Deals & M&A
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Supreme Court Asks for State AG Response to Iowa, Montana Objection by Sept. 25
Brenna Bird and Austin Knudsen previously asked the court to block the “politicized” lawsuit against the pending $110 billion deal
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DOJ Taking Closer Look at $22 Billion Fox-Roku Merger
The regulator has extended its review of the deal after issuing a “second request” for additional information
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Sony Pictures CEO Ravi Ahuja Says No Plans for ‘Extremely Disruptive’ Large Scale M&A
“In the end, you come out having just achieved a lot of cost synergy and I’m not sure the business is necessarily stronger,” the executive tells a Bank of America investor conference
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Paramount Insists AGs and WGA Pay Costs Related to Merger Delay in New Briefs: ‘Must Accept Financial Consequences’
A federal district judge is set to rule on Paramount’s request on Sept. 24
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Jane Fonda Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Would Be ‘Terrible’ Even if ‘I Like David Ellison Very Much’
The star again sounds off against the merge while being feted at the DVF Awards in Venice
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Plane Flies ‘Ellison Is Trump’s B—h!’ Over Paramount Lot as Dueling Merger Pressers Are Held Outside
Block the Merger, which says it was not behind the plane, rallied against the Warner acquisition while the group Neighbors for Strong Communities supported it
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Tom Cruise Says His Paramount ‘Family’ Will Deliver on WBD Merger’s 30-Movie Promise
“I want us all to come together as a community to help make those 30 movies,” the “Top Gun” star adds
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Bradley Whitford, Hannah Einbinder and More Warn Paramount Will Break Its Promises to Close WBD Merger: ‘No Concessions’
The Emmy winners join Jane Fonda in a new video campaign from her Committee for the First Amendment
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State AGs, WGA Ask Court to Deny Paramount’s $1.9 Billion Bond Request for Ticking Fees
The group says the David Ellison-led media giant “wishes to offload its responsibility” that it voluntarily imposed on itself
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Block the Merger Coalition Urges State AGs to Reject ‘Empty Concessions’ From Paramount
A new petition warns that accepting unenforceable conditions is a “losing proposition” and that they need to “hold strong” with their lawsuit to block the $110 billion deal
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Fake ‘60 Minutes’ Episode Imagines How It Would Cover Its Own Demise Amid Paramount-WBD Merger
Brave New Films founder Robert Greenwald launches the short doc with an open letter defending Mark Ruffalo and calling to #BlockTheMerger
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Iowa, Montana AGs Urge Supreme Court to Block ‘Politicized’ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Paramount-WBD Merger
Brenna Bird and Austin Knudsen argue the litigation is harming both companies’ employees and “hundreds of millions who watch their movies, shows, and news”
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Sports Streamer DAZN to Buy EverPass Media in US Expansion
Under the terms of the deal, RedBird Capital Partners, the NFL’s 32 Equity and TKO Group Holdings will become minority shareholders
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Paramount Is Promising 30 Films per Year, but What Would That Look Like? | Analysis
An expanded acquisitions division would be part of the plan, but maintaining Warner Bros.’ output would come with a lot of hurdles
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