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Justice Department says Paramount's Warner deal wouldn't harm competition

FILE PHOTO: The Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, U.S. November 18, 2025.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California, U.S. November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Reuters

The United States Justice Department said on Friday its antitrust division had completed a review of Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros and determined it was not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa and Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto;Editing by David Ljunggren)

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This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 3:23 PM.

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