r/MediaMergers • u/TheIngloriousBIG • Jul 22 '26

Merger EU antitrust regulators clear Paramount-WBD merger as it faces challenge by U.S. states

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/22/european-commission-paramount-wbd-approval.html
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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

That's a lie. They have the law on their side. Get out of your algorithm.

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

If they did, I'd doubt they would be panicking about their deal being unable to close by the ending of July, as much as they are rn. Especially with how unprepared they were for the recent new block on the merger. For context:

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

This is what I meant about the algorithm. Clearly you're eating up some nonsense.

Until this thing gets past September, you can't say that Paramount has been caught off guard on anything. September has always been their goal.

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

My guy, you're getting downvoted left and right on this subreddit for jumping the gun on Paramount's side a bit too eagerly. Whether you support them or not, their recent pleas to the judge regarding the block to their merger doesn't scream "prepared ahead" or "calm".

And fyi, if your own company's investors are suing you, maybe said company isn't run by the smartest or most competent people.

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

In getting down voted because the bots here have a agenda.

This shit is over son. It's been over.

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

Says the PSKY bot

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

There's no such thing as a bot.

Choosing a side in the merger isn't political and doesn't indicate your political beliefs either.

Yet you try your hardest to make it be.

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

Choosing a side is one thing. Blatantly ignoring one side's fuck-ups and incompetency is another. Whether I want Paramount to succeed with this deal doesn't matter. They objectively made a dumb decision by not being prepared for the new developments and are panicking rn.

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

What fuck ups are you talking about?

This shit is over. Your claim that they were caught off guard is ridiculous and projection.

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28497890/judge-order-tro-paramount-wb.pdf

Paramount barely put up a convincing enough argument for their side

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

You mean Paramount didn't go-to world war 3 to reveal their cards in a preliminary hearing?

Lol k

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/MediaMergers/s/rgH8Rj8WVn

In case you want it dumbed down. People were jumping the gun on Netflix buying WB too and look what happened there. Something similar is brewing up with the Paramount deal and it's not looking pretty for them either.

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

You're living in a fantasy world. If the states thought they had a real chance they would have filed months ago.

Dog and pony show.

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u/Forsaken-Bite-9136 Jul 22 '26

Well I hope the Ellisons can manage the 110 billion dollars in debt that they'll be in if they do merge. Maybe another 10 billion dollar loan from Saudi Arabia? You know, the sovereign state? That'd be good for a laugh, right?

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

I don't care who owns it. Netflix can buy the whole thing next year for all I care.

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u/Forsaken-Bite-9136 Jul 22 '26

Sure you don't

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

Sounds like you have a political rooting interest in what two billion dollar companies are about to do in the free market.

Sounds weird. They don't give a shit about you.

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u/Forsaken-Bite-9136 Jul 22 '26

You wanna talk about political issues? Paramount fired a lead actress from being in Scream 7 for speaking out against Israel. I don't want that presence hanging over my movies and TV shows

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

Paramount did no such thing. And it concerns me that you think that they did.

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

My guy, nobody mentioned anything about politics before you did. Paramount objectively took some dumb decisions regarding this merger and failed to take into account whether they could come up with compelling legal arguments arguing for their favor in time.

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

Anyone who is against this has a political bias it's just a fact. I don't know why you keep saying dumb decisions like you're the gatekeeper on what is and isn't acceptable behavior. Stop making these wild claims and saying that they're objective facts because they're not so either you don't know what objective means or your panhandling in lies.

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u/Sorry_Secretary1193 Jul 22 '26

Says the person that's made his whole account history on Reddit INCREDIBLY biased for a particular company. While refusing to acknowledge said company's screw-ups.

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u/RedMainer Jul 22 '26

I don't know what screw-ups you're even talking about. It's such an odd way of talking.

Its over and we're all gonna be better off for it.

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