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Trump Touts Friendly Relationship With the Ellisons Hours After Paramount Delays Warner Bros. Merger
The president also takes a moment to praise CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for her overhaul at the network
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Why Paramount Delayed Its Warner Bros. Takeover, What the Latest Legal Twist Means | Analysis
With a costly ticking fee looming, Paramount is banking on a speedy trial
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Paramount Agrees to Push Warner Bros. Merger as Far Back as Summer 2027
The state AGs and WGA have withdrawn their requests for a preliminary injunction as they work on a trial start date
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The Paramount-WBD Merger Is on Hold. CNN’s Transformation Isn’t | Analysis
CNN says its strategy hasn’t changed. CEO Mark Thompson’s challenge is keeping it on track
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Paramount-WBD Deal Delayed Again as Judge Extends Restraining Order by 2 Weeks
With Thursday’s ruling, the earliest David Ellison’s deal for Warner Bros. Discovery can close is Aug. 17
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Peacock Finally Turns a Profit Ahead of NBCUniversal Split, But It’s Not Smooth Sailing From Here
Comcast co-CEO Mike Cavanagh warned Wall Street that the streaming service’s profitability would vary quarter to quarter, based on the timing of sports schedules and other content
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State AGs, DirecTV Accuse Nexstar of Violating Preliminary Injunction With Tegna Board Appointment
They argue that further integration would allow the combined company to “control and raise prices, fire journalists and dominate the broadcast media landscape”
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Cleared by European Commission With Conditions
The approval comes as the deal was paused by a lawsuit from 12 state AGs in the U.S.
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FCC Chair Not Worried About Potential Legal Challenge to National Broadcast Ownership Cap Repeal
Brendan Carr also says ABC’s decision to limit coverage of President Trump’s primetime address could come up in its broadcast license review
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WGA Files for Preliminary Injunction on Paramount-WBD Merger: ‘Eliminating Head-to-Head Competition’
“Writers, the people who transform blank pages into unforgettable stories, will be some of the first to bear the harms of that loss of competition,” the Writers Guild of America says
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Ticking Fee: Everything You Need to Know About the M&A Time Bomb
The ticking fee is an unusual element that applies immense timing pressure on the $110 billion merger’s closing
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The Paramount-Warner Merger Pause Is the Deliberation We Skipped | Guest Column
Fourteen days is not much time, but it is necessarily the first genuine pause this transaction has received
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Rob Bonta Says Judge’s TRO Undercuts ‘Anti-Trump’ Claims Against Paramount Lawsuit
“Ideological difference, political grievance, political posturing gets thrown out of court,” the California attorney general says
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Timeline: What’s Next After That Restraining Order?
A preliminary injunction hearing is set for Aug. 3
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is on Pause. Here’s What Happens Next
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín has set a preliminary injunction hearing for Aug. 3
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