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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) stock gained about 55% from mid-September 2025 to mid-September 2026, while Disney, Netflix and Comcast all fell and the S&P 500 returned 17.3% including dividends. By August 2026 the company was under an agreed sale to Paramount Skydance. The buyer and the timing were never visible in advance. An openness to restructuring was, and management spent 2025 rebuilding the company to keep its options open.

A reported theater-distribution requirement could leave Paramount facing a sizable penalty if it falls short of its proposed film-release target.

Both stocks jumped about 7% Monday morning after reports that Paramount Skydance and the California attorney general met to discuss a settlement.

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Media Stocks Jump as Paramount Seeks Breakthrough in Merger Fight

Shares of Paramount (NASDAQ:PSKY) and Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) rose in premarket trading on Monday after The Wall Street Journal reported progress in negotiations aimed at resolving legal opposition to their proposed $81 billion merger.

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Investing.com -- Shares of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery climbed after the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Paramount and California’s attorney general have made progress in settlement talks over the company’s proposed $81 billion merger with Warner Bros.

Paramount Skydance (PSKY) may face a financial penalty if it fails to distribute 30 films per year i

Paramount executives and a coalition of states that sued to block its $81 billion merger with Warner Bros spent the weekend hashing out the details of a possible settlement. Among the concessions that have been discussed by Paramount and California's attorney general is a $1.

The company has discussed a series of concessions as part of advanced settlement talks with a coalition of state attorneys general, hoping to clear a path for its $81 billion Warner Bros. deal.

On September 8, 2026, Reuters reported that Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ:PSKY) said California Attorney General Rob Bonta made television statements that contradict his own legal arguments against Paramount’s request for a $1.88 billion bond in the ongoing court fight over its roughly $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD). Bonta’s office has argued […]

Critics of the $111-billion Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros. urged California Atty. Gen. Bonta and other state attorneys general to disregard pressure to reach a settlement.

Paramount's David Ellison (Illustration by The Real Deal with Getty)Paramount CEO David Ellison may be following his billionaire father to Music City. The media company, which is pursuing a hotly debated $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, is searching for office space in Nashville as it considers leaving Hollywood, Politico reported. An anonymous source told the outlet that Paramount is looking for 400,000 square feet of office space it could occupy in the next two or three years.

A resolution would allow David Ellison's $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery to finalize

Paramount is in advanced settlement talks with California officials aimed at resolving the antitrust lawsuit that stands in the way of the company’s $81 billion deal to acquire rival Warner Bros. Discovery, according to people familiar with the matter. A dozen Democratic-led states led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued in July to block the deal on antitrust grounds, arguing that the combination of Paramount and Warner would create too much concentration in the markets for theatrical films and cable television channels.

California and 11 other states sued in July to block the $81 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.

As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries. The FCC cleared the way on Thursday, granting sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to hold indirect equity interests in a Paramount-Warner combo, but no voting stakes. Skydance-owned Paramount — whose $81 billion merger with Warner is still on hold amid a separate antitrust battle with twelve states and Hollywood writers — welcomed the FCC's ruling.

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Paramount Skydance has been under pressure for years, and with merger headlines swirling around Warner Bros. Discovery, the real question for investors is whether the current share price lines up with what its cash flows can support. The stock has fallen 70.2% over the past 5 years, which puts the focus squarely on whether that drop now matches or misfits the cash the business can realistically generate. Ongoing court ordered merger talks, bond discussions and extended tender and exchange...

Shares of multinational media and entertainment corporation Paramount (NASDAQ:PSKY) fell 3.2% in the afternoon session after Barclays reinstated coverage on the stock with an Underweight rating and an $8 price target, according to TipRanks. Barclays warned that the planned merger may not achieve anticipated cost savings or rapid debt reduction. The brokerage also noted risks regarding potential additional asset sales and a possible exit from California. An Underweight rating reflects an analyst'

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Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery long-awaited merger has been at a standstill. Barclays analysts led by Kannan Venkateshwar resumed coverage of both stocks, rating Warner Bros at Equal Weight with a $28 price target and Paramount at Underweight with a $8 price target. Venkateshwar said in a research note Thursday that while the proposed $110 billion merger could increase growth potential for the studios, it could introduce massive financial and operational risks that make the stock hard to value, and “a moving target.”

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A reported California exit adds another layer of tension to Paramount's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

Barclays sees streaming and studio growth potential in the Paramount-Warner deal but flags execution, deleveraging, and potential restructuring challenges as legal hurdles remain.

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