Paramount’s U.K. Concessions Give ‘Powerful Credibility’ to State AGs’ Lawsuit, Block the Merger Coalition Says: ‘The Dangers’ in U.S. Market ‘Are Unmistakable’

A coalition group campaigning against the proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery has said the U.K.’s approval of the merger after obtaining “major concessions” lends “powerful credibility” to the pending legal case in the U.S. Earlier this week the U.K. confirmed the merger had received necess

Paramount’s antitrust commitments in the UK to secure approval for its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal strengthens the hand of the 12 state attorneys general suing to block the merger. That’s the view of Block the Merger, a creative industries coalition that has come together to campaign against the union betw

The tie-up will create one of the world's largest film and TV groups controlling studios behind franchises such as Top Gun starring Tom Cruise (pictured).