Deals & M&A
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Paramount-WBD Could Strengthen Hollywood Against Big Tech | Guest Column
Former Connecticut attorney general George Jepsen shares his thoughts on the merger
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Senators Urge FCC to Prevent Paramount-WB Merger From Closing During Pending Foreign Ownership Review
Foreign investors would control 49.5% of the combined company’s equity
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LA County Warns Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Puts Nearly 2,500 Local Jobs at Risk
The interim analysis by the Department of Economic Opportunity puts the global impact estimate at roughly 6,000 jobs across areas including corporate, tech and real estate
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Penske Acquires Remaining Vox Media Brands One Month After Murdoch
The deal includes Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar, The Dodo, Punch, Thrillist, Vox Studios and Vox Creative
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What’s Netflix’s Next Growth Engine?
The streaming king has expanded into areas like advertising, live events, video podcasts and gaming to boost growth, but is it enough to reach $1 trillion?
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Netflix Isn’t Interested in Lionsgate Despite Takeover Speculation
Shares of the Hollywood studio jumped 13% after Semafor reported the streamer was interested in a potential acquisition
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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
