Federal Judge Halts Paramount Skydance's $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Paramount Skydance from completing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, citing concerns over potential antitrust violations. The ruling grants a coalition of state attorneys general time to examine the merger’s market impact ahead of an August hearing.

By Meg James Mon, July 20, 2026 at 8:33 PM GMT+3 5 min read · Yahoo Finance · July 20, 2026, 17:33 UTC

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Topics: antitrust Hollywood media_mergers

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