Paramount said to today that competition authorities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia have approved its pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Foreign direct investment authorities in Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Czechia, New Zealand, Italy, France and Romania are also on board, the David Ellison-run company said in an SEC filing.
The deal is still awaiting key greenlights from the U.S. Department of Justice, the EU and the U.K., where regulators said on Tuesday they are opening a Phase 1 inquiry into the combination. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) set an
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