Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9
Paramount Skydance Offers Concessions on $110 Billion WBD Deal to Avert States' Antitrust Suit
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9

Paramount Skydance Offers Concessions on $110 Billion WBD Deal to Avert States' Antitrust Suit

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9

Summary

  • Paramount Skydance has privately submitted proposed terms to California and other states to resolve their antitrust investigation into its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
  • California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office was told the company is willing to address state concerns, according to people familiar with the discussions.
  • The outreach appears aimed at heading off a multistate lawsuit, though the timing of the contacts and the specific concessions Paramount offered were not disclosed.
  • The talks mark a new phase in regulatory scrutiny of one of the media industry's biggest pending deals, with state enforcers weighing whether remedies can replace litigation.

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