Judge Dismisses Paramount+ Subscribers’ Antitrust Challenge to Warner Bros. Merger

TL;DR
A federal judge dismissed a suit by Paramount+ subscribers seeking to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, ruling the plaintiffs lacked standing and failed to show concrete antitrust harm; they can amend and refile, while related state AG and Writers Guild cases proceed with trial scheduled for March 2, 2027.
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