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  "id": 1515261,
  "title": "Prediction market traders see roughly 1-in-4 odds Paramount’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery fails",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/prediction-market-traders-see-roughly-1-in-4-odds-paramounts-bid-to",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T16:19:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
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    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/pskys-wbd-bid-has-1-in-4-odds-of-falling-through-kalshi-traders-say.html"
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  "summary": "The odds are higher than they were before 12 states sued to block the merger, but lower than after Paramount delayed the acquisition in late July.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "Paramount Skydance seeks $1.88B bond from plaintiffs blocking Warner merger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/paramount-skydance-seeks-1-88b-bond-from-plaintiffs-blocking-warner",
        "published": "2026-08-17T18:50:15.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}