Paramount Skydance wants WBD

[nomadcowatbk]

Ellison isn't in the linear TV business. He wants the Warner content and HBO. He wants to combine that with Paramount.

All of the broadcasting and cable business is a distraction.

so he'll sell CNN when Trump is outta power? (and also when Bezo sells Wapo)?

 

[nomadcowatbk]

Does CBS get sold with the linear cable channels (sooner or late)? Comcast NBC when they spun off the cable channels? Do the Ellisons care about sports beyond UFC?

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

U.K. Government Likely to Intervene in Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover

U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy cited concerns around the plurality of views in news media, and consolidation in on-demand programming.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-06-30/hcws162

Here is more this time on how the UK responds to the proposed merger between WB and Paramount. Yes this follows a similar statement we seen with state attorney generals that have concerns with WB paramount deal.

The U.K. government is likely to intervene in Paramount Skydance‘s $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy released a statement Tuesday saying that “following engagement with the parties and independent research, my department has today written to the current and proposed owners of Warner Bros Discovery on my behalf to inform them that I am minded to intervene.”

She also cited “the need for, to the extent that it is reasonable and practicable, a sufficient plurality of views in news media in each market for news media.”

Nandy said that the companies have until July 6 to respond to their concerns, and that they have not made a final decision as to whether the government will seek legal action.

 

[umfan]

U.K. Government Likely to Intervene in Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover

U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy cited concerns around the plurality of views in news media, and consolidation in on-demand programming.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-06-30/hcws162

Here is more this time on how the UK responds to the proposed merger between WB and Paramount. Yes this follows a similar statement we seen with state attorney generals that have concerns with WB paramount deal.

I don't know how much UK intervention might move the needle. Certainly both WBD and Paramount do business there, but I'm not sure they wouldn't be willing to discontinue certain operations to avoid any hang ups.

 

[desertaire]

I don't know how much UK intervention might move the needle. Certainly both WBD and Paramount do business there, but I'm not sure they wouldn't be willing to discontinue certain operations to avoid any hang ups.

Paramount owns Channel 5 in the UK.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

True the UK Intervention is similar to how the California State Attorney General concerns over antitrust issues between WB and Paramount.

 

[umfan]

Paramount owns Channel 5 in the UK.

Don't know if that is something they'd consider divesting to get the merger or make concessions specific to that asset then. Time will tell.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

Paramount-WBD Merger: Oregon AG Withdraws Records Request, Motion to Delay to 'Consider Next Steps'

Dan Rayfield was seeking a court order to delay the $110 billion deal's closing by 60 days as it reviewed records from the David Ellison-led media giant

www.thewrap.com

The Oregon Attorney General responds to the WB-Paramount proposed merger.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has withdrawn the state’s records request and motion to delay the closing of the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, according to a filing with the Multnomah County Court on Friday.

The state has been investigating the transaction since it was first announced in February and claimed that Paramount had not complied with a records request that was sent to the company in June. That request asked for documents about the company’s lobbying of federal officials in support of the deal, its role in a U.S. Department of Justice statement approving the merger and an internal effort referred to as “Project Warrior.”


ODOJ filed and presented a motion in person in Multnomah County Court on Wednesday that aimed to delay the closing by 60 days following Paramount’s substantial compliance with the records request. A hearing on the motion was subsequently scheduled for Monday morning, but Rayfield’s office decided to reverse course on Friday.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

CA Challenges Paramount's Takeover Of Warner, Claiming Merger Would 'Extinguish Competition'

California is one of 12 states suing to block the $81 billion merger. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said everyone would be impacted.

patch.com

Here is the current response by the California attorney general over the WB Paramount merger proposal.

 

[desertaire]

CA Challenges Paramount's Takeover Of Warner, Claiming Merger Would 'Extinguish Competition'

California is one of 12 states suing to block the $81 billion merger. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said everyone would be impacted.

patch.com

Here is the current response by the California attorney general over the WB Paramount merger proposal.

Netflix would be just as bad. If the Para/WB merger is rejected, expect WB to be broken up- with more job losses.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Netflix would be just as bad. If the Para/WB merger is rejected, expect WB to be broken up- with more job losses.

That’s the problem: A long term result of killing the merger might be an even worse ultimate outcome. A different future owner would probably chop it up for parts.

Same thing for the Nexstar-TEGNA deal…If that falls apart TEGNA will likely wind up with private equity ownership that will sell it off piecemeal with just as many resultant layoffs.

Pick your poison: Quick acting, or slower? Same result.