Paramount says it will pause its Warner acquisition while legal challenges play out

A dozen states and the Writers Guild of America had challenged the merger.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2650x1767+0+0/resize/2650x1767!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fef%2F95%2Fc5239a4b41c7bde8a47c4763df7f%2Fap26058003516764.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>A dozen states and the Writers Guild of America had challenged the merger.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5906818' />