Paramount Seeks Antitrust Trial in November, While States Ask for April 2027

By Gene Maddaus

Gene Maddaus

Senior Media Writer

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Paramount Skydance asked a judge on Friday to schedule its upcoming antitrust trial in November, while a coalition of states and the Writers Guild of America asked for a date in April 2027.

The scheduling matters a lot to Paramount, which will begin paying Warner Bros. shareholders $7 million a day on Sept. 30 until the deal is complete. In the filing, Paramount argued that a delay also “prejudices the creative industry, the individuals who work within it, and the consumers who benefit from it.”

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