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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wyatte Grantham-Philips

FCC grants Paramount's indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyout

Paramount Sovereign Funds - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries. And the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has now approved the company's ask for sizeable indirect ownership from those foreign investors.

The FCC cleared the way on Thursday, granting sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to hold indirect equity interests in a Paramount-Warner combo, but no voting stakes.

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