Posted Jul 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTCRThe VergeThe pause on Paramount’s $110 billion WBD deal has been extended for another fortnight.US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued a decision Thursday extending her temporary restraining order to a total of 28 days, report The Wrap and Variety. The mega media merger is paused for now due to lawsuits by a group of state AGs and the Writers’ Guild of America, as the judge plans to “hear the two motions for preliminary injunction on the same schedule” and has scheduled a hearing for August 3rd.Disclosure: The Verge’s editorial staff is also unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Richard Lawler
The pause on Paramount’s $110 billion WBD deal has been extended for another fortnight.
US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued a decision Thursday extending her temporary restraining order to a total of 28 days, report The Wrap and Variety. The mega media merger is paused for now due to lawsuits by a group of state AGs and the Writers’ Guild of America, as the judge plans to “hear the two motions for preliminary injunction on the same schedule” and has scheduled a hearing for August 3rd. Disclosure: The Verge’s editorial staff is also unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East. [Link: Warner Bros. mergers never work, but they’re trying again anyway | https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/807438/warner-bros-discovery-history-of-mergers-paramount-apple-netflix-amazon | The Verge]
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