Daily MIC: Press Feedback on Paramount-WBD Lawsuit; World Cup Sustains Ratings Strength, England-Norway Set Quarterfinal Record; NBC Leads MLB Viewership Gains Into All-Star Break

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Daily MIC: Press Feedback on Paramount-WBD Lawsuit; World Cup Sustains Ratings Strength, England-Norway Set Quarterfinal Record; NBC Leads MLB Viewership Gains Into All-Star Break

Media, Internet & Communications Daily July 14, 2026

TMT Research Guggenheim

GSTMTResearch@guggenheimpartners.com Daily MIC: Press Feedback on Paramount-WBD

Michael Morris, CFA Lawsuit; World Cup Sustains Ratings Strength, michael.morris@guggenheimpartners.com

804 253 8025 England-Norway Set Quarterfinal Record; NBC Leads

Curry Baker MLB Viewership Gains Into All-Star Break curry.baker@guggenheimpartners.com

804 253 8029

Charles Wilber RELEVANT, TIMELY OPINION, ANALYSIS AND NEWS FLOW FOR TMT

charles.wilber@guggenheimpartners.com INVESTING

804 335 3977

Taylor Manley Key News Flow: PSKY, WBD, AMZN, NFLX, AAPL, FOXA, CMCSA, DIS, UBER, EXPE,

taylor.manley@guggenheimpartners.com GOOG/L, WMG, META

804 253 1336

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KEY NEWS FLOW

PSKY, WBD: Can a Dozen Blue States Block the Paramount-Warner Merger? (WSJ) -

The Justice Department looked at Paramount’s proposed $81 billion deal for rival Warner

Bros. Discovery and saw a deal that would benefit Hollywood and consumers. A dozen

Democratic-led states, anchored by California, saw a different script at work and sued to

block the merger Monday in federal court. The states’ Paramount challenge, filed in Northern