00:00The proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery has been temporarily halted after a federal judge issued a restraining
00:07order while reviewing a lawsuit from a coalition of 12 state attorneys general.
00:12The legal challenge argues the blockbuster deal could reduce competition and ultimately harm consumers, with a key hearing now scheduled
00:20for early August.
00:22The delay creates fresh uncertainty around one of the entertainment industry's biggest mergers and its future timeline.
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