Paramount Skydance settlement clears way for completion of Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition

Paramount Skydance reached a settlement with 12 states regarding antitrust concerns, clearing the way for its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Jo Ling Kent reports.

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