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# Judge delays ruling on Paramount-Warner Bros. settlement with state AGs
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/judge-delays-ruling-on-paramount-warner-bros-settlement-with-state-ags/
- Published: 2026-09-25T22:00:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-09T00:06:37.000Z
- Description: TheWrap’s Lucas Manfredi reports Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin held off approving Paramount Skydance’s settlement with 12 state attorneys general over the $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Streaming, Deals, Lucas Manfredi, Paramount buys Warner Bros. Discovery and becomes Skydance

**Why it matters.** Paramount CEO David Ellison must now wait past his two-week closing target while the court weighs outside scrutiny of the consent decree’s terms.

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