Paramount Seeks Settlement With 12 States Blocking Its Merger With Warner Bros.

Paramount Seeks Settlement With 12 States Blocking Its Merger With Warner Bros.  Forbes

In case you didn’t already know, Paramount CEO David Ellison really wants to make sure this afternoon that everybody is clear those pesky state Attorney Generals and their antitrust lawsuit are ruining a really good $111 billion thing — and now even Mexico agrees with him. “Paramount and WBD could and would close today

David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, has now sold roughly $200 million worth of stock since the media company clinched a deal to be acquired by David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance earlier this year. Zaslav’s latest sales were of 194,999 shares of WBD worth $5,464,567.73 on Aug. 14 and 773,173 share

David Ellison says that they are offering "commitments and concessions" to try and get the deal over the line.

Opinion | Paramount-Warner: Hollywood’s Political Waterloo?  WSJ

While many Hollywood staffers remain opposed to the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal, an increasing number are growing wary at the prospect of a lengthy legal battle that would effectively freeze a major studio for almost a year.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are escalating their criticism of Paramount Skydance's attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

Paramount says CNN sale 'on the table' to resolve California suit over Warner Bros deal  Reuters

Xavier Becerra, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in California, urged the state attorney general to settle its antitrust lawsuit with Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery before the case is set to go to trial next year. His plea comes after California Attorney General Rob Bonta suggested he does not want

David Ellison threatens to move Paramount out of California if AG Rob Bonta doesn't negotiate to settle his antitrust lawsuit against the Warner Bros. merger.