It Looks Like Warner Bros. Will Soon Belong to Paramount as States Back Down
Discovery will soon belong to Paramount and David Ellison after all. The entertainment giant, intent on eating everything in front of it to grow itself like a game of “Snake,” reached an agreement on Monday with the slate of states, led by California, that planned to bring an antitrust challenge to its planned acquisition of WB, according to the New York Times. With that out of the way, there is unlikely to be any other regulatory challenges to the move that will shrink Hollywood to just four major studios.
- ▪Discovery will soon belong to Paramount and David Ellison after all.
- ▪The entertainment giant, intent on eating everything in front of it to grow itself like a game of “Snake,” reached an agreement on Monday with the slate of states, led by California, that planned to bring an antitrust challenge to its plann
- ▪With that out of the way, there is unlikely to be any other regulatory challenges to the move that will shrink Hollywood to just four major studios.
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It looks like Warner Bros. Discovery will soon belong to Paramount and David Ellison after all. The entertainment giant, intent on eating everything in front of it to grow itself like a game of “Snake,” reached an agreement on Monday with the slate of states, led by California, that planned to bring an antitrust challenge to its planned acquisition of WB, according to the New York Times. With that out of the way, there is unlikely to be any other regulatory challenges to the move that will shrink Hollywood to just four major studios. Per the report, Paramount’s concessions will include establishing a board of journalists to maintain the independence of news organizations, including CNN and CBS News, which will soon both sit under the Paramount umbrella.
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