{"id":33651,"date":"2026-03-23T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/?p=33651"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:18:09","slug":"antitrust-review-underway-paramount-warner-deal-remains-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/kartellpruefung-laeuft-paramount-warner-deal-bleibt-unabhaengig\/","title":{"rendered":"Antitrust review underway: Paramount-Warner deal remains independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33651\" class=\"elementor elementor-33651\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb8271d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default creativo-sticky-disabled\" data-id=\"eb8271d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbcb817\" data-id=\"6bbcb817\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b76af4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74b76af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance continues to be the focus of the US antitrust authorities. <strong data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"608\">The US Department of Justice has made it clear that the review of the multi-billion dollar deal will not be accelerated for political reasons.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"865\">Omeed Assefi, deputy head of the ministry's antitrust department, explained in an interview with <em data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"680\">Reuters<\/em>that the review of the deal would \"under no circumstances\" be accelerated due to political considerations. The authority assures a thorough, independent and fair review.<\/p><p data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1167\">Paramount accepted a takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery in February. The US authorities are now examining whether the merger is permissible under antitrust law. Analysts are watching the proceedings closely, as the decision could have far-reaching consequences for the structure of the entertainment industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80f46 e-flex e-con-boxed creativo-sticky-disabled e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f80f46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;enable_creativo_sticky&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27580de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27580de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/doj-antitrust-head-says-paramountwarner-bros-deal-review-is-not-political-2026-03-18\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Reuters<\/a> reports in detail.\u00a0<\/p><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5>Picture: \u00a9 Paxabay<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die geplante \u00dcbernahme von Warner Bros. Discovery durch Paramount Skydance steht weiterhin im Fokus der US\u2011Kartellaufsicht. Das US\u2011Justizministerium hat klargestellt, dass die Pr\u00fcfung des milliardenschweren Deals nicht aus politischen Gr\u00fcnden&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":33652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-minimal.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[51,53,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filmwirtschaft","category-news","category-transaktionen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33651"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33656,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33651\/revisions\/33656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelligence.ensider.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}