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California’s governor warns that an antitrust lawsuit threatening the media mega-merger could severely damage local entertainment industry jobs.

Consumer stocks were mixed late Friday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sect

The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.

PSKY heads into Q2 earnings with streaming growth, studio trends and Warner Bros. Discovery deal progress in focus.

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.

Rock-bottom prices don’t always mean rock-bottom businesses. The stocks we’re examining today have all touched their 52-week lows, creating a classic investor’s dilemma: bargain opportunity or value trap?

The promise hasn't changed since December. The stock behind the man who made it has been cut by more than half.

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

(Bloomberg) -- Larry Ellison and his family would be on the hook for $9.8 billion if Paramount Skydance Corp.’s deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. falls apart.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push With Siri AI at CenterASML Slides on Report of China Starting DUV Tool ProductionParamount, which

Paramount Skydance had been pushing to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of September. It picked the wrong month to be optimistic. A coalition of 12 state attorneys general sued to block the deal on July 13, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order ...

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.

The companies can’t combine yet, meaning promised cost savings and strategic moves are on hold while rivals push ahead.

Morningstar analyst views potential $2 billion costs as manageable.

The consensus fair value estimate for Paramount Skydance has shifted from US$14.57 to US$11.79, pointing to a meaningful reset in how analysts are framing potential equity value. This pullback sits alongside sharply different reactions to the planned US$110b Warner Bros. Discovery deal, with some research emphasizing execution upside and others focused on leverage, debt costs, and integration risk that are reflected in extreme price targets such as US$14 and US$2. As you read on, you will see...

Paramount Skydance stock has fallen 77.4% over the past five years, yet its current valuation checks suggest the market may now be pricing the company more pessimistically than those fundamentals imply. Over five years, Paramount Skydance has declined 77.4%, which sets expectations low and puts extra focus on whether the current price already reflects much of the past disappointment. The planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and the extended exchange and tender offers can support the...

Jul. 24—OLYMPIA — The Paramount Skydance planned merger with Warner Bros. has been halted as a federal judge considers whether the deal violates antitrust laws and unfairly reduces market competition. A lawyer representing the company wrote in a court filing Friday that the deal would not move forward until June 1, 2027 unless a federal judge rules on a case brought by Washington and 11 other ...

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.

Paramount Skydance agreed to postpone closing its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until five days after a state antitrust case opposing the deal is resolved or until June 2027, when its merger agreement expires.

Paramount said Friday it will not move forward with its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until legal challenges to the deal are resolved or June 1, 2027, whichever comes first. The concession is the latest blow to the $81 billion merger between entertainment giants Paramount and Warner, which is being challenged on antitrust grounds by 12 states and the Writers Guild of America, who argue the deal is anticompetitive. Paramount’s decision came after a California federal court had granted a temporary restraining order stopping the deal from closing in 28 days.

Paramount says its takeover of CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, will be delayed for many months, and potentially well into 2027, due to pending lawsuits by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America.

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) agreed to delay its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) until June 2027 after 12 attorneys general sued to block the massive media merger.

By Jody Godoy July 24 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance has agreed to pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

By Jody Godoy July 23 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance must pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery through August 17, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

WASHINGTON—Merging companies will get a shortcut to ending antitrust investigations under a Justice Department change meant to make the government review process less burdensome for businesses. The department’s antitrust division plans to announce on Thursday a new model for streamlining merger reviews that would quickly focus on the most apparent ways a deal might diminish competition, according to department officials. Antitrust enforcers won’t use the targeted approach in every case, but the process will allow some deals to clear federal scrutiny earlier, the officials said.

The European Union approved Paramount's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery this week, effectively clearing another regulatory hurdle for a mega merger that could vastly reshape the entertainment and media landscape worldwide. The European Commission — which serves as the EU's antitrust enforcer — said that even with a Paramount-Warner combo, enough competitors would exist across markets like film production and streaming in its 27-nation bloc. To address this, the Commission said Skydance-owned Paramount agreed to end its European Economic Area stake in United International Pictures — a longstanding venture with another major studio, Universal, that Paramount has used to distribute films in theaters outside North America.