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Paramount-WBD Merger Opponents Cheer Legal Delay, Stocks Slide As Industry Absorbs Latest Plot Twist - Deadline

By Dade Hayes, Jill Goldsmith

Paramount-WBD Merger Opponents Cheer Legal Delay, Stocks Slide As Industry Absorbs Latest Plot Twist - Deadline

After a delay in the antitrust lawsuit against the Paramount-WBD merger, stakeholders tried to process the latest twist in the merger saga.

After Friday’s delay in the Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit, shares of both media companies slid in after-hours trading, foes of the merger exulted and observers tried to process the latest twist in … [+6564 chars]

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