FCC Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign Investment

The Wrap - Sep 17, 2026

Foreign investors will own 49.5% of the non-voting equity in Paramount, with 38.5% of that total controlled by three Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds The post FCC Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Foreign Investment appeared first on TheWrap.

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