Some Warner Bros. Execs Are Hoping States’ Antitrust Lawsuit Derails Paramount Deal
Privately, some top executives at Warner Bros. of people who don’t want the merger with Paramount to happen. Discovery declined to comment.) Paramount has...
Key points
- Privately, some top executives at Warner Bros.
- of people who don’t want the merger with Paramount to happen.
- Discovery declined to comment.) Paramount has agreed to put the Warner Bros.
- But the longer the Paramount-WBD merger gets held up, the closer the Warner Bros.
What happened
Privately, some top executives at Warner Bros. of people who don’t want the merger with Paramount to happen. Discovery declined to comment.) Paramount has agreed to put the Warner Bros. But the longer the Paramount-WBD merger gets held up, the closer the Warner Bros. There’s a fear right now that certain deals or decisions could be undone later under a combined company, this source adds, “but that was true of when WarnerMedia and Discovery merged, too.” Paramount definitely doesn’t want the merger delay to damage WBD’s long-term business outlook. Discovery, “people are in different head spaces” about the Paramount merger, says a company insider.
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