California Joins 12 States in Lawsuit Against $110B Paramount-Warner Merger
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced a lawsuit alongside 11 other states to block the $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. by Paramount Skydance. The lawsuit argues that the merger would harm competition in the entertainment industry, affecting theaters and audiences nationwide.
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- T2The Virginian-Pilot
- T2Daily Press
- T2Capital Gazette
- T2Baltimore Sun
- T2PHL17 (WPHL)
- T2New York Daily News
- T2GPB News
- T2WDIV (Local 4 / NBC Detroit)
- T2KTLA 5 (CW Los Angeles)
- T3Richmond Register (Madison County)
- T2WNBC (NBC New York 4)
- T2GPB News
- T2WPVI (6abc Action News)
- T2WDIV (Local 4 / NBC Detroit)
- T2LA Daily News
- T2Long Beach Press-Telegram
- T2Pasadena Star-News
- T2Orange County Register
- T3Richmond Register (Madison County)
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