Poland Approves Anti-U.S. Media Law, Jolting Washington Ties (1)

Poland’s parliament unexpectedly approved a media law that aims to force Discovery Inc. to sell a majority in its local unit, undermining business and political relations between Warsaw and Washington.

The fate of the contested legislation is now in the hands of President Andrzej Duda, an ally of the ruling party who on Friday said that he’ll analyze the draft law without specifying whether he will wield his veto as signaled earlier.

The U.S. and the European Union have both piled pressure on NATO-member Poland to halt the bill, which they say harms investor sentiment and media ...