Paramount+ Subscribers Fail to Block Warner Bros. Merger as States Will Try Again Friday

By Gene Maddaus

Gene Maddaus

Senior Media Writer

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A handful of Paramount+ subscribers failed to win an order blocking the merger with Warner Bros. Discovery on Thursday, but a coalition of states will give it another try on Friday.

The plaintiffs sued in April, alleging that they had faced price hikes and risked losing viewing options as a result of the transaction. At a hearing on Thursday, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin denied their bid for a preliminary injunction.

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