Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Face Legal Battle Over Acquisition, Sparking

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Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery Face Legal Battle Over Acquisition, Sparking
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  1. Prediction markets traders still see Paramount Skydance as likely to succeed in its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but a battle in court with 12 state attorneys general is increasing the chances that the merger falls through.

  2. If the deal were to fall apart due to regulatory concerns Paramount would owe WBD a $7 billion breakup fee. This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

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    New York Post Business

    All of that could change, I am told, since California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a group of lefty AGs filed suit to break up Paramount’s WBD deal. Specifically, media and entertainment moguls, — many of them on Bonta’s home turf in Hollywood — are calling for the AG to reach a settlement with Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison, according to sources.

  3. The lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery could chase away a key source of funds for California’s Democratic Party — namely, the deep-pocketed executives who run Big Media, The Post has learned.

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    The lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery could chase away a key source of funds for California’s Democratic Party. Read Full Article »

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  1. 01 CNBC

    The proposed deal would combine two storied film studios — Paramount and Warner Bros. — as well as put together a sprawling portfolio of pay TV networks in the U.S. and streaming platforms HBO Max and Paramount+.

  2. 02 RealClearMarkets

    The Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison has threatened to abandon Hollywood by moving his company from California to a redder state like Tennessee, Georgia or Texas. Read Full Article »

  3. 03 New York Post Business

    Most of the workers in this ecosystem — the directors, screenwriters, stagehands and the reporters at the companies that combine entertainment with news gathering (like Warner, Paramount, Disney and Comcast), you name it — far outnumber the honchos and are reliable Democrats. But the real money for financing campaigns — and Dem coffers on the national level as well — comes from the top.

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Original Articles (5)

Center Paramount seeks $1.88 billion bond from state AGs to cover costs of WBD merger delay — CNBC
Center Prediction market traders see roughly 1-in-4 odds Paramount’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery fails — CNBC
Lean Right No One Wants to Move From Beverly to Nashville — RealClearMarkets
Lean Right Key Dem Funding Sources Hang In Skydance/WBD Balance — RealClearMarkets
Lean Right California AG’s block of Paramount-Warner Bros. merger could chase away key source of funds for Dems — New York Post Business