The New York Times

Why Paramount Paused Its Blockbuster $111 Billion Deal for Warner Bros.

A flurry of negotiations last week cleared the way for an antitrust court battle with states that could determine the fate of the two iconic media giants. By Lauren Hirsch David McCabe and Benjamin ...
Wall Street Journal

Paramount Agrees to Pause Its Warner Bros. Merger

Paramount PSKY1.43%increase; up pointing triangle said Friday it will not move forward with its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery WBD 1.44%increase; up pointing triangle until legal challenges to the ...
Forbes

Paramount Delays Warner Bros. Discovery Merger: Why The Decision Could Cost It Big Time

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. Paramount voluntarily agreed to delay the merger until June 2027 or until five days after the judge makes a decision on the case, ...
PBS

Paramount will delay closing Warner buyout for months while judge considers states' challenge

NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount on Friday agreed to delay closing its $81 billion buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery well into next year, as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to ...
CBS News

Paramount to delay Warner Bros. merger until as late as June 2027

Paramount Skydance will delay its planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until as late as June 2027 amid separate lawsuits filed by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America. The ...
Fox Business

Paramount agrees to delay Warner Bros Discovery merger until 2027 as lawsuit to block it goes through court

Paramount agreed to delay its pending Warner Bros. Discovery merger until next year in order for the lawsuit brought by several state attorneys general to play out in court, according to a Friday ...
CNBC

Paramount agrees to delay WBD acquisition to as late as June 2027 amid legal challenge

Paramount Skydance has agreed to delay its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to as late as June 2027. It had previously said it intended to complete the transaction by the end of ...
Reuters

Paramount agrees to pause Warner Bros deal while case plays out

July 24 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O), opens new tab on Friday agreed to pause its acquisition of Warner ‌Bros. Discovery (WBD.O), opens new tab until after a ruling on a challenge by states ...
TheWrap

Paramount Agrees to Push Warner Bros. Merger as Far Back as Summer 2027

Paramount has agreed to push the closing of its pending $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery as far back as June 1, 2027 as its litigation with a group of 12 state attorneys general and the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Pause Extended to Mid-August

The pause on Paramount Skydance Corp.’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has been extended two weeks to Aug. 17 by the federal judge in California overseeing multiple challenges to ...
CNBC

EU antitrust regulators clear Paramount-WBD merger as it faces challenge by U.S. states

Paramount Skydance won approval from European regulators for its proposed acquisition of WBD, a major milestone for the $110 billion deal. The EU said Paramount has agreed to certain concessions in ...
Forbes

Paramount Suffers Major Early Blow In Merger Lawsuit—And Billion-Dollar Losses Could Lie Ahead

Alison is a senior news reporter covering US politics and legal news. Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin issued a temporary restraining order Monday that bars Paramount from moving forward with the merger ...