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Warner Bros. Discovery finds itself once again at the center of the news. The corporation is suing Paramount for half a billion dollars over an exclusivity contract. Warner Bros. Discovery is claiming that its rival media company breached the contract with HBO Max by airing South Park on its own streaming platform, Paramount+.Most South Park episodes are first aired on the Paramount-owned Comedy Central. In 2019, Paramount and the creators of the show auctioned off streaming rights of the first 23 seasons and three new 10-episode seasons to HBO Max. Before the merger of Warner Bros. Discovery, Warner Media agreed to pay almost $1.7 million USD for exclusive streaming rights for each South Park episode. However, due to the pandemic, there was a halt in production.The suit claims that in Mar...