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A resolution would allow David Ellison's $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery to finalize

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery long-awaited merger has been at a standstill. Barclays analysts led by Kannan Venkateshwar resumed coverage of both stocks, rating Warner Bros at Equal Weight with a $28 price target and Paramount at Underweight with a $8 price target. Venkateshwar said in a research note Thursday that while the proposed $110 billion merger could increase growth potential for the studios, it could introduce massive financial and operational risks that make the stock hard to value, and “a moving target.”

Beginning Oct. 14, the two sides will try to reach a deal that will allow the massive merger to advance.

A 'leaked' study paints a grim picture for L.A. if Paramount fails to merge with Warner Bros. Here's why you shouldn't trust it.

According to a report by The New York Times, California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled Monday’s settlement meeting with Paramount over its proposed WBD acquisition.

Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting details of a Friday meeting between the two sides

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta canceled Monday’s planned settlement meeting with Paramount Skydance (Paramount Skydance Corp (NASDAQ:PSKY) over the company’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing Paramount of acting in bad faith. According to a report in The New York...

Paramount CEO David Ellison and California AG Rob Bonta will discuss concessions Monday as California seeks structural remedies to clear the $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

Representatives for Paramount and the parties suing to block its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are set to meet next week for talks that could lead to a settlement.

Bonta says the group seeking to block the deal remains open to settlement talks but wants Paramount to address the antitrust concerns at the center of their lawsuit.

Paramount's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery could lead to massive job losses, battering an already fragile L.A. entertainment economy.

The company says every month of court-ordered delay costs it roughly $7 million a day in ticking fees owed to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders

Paramount wants the states that are suing over the Warner Bros. Discovery deal to post a $1.9 billion bond. The states are scoffing at the idea.

Paramount Skydance on Monday asked the court presiding over the two lawsuits filed to block its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to order plaintiffs to cover the losses of its merger delay.

On Wednesday, Mark Ruffalo criticized Paramount Skydance Corp CEO David Ellison’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. takeover, throwing his support behind California Attorney General Rob Bonta as the $110 billion deal faces mounting pressure. Ruffalo Backs Bonta In Paramount-Warner Bros....

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is urging California and the attorneys general of 11 other states to resolve their lawsuit so the $110 billion deal can close.

On-location productions in Los Angeles held just 4,711 shoot days in Q2, according to industry group FilmLA, down 13% year-over-year.

Anna Cooban reports on the British government’s decision to clear Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery due to assurances on media diversity from the company.

The British government has cleared Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, saying it had received assurances from the company over media diversity.

(Update with Paramount's statement in the penultimate paragraph.) The UK's Competition and Market

The March start date means Paramount will owe more than $1 billion in daily penalties before a judge ever rules on the deal

David Ellison insists his blockbuster media merger is still on track, but a legal standoff with a coalition of state attorneys general is about to flip an abstract delay into a very concrete and very expensive problem.

The entertainment giant reported a notable insider sale as legal challenges surfaced against its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.

Paramount Skydance has agreed to a deal that could stretch completion of its merger to June 2027. The companies are stuck in limbo until then, given that WBD agreed in principle for the deal.

Warner Bros. Discovery stock Monday hit its lowest point since the company’s merger with Paramount Skydance was reached in February as Wall Street appears to be putting little more than a 50% chance that the deal will get done. Warner Bros. stock dropped 1.8% Monday to $25.28, ending about 18% below the $31-a-share cash offer from Paramount, whose stock also declined Monday. Warner Bros. stock had been trading around $27 in June.

Morningstar analyst views potential $2 billion costs as manageable.

Paramount Skydance has formally agreed to delay its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery until at least June 2027.

Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.

Paramount Skydance agreed on Friday to delay its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros.Paramount agreed to delay the deal through June 2027, the company said in a court filing on Friday.