Paramount Skydance Watch

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The biggest entertainment merger in years is on the clock. Paramount Skydance Watch is your daily briefing on the $110 billion Paramount-Skydance acquisition and the separate Warner Bros. Discovery deal — two seismic transactions reshaping Hollywood, cable news, and streaming in real time. Every episode tracks where the antitrust fight actually stands: DOJ merger review, the multistate attorneys-general lawsuit, EU regulatory clearance, and the UK CMA timeline. We separate filed complaints from actual rulings, regulator findings from commentator speculation, and breaking scoops from recycled takes. On the deal economics side, we follow the ticking fee, the debt load, the HBO Max subscriber math, CNN's uncertain future, and what happens to the Warner studio library if the merger closes — or collapses — by the September 30 deadline. Sources are always named. Allegations are always labeled. If a court filing says one thing and a spokesperson says another, you'll hear both. Built for media-industry professionals, antitrust attorneys, business journalists, and serious investors who need clarity, not noise, on the most consequential media consolidation of the decade.

Episode Date
Paramount-WBD Merger Faces a July 22 Court Test — July 20, 2026
Jul 20, 2026
Paramount-WBD Fight Hits Court as Delay Fees Loom — July 18, 2026
Jul 18, 2026
Paramount-WBD Clears One Court Test as CNN Fight Heats Up — July 17, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
Paramount-WBD Fight Shifts to Court — July 16, 2026
Jul 16, 2026
Paramount Holds to September as State Lawsuits Hit WBD Deal — July 15, 2026
Jul 15, 2026
States Sue to Block Paramount’s Warner Megadeal — July 14, 2026
Jul 14, 2026
Oregon Drops Delay Bid, Giving Paramount-WBD Breathing Room — July 13, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
Oregon Tests State Leverage as Paramount Debt Fears Rise — July 10, 2026
Jul 10, 2026
Paramount-Warner’s Debt Load Becomes the New Deal Test — July 09, 2026
Jul 09, 2026
Sun Valley Moguls Face Merger Season’s Antitrust Reality — July 08, 2026
Jul 08, 2026
California Counsel Hire Keeps Paramount-WBD Risk Alive — July 07, 2026
Jul 07, 2026
Paramount’s WBD Bid Gets Gulf Cash and EU Strings — July 06, 2026
Jul 06, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery Looks Set to Spurn Paramount Again — July 03, 2026
Jul 03, 2026
UK Scrutiny and Bonta’s Red Flags Hit Paramount-WBD — July 02, 2026
Jul 02, 2026
UK Signals Intervention in Paramount-WBD Deal — July 01, 2026
Jul 01, 2026
Paramount Skydance Sets July Webcast Meeting — June 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026
Paramount’s CNN Control Fight Meets a July 15 Debt Clock — June 29, 2026
Jun 29, 2026
Paramount-WBD Nears EU Greenlight as UK, States Loom — June 26, 2026
Jun 26, 2026