David Ellison's Paramount seeks $1.88B bond from WBD merger challengers
David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance is pausing its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition after lawsuits from California and 11 other states plus the Writers Guild of America alleging the deal is anticompetitive. A federal judge set an early-March trial date and Paramount now seeks a $1.88 billion bond from the challengers. The company also faces nearly $7 million per day in ticking fees from Oct. 1, estimated at $1.3 billion by trial end, while it misses cost savings from closing.