U.K. Competition Watchdog Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Mega-Deal
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved David Ellison-led Paramount Skydance’s planned $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The merger watchdog, considering the merger on theatrical film distribution grounds, concluded although “the parties compete closely, they do not appear closer to each other than to Universal, Disney, or Sony. While the merged entity…