Paramount, Skydance Fire Back at Critics of Their Pending Merger

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(Bloomberg) -- Paramount Global and Skydance Media responded to critics of their pending merger, saying in a regulatory filing that they fail to show they’ll be harmed by the deal, and instead make ...

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