UK Regulators Signal They're Likely to Intervene in Paramount's $110B Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told Parliament she is 'minded to intervene' in Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on public-interest grounds tied to media plurality, even after the deal has already cleared antitrust review in the US, China, Australia, Germany, France and Saudi Arabia. A formal intervention would task the UK's Competition and Markets Authority with assessing the deal under the Enterprise Act 2002, making Britain a notable outlier holdout in an otherwise largely cleared global approval process.
Jun 30, 2026