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🏛️ State antitrust suit blocks $111B Paramount–WBD merger

A $111B Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger is held hostage by a 12-state antitrust suit — and LA feels it. 🏛️ Starting Oct 1, Paramount faces a ~$7M-per-day ticking fee while court delays stack up. Ellison threatens to relocate LA headquarters, putting up to 57,980 local jobs at

$111 Billion Merger, Zero Legal Safety: How Paramount Bought WBD Before the Lawsuits Landed

$111 Billion Merger, Zero Legal Safety: How Paramount Bought WBD Before the Lawsuits Landed

🚩 Paramount Buys WBD. The Market Cheers. You Might Want to Sit This One Out. Paramount paid $31/share for WBD. The stock jumped. Analysts cheered. Here's what the headlines skipped: David Zaslav sold $59.47M in WBD stock 3 weeks after closing. The CEO who knows the balance

$110B Paramount-WBD Merger: Approved, Delayed, and Costing $2.6B a Year in Legal Limbo

$110B Paramount-WBD Merger: Approved, Delayed, and Costing $2.6B a Year in Legal Limbo

📉⚖️💸 The Paramount–WBD Merger: A Masterclass in Paying More to Delay the Inevitable $110 billion merger approved. $2.6 billion/year in delay penalties. $31/share — but you'll wait until June 2027 to see it. That's not a buyout. That's a patience tax on