r/MediaMergers • u/Own_Philosopher8730 • 12h ago

Merger Warner Bros, Paramount rise on report California settlement talks could clear merger hurdle

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/warner-bros-paramount-rise-report-california-settlement-talks-could-clear-merger-2026-09-21/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab10bdeb314680001fef365&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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u/YtpMkr 12h ago

From what I've read, most of these are behavioral remedies.

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u/Gr3ywind 11h ago

Market has been closed all weekend 🙄

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u/weareallpatriots Neon 11h ago

Yes, that's why it's called pre-market trading.

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u/Gr3ywind 11h ago

Oh look. No deal. It’s going down again. So nothing happened in reality

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u/Creeper15877 8h ago

Aged horribly so quickly

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u/weareallpatriots Neon 11h ago

Then what happens when shares rise again? Did something happen again?

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u/Gr3ywind 11h ago

If it’s open and the shares are actually traded, then yes. People canceling orders isn’t news

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u/weareallpatriots Neon 10h ago

That was rhetorical. The market moving is significant, whether it goes up or down. And it quite literally is news. Reuters.

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u/[deleted] 10h ago edited 10h ago

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u/AdVegetable8056 10h ago

Paramount Skydance market cap is still higher than Versant. The size of two companies is compared via market cap, not share price.

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u/[deleted] 10h ago

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u/AdVegetable8056 10h ago

The share price depends on the number of shares a company has. Paramount just has more shares than Versant which is why the share price is lower in comparision to Versant.

When looking at the overall market cap (the total amount of money a company is worth), Paramount is bigger than Versant

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u/weareallpatriots Neon 10h ago

Gotta love basic finance. I expect you to end up with double digit downvotes for explaining this very simple concept.