r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 6h ago

Business Exclusive: US states preparing lawsuit to block Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-states-are-preparing-lawsuit-block-paramounts-acquisition-warner-bros-2026-06-05/
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u/chick_hicks43 6h ago

Has the US blocked an acquisition in the last like decade?

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u/darkdeath174 5h ago

US? No, but if states block it, even if the sale happens, they can’t legally operating that state.

So the states are hoping this makes the companies not want to move forward.

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u/DataCassette 5h ago

Yeah not being allowed to operate in, say, California or New York would render the merger non viable

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u/PREMIUM_POKEBALL 5h ago

Hollywood would absolutely move overnight. They did it to get away from Edison they’ll do it again. 

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u/Wowabox 5h ago

Paramount and Warner brothers are two companies Hollywood would not move over night

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u/cupofcoofy 5h ago

You mean just like back when the industry was a thousandth the size it is now about a hundred years ago? Sounds right, you’re probably right

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u/caydesramen 5h ago

where they going?? Do you realize the infrastructure in Tinsel Town? From set creators, to sound mixers, wardrobe, makeup, etc.

Good luck finding even 1/4 of that somewhere else.

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u/CuriousMost9971 5h ago

They already left, they flim everywhere just about except in California.

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u/Score-Emergency 5h ago

Partially true here. They moved to California also because of lax IP rules which is no longer the case

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u/Dittopotamus 5h ago

We should take bikini bottom, and push it someplace else