One Merger, Three Answers
Why market definition and market shares tell different stories
The Department of Justice closed its review of Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring a divestiture. The European Commission cleared the same transaction with one narrow remedy. A coalition of state attorneys general sued to block it.
Same merger. Same companies. Three very different conclusions.
At first glance, the …
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