Mark Filippino
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1,851 appearances
41 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Sep
Mark Filippino’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Niku Asghari is the FT's digital markets correspondent.
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Thanks, Niku.
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Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery is on hold.
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A federal judge yesterday put a temporary pause on the merger while she considers a lawsuit against it.
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The legal challenge comes from a dozen Democratic states.
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Those states claim that the deal will smother competition in Hollywood.
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Paramount says that the antitrust argument doesn't have merit, though.
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The judge scheduled a hearing for August 3rd over whether to extend the pause, and all this presents a potentially costly problem for Paramount.
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There's an October 1st deadline to complete the deal.
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After that, Paramount will owe $650 million to Warner Brothers Discovery shareholders for every quarter the merger is not finalized.
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The fee was offered by Paramount to sweeten its bid as it tried to outdo Netflix earlier this year, and if the deal does eventually go through, it would be the largest merger in Hollywood history.
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You can read more on all these stories for free when you click the links in our show notes.
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This has been your daily FT News briefing.
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Check back tomorrow for the latest business news.
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Closing the Strait of Hormuz is kind of like a geoeconomic cluster munition.
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Is AI going to increase productivity growth and make us massively more rich than we are today?
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Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Friday, July 17th, and this is your FT News Briefing.
Investors are worried about Netflix's future growth, and UK businesses are worried about being ghosted by Andy Burnham.
Plus, why is Europe so good at football?
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