Paramount delays closing Warner buyout while judge considers states' challenge
Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to block the deal altogether. Paramount said in a filing Friday that it won’t close its Warner buyout until either a court ruling is made on the states’ claims or June 1, 2027. The states’ case in now headed down the path toward a larger antitrust trial.
- ▪Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to block the deal altogether.
- ▪Paramount said in a filing Friday that it won’t close its Warner buyout until either a court ruling is made on the states’ claims or June 1, 2027.
- ▪The states’ case in now headed down the path toward a larger antitrust trial.
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NEW YORK — Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to block the deal altogether. Paramount said in a filing Friday that it won’t close its Warner buyout until either a court ruling is made on the states’ claims or June 1, 2027. The agreement comes just days after U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order to freeze the transaction for weeks, noting that the states had raised some “serious questions” and made a strong case about the merger’s potential to “substantially lessen competition.” Paramount and the states have also agreed to cancel a preliminary injunction hearing that was set…
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