Paramount Clears U.S. Antitrust Hurdle In Battle For Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has cleared a 10-day waiting period after responding to a second request for information from the DOJ around its unsolicited offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. The company said today that the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act means “there is no statutory impediment in the U.S. to closing” the acquisition. Paramount, unusually, had moved on regulatory approvals without a deal in hand. WBD has agreed to a sale of its assets to Netflix. Netflix is in the proce ...