
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
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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

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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.

The company says the litigants who sued to stop the deal should have to cover financial damages if they lose their lawsuit.

The insider dumped a substantial portion of their direct holdings after the stock surged 130% over the past year.

Traders are growing more confident that the $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. will move forward despite an ongoing legal battle with US states.

David Ellison is dangling CNN to appease critics of his massive Warner Bros. Discovery deal, but the attorneys general suing to block it say the offer solves nothing. A September deadline and a seven-figure daily fee are forcing a decision that no single concession can fix.

Streaming revenue exceeded $3 billion for first time amid theatrical headwinds.

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On-location productions in Los Angeles held just 4,711 shoot days in Q2, according to industry group FilmLA, down 13% year-over-year.
Makan Delrahim made the disclosure at Politico’s California Agenda conference, according to Reuters, signaling that Paramount is willing to go beyond internal safeguards to salvage a deal that has become one of the most politically charged media mergers in years. Warner Bros. Discovery is the publicly traded parent of CNN (NASDAQ: WBD), and the merger’s fate directly determines whether Ellison’s Paramount consolidates control over both CBS News and the cable network.

Paramount in recent months has discussed creating an editorial board for CNN and other safeguards to ease concerns over its news operation’s independence, according to people familiar with the situation. Paramount, which owns CBS News, has agreed to buy CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery for $81 billion. The internal discussions about establishing an oversight committee for news have come up as the company has planned for the deal’s closing, the people said.

CEO David Ellison has suggested a possible move as the antitrust battle drags on over the company’s Warner Bros. deal.
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) said its streaming segment surpassed $3 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time in the second quarter of 2026, as HBO Max benefited from subscriber growth, engagement and advertising monetization. President and Chief Executive Officer David Zaslav said st
Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) said its second-quarter performance reflected progress in its efforts to expand streaming, rebuild its studios business and reduce costs, while management reaffirmed confidence in the company’s proposed combination with Warner Bros. Discovery. Chairman and Chief Exe
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (WBD) posts record streaming revenue and robust subscriber growth, while navigating linear ad declines and a lighter film slate.
📣 “We have every expectation the transaction will close.” —Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, speaking to analysts today about Paramount's agreement to buy the company, which has faced legal challenges of late.
Moby summary of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s Q2 2026 earnings call
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 deal still faces substantial legal challenges in the U.S., where state attorneys general have sued to block the purchase.
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +146.15% and -6.19%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
(Update with Paramount's statement in the penultimate paragraph.) The UK's Competition and Market
Warner Bros. Discovery narrowed its profit in the second quarter, hurt by a large charge, as revenue fell.
Chip stocks fell in Asia and the U.S. as investors once again grew nervous about the durability of artificial-intelligence spending, while oil held steady in early European trade.
The March start date means Paramount will owe more than $1 billion in daily penalties before a judge ever rules on the deal
A federal judge has set a March 2027 trial date for the antitrust challenges to Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Paramount CEO David Ellison said Tuesday that the legal battle over his proposed multibillion-dollar takeover of Warner Bros.Ellison's Paramount Skydance agreed late last month to delay its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros.
Paramount’s streaming service continued to grow in the latest quarter, helping to narrowly offset another sales decline for its television unit.
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