--- title: Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros merger | daily.dev description: A U.S. federal judge has issued a 14-day pause on the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, following a lawsuit... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/judge-pauses-110b-paramount-warner-bros-merger-yzubg4p8k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros merger | daily.dev og:description: A U.S. federal judge has issued a 14-day pause on the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, following a lawsuit... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/judge-pauses-110b-paramount-warner-bros-merger-yzubg4p8k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YzUbG4p8K.png og:image:alt: Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros merger og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros merger **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A U.S. federal judge has issued a 14-day pause on the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, following a lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general led by California AG Rob Bonta. The coalition argues the deal would harm competition in theatrical film distribution and basic cable licensing. The pause could be extended, potentially derailing Paramount's goal of closing the deal by September and competing with Netflix. The merger would have combined Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service and united major TV networks including CBS, CNN, and HBO. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Paramount Settles Lawsuit over Company’s Merger with Warner](https://daily.dev/posts/paramount-settles-lawsuit-over-company-s-merger-with-warner-r4zxidwdq) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [DOJ clears Paramount’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. 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