and hardware maker has been in discussions with at least one U.S. media company about a potential combination
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The Ledger: The Human Investing Approach
Joe Marchese, founder of Human Ventures and former Fox Networks advertising executive, tells TheWrap about his human approach to undervalued assets in the age of AI
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Foreign Investment in the Paramount-WB Merger Under Review by European Commission
The David Ellison-led media giant previously disclosed that foreign investors would control 49.5% of the equity of the combined company
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Under Formal Review by UK Regulator
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority will decide whether to refer the $110 billion deal for a Phase 2 investigation by Aug. 7
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As Imax Explores a Sale, Which Hollywood Studios Are Buyers?
Between exhibitors and movie studios, the challenge will be to find a buyer that doesn’t pose a conflict of interest
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Paramount Accuses Netflix of ‘Scorched-Earth Campaign,’ Rebuffs Teamsters’ WBD Merger Concerns
“These claims from Paramount Skydance are absurd,” a Netflix spokesperson responds
