The Warner Bros. logo is displayed on a water tower at Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesEuropean Union regulators have launched a foreign-subsidy review of Paramount Skydance Corp.’s proposed $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., examining the role of state-backed Middle Eastern funds in financing the transaction.The European Commission said in a June 10 filing that it is reviewing the transaction under the bloc’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) and has set a provisional deadline of July 14 for an initial decision.
EU Examines Middle East Funding Behind Paramounts Warner Acquisition
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