Paramount’s £80bn takeover of Warner Brothers a step closer after EU approval

Paramount Skydance's eighty billion pound takeover of Warner Brothers earned conditional approval from the European Commission. The condition: Paramount must dissolve its film distribution partnership with Universal Pictures within thirteen months of closing the deal. That concession addressed EU concerns about the merger and pushes the takeover closer to finalization.

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