Overview

• Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s Park County firm accused Jeff Shell of using confidential information from South Park Digital Studios to influence Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery negotiations.
• Shell is alleged to have sought a 12-month exclusivity for Paramount+ and to shorten Warner Bros. Discovery’s proposed deal from ten years to five.
• The dispute hinges on South Park Digital Studios, the joint venture that holds the show’s streaming rights and is overseen by a board with limited Paramount affiliate representation.
• Skydance Media asserts it has the right to approve material contracts under its merger agreement with Paramount but is barred from acting until the deal closes under federal antitrust rules.
• Paramount’s existing $900 million agreement has two years remaining, and the original 2007 deal guarantees Stone and Parker 50 percent of digital revenue in perpetuity.