Deals & M&A
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Paramount State AG Lawsuit Swaps Judges After ‘Appearance of Bias’ Request
The case is now under Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is overseeing a separate consumer lawsuit brought against the company
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Paramount Investors Sue David and Larry Ellison Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The complaint alleges the Ellisons concealed promises to overhaul CNN to help secure approval of Paramount’s proposed WBD acquisition
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Ex-Obama and Trump Advisors Agree: Paramount-WBD Merger Is Good for Hollywood | Guest Column
Based on their joint analysis, Stephen Moore and Robert Wolf argue that the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery transaction should move forward
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Lionsgate Attracts Takeover Interest From Banijay
Europe’s Bollore Group and Mediawan have also reportedly expressed interest
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FCC Chair Doubts State AG Lawsuit Against Paramount-Warner Bros. Will Succeed
Brendan Carr says reports of California AG Rob Bonta’s interest in a CNN sale are “a bit of a tell that this really isn’t a legitimate antitrust case”
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Brendan Carr Accepted Paramount Gifts While FCC Reviewed Company Deals
A ProPublica report scrutinizes the FCC chair’s acceptance of Paramount-funded gala tickets, amid the company’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
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Paramount Skydance Agrees to Tie States’ Merger Antitrust Case With Prior Paramount+ Subscriber Lawsuit
The media company was sued by subscribers on antitrust grounds back in April
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Rob Bonta Says He Worries for CNN’s Future at Paramount, Citing Bari Weiss’ CBS News Revamp
“The truth should be told, whatever the truth is. And the truth should be told, especially about the powerful,” the California attorney general adds
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WGA Sues to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘This Would Eliminate Competition’
The union’s lawsuit comes a day after 12 state attorneys general filed for a restraining order to block the merger
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Paramount Still Plans on Closing WBD Merger by End of September, Despite Legal Fight From 12 States
“This is an antitrust case. To stop a merger, the merger has to be anti-competitive. This merger is pro-competitive,” the company’s lead outside counsel Jeffrey Kessler says
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Paramount-Warner Bros. May Face Devastating Delay With State Antitrust Suit | Analysis
The state attorneys general’s effort lives and dies on whether it gets its request for a preliminary injunction to halt the merger granted
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12 State AGs Seek Temporary Restraining Order to Block Paramount-Warner Merger Ahead of Litigation
The filing comes hours after the state AGs first sued to block the $110 billion deal
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David Ellison Attends DC Dinner in Push for Bipartisan Federal Film Tax Incentive
The House Committee on Ways and Means gathering took place hours after 12 state AGs sued to block the executive’s Paramount-WBD merger
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California’s Paramount Lawsuit Looks More Like Politics Than a Winning Legal Strategy | Analysis
The Media Front: The case may have enough legal merit to get a hearing, but probably not enough to stop the industry’s biggest merger
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Zohran Mamdani Backs Lawsuit to Block Paramount-Warner Merger: ‘New York’s Workers Helped Build This Industry’
“This is not a merger that serves the public,” the NYC mayor writes
