Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Set to Close Next Week After Judge OKs Settlement With State AGs

By Todd Spangler

Todd Spangler

NY Digital Editor

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• Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Set to Close Next Week After Judge OKs Settlement With State AGs 28 minutes ago
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• David Ellison Recruits Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz for Senior Role at Merged Paramount-Warner Bros. 4 hours ago

Paramount chief David Ellison, after a fierce year-long battle, is finally about to get his hands on Warner Bros. Discovery — in the most expensive takeover in Hollywood history.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is overseeing the antitrust case aimed at blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal approved Paramount’s settlement with the 12 Democratic state attorneys general who brought the case to resolve the litigation.

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