One More Time With Feeling: Paramount-WBD Merger Opponents Aim To Slow Walk Skydance's Paramount+ & HBO Max Consolidation

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Legal challenges to the Paramount-WBD streaming consolidation create a headwind for the combined entity by threatening the cost-cutting synergies needed to service its $111 billion debt load. While the merger is closed, the potential for court-mandated separate operations increases projected overhead and operational burn.

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Operating margin expanding to 31.5% in 2026, up from 29.5% in 2025