
Deadline Hollywood - 39 min 26 sec ago
California Attorney General Rob Bonta can rest easy: A merged Paramount Warner Bros. Discovery would already account for 36 movies on the release schedule for 2027. Note, that’s an organic number of theatrical releases which were always set to happen even before the union of the storied studios came together. As for 2028, the combined […]...

New York Times - 3 hours 48 min ago
Senator John Cornyn of Texas, left, lost a costly and bitter Republican primary this year to Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, right. Former President George W. Bush, center, has mostly stayed out of the fray, but his politics align more with Mr. Cornyn's.

NY Post - 4 hours 49 min ago
The deciding factor in California Attorney General Rob Bonta's decision to settle with Paramount and allow its purchase of WBD with minor concessions was political pressure.

UPI - 5 hours 28 min ago
The California attorney general's office dropped felony charges Monday against five Stanford University students who took part in a protest against Israel's war on Gaza.

Deadline Hollywood - 6 hours 32 min ago
Paramount’s settlement with the 12 Democratic state attorneys general appeared to be a Yom Kippur affair, with the final signoff coming after sundown on Sunday. California Attorney General Rob Bonta was cagey when asked about the exact timeline for the agreement following his Monday morning press conference announcing the deal but when he was cheekily […]...

The Guardian - 6 hours 51 min ago
Some network employees and media-watchers have questions and concerns about how arrangement will work Leading media figures and insiders dismissed plans to create an editorial oversight board to protect CNN 's independence as "utter garbage" in one staffer's words after a settlement was reached to resolve a lawsuit filed by a coalition of 12 states to block Paramount 's $110bn acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery . California's attorney general, Rob Bonta, during a press...

Variety - 7 hours 19 min ago
Rob Bonta defended the antitrust settlement that allows Paramount to merge with Warner Bros. on Monday, saying in a 45-minute press conference that the deal includes independent monitoring and will result in more jobs in Hollywood. But the deal does not include the three words — robust structural remedies — that California’s attorney general had […]...

The Hill - 8 hours 33 min ago
Paramount has reached an agreement to settle with 12 states that sued the media conglomerate earlier this year over its planned purchase of Warner Brothers Discovery, the two sides announced on Monday. During a press conference in Los Angeles, California Attorney General Rob Bonta who led the coalition of state AGs suing to block...

The Hill - 8 hours 40 min ago
Ads shaped by artificial intelligence are everywhere on the campaign trail, even as AI data centers become a major midterm issue and a potential liability for Republican candidates. In the Texas Senate race, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton's campaign put out a new ad earlier this month depicting his Democratic opponent James Talarico as...

Deadline Hollywood - 8 hours 54 min ago
It wasn’t quick, it wasn’t pretty, but Paramount’s David Ellison got to where he wanted, an acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by October 1 when a costly ticking fee was to come into effect. While California Attorney General Bonta was still making the announcement of the anti-trust lawsuit being settled, laying out its terms, Ellison, […]...

Deadline Hollywood - 9 hours 1 min ago
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has revealed terms of a settlement with Paramount allowing it to acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, but stressed that the agreement is “not a blessing” of the mega-merger. Speaking at a news conference Monday, Bonta detailed a list of items to which Paramount is committed. The list ranges from stepped-up film […]...

The Verge - 9 hours 15 min ago
Paramount has reached a settlement with California and the 11 other states that sued to block its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement removes a major roadblock standing in the way of the massive media merger. Paramount Chairman & CEO David Ellison: We are grateful to Attorney General Bonta and his fellow AGs, as well as the WGA, for engaging in good faith to find a path forward to a resolution that serves all parties, and to Governor Newsom for his support...

NBC News - 9 hours 30 min ago
The California's attorney general's office announced a settlement Monday resolving a 12-state legal challenge to Paramount Skydance's $110 billion merger with Warner Bros.

NY Post - 10 hours 1 min ago
"We appreciate that some of the nation's largest and most prestigious hospital systems have agreed to cease harming minors under the guise of gender-affirming care' and agreed to pay for potential violations of federal law when they did so," said US Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate.

Deadline Hollywood - 10 hours 2 min ago
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is expected to reveal details of the settlement agreement between Paramount and 12 state attorneys general over the pending $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery at a 10 am news conference. You can watch the livestream above. The road to a resolution has been fraught. Bonta abruptly canceled a […]...

NBC News - 10 hours 36 min ago
About 20 opponents of the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger took their fight to the New York Attorney General's office on Monday.

The Hill - 11 hours 4 min ago
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico has a slight lead over his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton, according to a new poll. In the NBC 5 Dallas/Telemundo Station Group poll, 46 percent of registered voter respondents backed Talarico, while 43 percent backed the Texas attorney general. Three percent backed a Libertarian candidate and 8 percent were...

Newser - 16 hours 31 min ago
Paramount has cleared the biggest hurdle standing between it and a $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The company reached a deal Monday with a coalition of states led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who had argued in an antitrust lawsuit that the merger would give one company...