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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.

According to a court filing from Friday, the companies have agreed to pause the transaction until five days after the court issues a final decision on the merger, or until June 1, 2027.

ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said most of the cuts stem from the network's acquisition of NFL Network, which closed in April

By Jody Godoy and Dawn Chmielewski July 20 (Reuters) - A coalition of states led by California won a pause of Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

Led by California, the states argue the deal is anticompetitive, would harm theaters and lead to price increases for TV bundles.

State attorneys general from a dozen states including California, New York and Washington filed a lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Nobody saw this coming. Not Wall Street. Not Hollywood. And almost certainly not Netflix or Disney. On June 29, Comcast announced it would spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separate, publicly traded company through a tax-free transaction. After more than 15 years as a single company, the cable ...

Today, June 16, 2026, investors are weighing how missed media deals and legal risks may reshape Netflix’s strategy.

All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Friday, as investors prepare for Sp

The stock now offers a 17% return to the deal price. That’s a really wide spread for a takeover deal, considering the target closing date.

Private markets are in focus, with initial public offerings (IPOs) from Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), and SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) on the horizon. Powers Advisory Group managing partner Matt Powers joins Yahoo Finance to explain why he says investors should wait to buy into these names.

Disney shot down persistent questions about whether it will sell or spin off some of its linear television networks, as NBCUniversal has done and Warner Bros. Discovery was planning to do before agreeing to be acquired by Paramount Skydance.