Oregon Drops Delay Bid, Giving Paramount-WBD Breathing Room
Monday, July 13, 2026 · 5 min
Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery deal got a reprieve as Oregon withdrew its bid for a 60-day closing delay, clearing one obstacle while state antitrust probes and overseas reviews still threaten the path to a possible July 22 close.
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Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery deal got a reprieve as Oregon withdrew its bid for a 60-day closing delay, clearing one obstacle while state antitrust probes and overseas reviews still threaten the path to a possible July 22 close.
In this episode
- Paramount's big merger just got some breathing room — Rolling Out
Paramount's big merger just got some breathing room # Paramount’s big merger just got some breathing room Oregon has withdrawn its push to delay Paramount’s Warner Bros. Discovery merger - By Gesi Lloyd - Jul 11, 2026 - 5:19 pm Photocredit : Shutterstock.com/miss.cabul Oregon’s attorney general has withdrawn a motion seeking to delay the closing of Paramount’s roughly $110 billion…
- Step Back — When people say the Paramount–Warner Bros. deal has “breathing room” now, does that mean it’s basically approved — or are there still separate regulatory, court, and financing gates that could realistically slow or change the closing?
Background sources
- DOJ Antitrust Division Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger — Todd Spangler
- Paramount to amend $111B Warner Bros. deal to win EU green light – POLITICO — Politico
- EU Kicks Off Probe of Paramount's $24 Billion in Middle Eastern Funding for Warner Bros. Deal — Todd Spangler
- Paramount-Warner Merger Enters Crunch Time In Europe, UK Holds Key — Jake Kanter
- Oregon AG Drops Bid to Delay Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger — Gene Maddaus
- Oregon A.G. Seeks Delay of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger — Gene Maddaus