
The Hill - 51 min 15 sec 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 - 58 min 44 sec 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 - 1 hour 12 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 - 1 hour 19 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 - 1 hour 33 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 - 1 hour 49 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 - 2 hours 19 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 - 2 hours 20 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 - 2 hours 54 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 - 3 hours 22 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 - 8 hours 49 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...

Variety - 17 hours 37 min ago
On Sunday, settlement talks between Paramount and the state attorneys general that sued to block its Warner Bros. Discovery deal continued — but there was no resolution by the end of the day. But while California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the 12-state coalition’s antitrust litigation, is said to be open to considering […]...