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  "id": 223352,
  "title": "UK clears Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/uk-clears-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-bros",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T13:32:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3363207/uk-clears-paramounts-takeover-warner-bros"
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  "summary": "Britain on Thursday gave the green light to Paramount Skydance’s US$110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, as the entertainment and media mega-deal still faces a key hurdle in the United States. The UK government and the antitrust watchdog both cleared the deal after initially raising concerns over media plurality and competition, respectively. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "UK gives effective green light to Paramount Warner Bros mega deal after assurances provided",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/uk-gives-effective-green-light-to-paramount-warner-bros-mega-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-06T12:21:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "UK gives green light to Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/uk-gives-green-light-to-paramounts-takeover-of-warner-bros",
        "published": "2026-08-06T13:37:40.000Z"
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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."
}