Sun Valley Moguls Face Merger Season’s Antitrust Reality
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 · 8 min
Paramount Skydance merger chatter heads to Sun Valley as media chiefs weigh deal pressure, while Sky’s ITV bid braces for a long UK antitrust review and new HSR data show federal merger timing is loosening again.
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Paramount Skydance merger chatter heads to Sun Valley as media chiefs weigh deal pressure, while Sky’s ITV bid braces for a long UK antitrust review and new HSR data show federal merger timing is loosening again.
In this episode
- Comcast Split, Paramount-WBD, AI Among Topics As Moguls Arrive At Sun Valley Confab — Deadline
Comcast Split, Paramount-WBD, AI Among Topics As Moguls Arrive At Sun Valley Confab Skip to main content Dismiss News Banner ## Breaking News Mariska Hargitay To Host 2026 Emmy Awards On NBC Read the full story By Jill Goldsmith, Dade Hayes July 7, 2026 12:55pm Idaho's Sun Valley Lodge and Resort, site of the annual Allen & Co. conference Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The pine trees, hiking…
- Step Back — Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders apparently said yes to the Paramount merger but no to David Zaslav’s pay package — so what does that vote actually change in legal terms, and what is just a public rebuke?
Background sources
- WBD Shareholders Reject David Zaslav's Golden Parachute In Merger — Jill Goldsmith
- Paramount Deal for Warner Bros Approved By Shareholders — Alex Weprin
- Warner Bros Shareholders Approve Paramount Merger, Vote Against Zaslav Pay Package — Todd Spangler
- David Zaslav Merger Payout Approved By Just 17% Of WBD Shareholders — Dade Hayes
- Warner Bros Shareholders Approve Paramount Merger, Vote Against Zaslav Pay Package — Todd Spangler
- David Zaslav Paramount Deal 'Windfall' Payout: ISS Says Warner Bros Shareholders Should Vote Against Measure — Todd Spangler
- ITV Braces for Antitrust Review of Sky Takeover — The Hollywood Reporter
ITV Braces for Antitrust Review of Sky Takeover Skip to main content ITV CEO Carolyn McCall Courtesy of ITV ITV doesn’t expect it will be easy to convince regulators to approve the biggest merger in the history of U.K. broadcasting. ITV CEO Carolyn McCall, speaking to the media on a conference call following the news that Comcast-owned Sky plans to acquire ITV’s networks and streaming…
- HSR Report Showed Early Terminations Are (Almost) Back - AAF — American Action Forum
HSR Report Showed Early Terminations Are (Almost) Back - AAF https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/hsr-report-showed-early-terminations-are-almost-back/ Insight # HSR Report Showed Early Terminations Are (Almost) Back Fred Ashton Executive Summary - On July 2, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released the 48th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report…