{"id":2291213,"date":"2026-02-20T16:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2291213"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:23:30","slug":"paramount-skydance-which-doesnt-have-a-deal-to-buy-warner-bros-discovery-claims-its-proposed-wbd-takeover-has-cleared-doj-antitrust-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paramount-skydance-which-doesnt-have-a-deal-to-buy-warner-bros-discovery-claims-its-proposed-wbd-takeover-has-cleared-doj-antitrust-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Skydance, Which Doesn\u2019t Have a Deal to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery, Claims Its Proposed Wbd Takeover Has Cleared DOJ Antitrust Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1159016\/\">Paramount Skydance<\/a>\u2019s potential deal to snap up <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0863266\/\">Warner Bros. Discovery<\/a> in its entirety has cleared antitrust review at the U.S. Justice Department \u2014 despite the fact that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1911103\/\">David Ellison<\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0858764\/\">Paramount<\/a> has repeatedly failed to secure an agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Wbd for now remains committed to its deal with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 19, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, the 10-day statutory waiting period expired following Paramount Skydance\u2019s certification of compliance with the DOJ\u2019s Dec. 23, 2025 Second Request for Information under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, the company said in an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0023087\/\">SEC<\/a> filing Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The expiration&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paramount Skydance\u2019s potential deal to snap up Warner Bros. Discovery in its entirety has cleared antitrust review at the U.S. Justice Department \u2014 despite the fact that David Ellison\u2019s Paramount has repeatedly failed to secure an agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Wbd for now remains committed to its deal with Netflix. 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