# DOJ Approves Paramount Deal to Buy Warner Bros.

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Podcast: [The Beat with Ari Melber](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beat-with-ari-melber-743451)
Published: 2026-06-12T23:17:46+00:00
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Antitrust regulators at the Department of Justice have approved Paramount’s $110 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. after an eight-month investigation. MS NOW’s Ari Melber reports.

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