A government again has laid down choosing not to protect consumers and workers as the UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy as well as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority have both cleared the deal for Paramount‘s $110 billion+ takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

To secure approval from Nandy, Paramount had to agree to some concessions.

• Paramount’s Channel 5 will continue to operate as a public service broadcaster until the end of 2034. It will also retain editorial independence and remain separate from other news operations like Paramount’s CBS News and Warner Bros. Discovery’s CNN International.

Paramount has come under scrutiny for its takeover of CBS News removing its editorial independence for a more right-wing bent calling into question is history of quality journalism. Paramount owner David Ellison appointed Bari Weiss as the head of the news service as well as a conservative to act as its ombudsman, an “internal advocate for journalistic integrity and transparency.”

• Paramount has also agreed that its linear and on-demand services in Britain would retain distinct editorial identities for five years, including its children’s TV content.

• There’s also a guarantee that the deal would not reduce the number of people commissioning content in Britain, and Channel 5 would continue to back UK-originated content covering drama, factual, and entertainment shows.

The deal still faces multiple lawsuits in the United States including one from a dozen state attorneys general as well as the Writers Guild of America. Another case involves shareholders claiming the Ellisons promised “illegal private benefits” to President Trump in exchange for the government approval.

Paramount has received competition clearances in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Kuwait, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Ukraine, and by the European Commission, and the COMESA Competition Commission.

It also has received foreign direct investment clearances in Australia, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, France, Italy, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, and Slovenia. The transaction was also unconditionally approved by European Commission under its Foreign Subsidies Regulation regime and by the Austrian Federal Competition Authority under its media merger control regime.