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Paramount Nears Deal Securing Gulf State Funds To Back WBD Acquisition – Report

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Paramount Skydance is reportedly nearing a funding agreement with three Gulf sovereign wealth funds to back its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. If confirmed, the financing would materially increase the likelihood of the deal and could move WBD and peer media stocks, but terms and valuation were not disclosed and the report remains unconfirmed, so execution risk persists.

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Paramount Skydance is reportedly nearing a funding agreement with three Gulf sovereign wealth funds to back its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. If confirmed, the financing would materially increase the likelihood of the deal and could move WBD and peer media stocks, but terms and valuation were not disclosed and the report remains unconfirmed, so execution risk persists.

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