California Attorney General Cancels Paramount Settlement Talks Over $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Deal, Says He’ll Meet When They ‘Stop Playing Games’

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has canceled planned settlement talks with Paramount over the state’s lawsuit seeking to block David Ellison’s proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, accusing Paramount of acting in bad faith, according to The New York Times. Bonta is leading a coalition of 12

There will be no settlement talks meeting Monday between Paramount and a coalition of state Attorneys General after all. California AG Rob Bonta cancelled the scheduled sit-down late Sunday after reports of an August 21 meeting with the David Ellison-led company oozed out. “Not only did Paramount leak the alleged subst

Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting earlier settlement discussions. He is leading a group of 12 states that have sued to block the $111 billion deal.

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Film studio giant Paramount took aim at left-wing "Avengers: Doomsday" and "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" star Mark Ruffalo for calling them "inhuman," and blasted the "Hulk" star as an antisemite.

Paramount and the California A.G. office are set to meet Monday to discuss a settlement of the antitrust lawsuit over Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

Paramount accused actor Mark Ruffalo of using "antisemitic tropes" in a social media rant against the company's $110B Warner Bros merger.

In an Instagram post, Ruffalo shared a video of Safra Catz, vice chair of Oracle, discussing the technological assistance the company provided to Israel following the Hamas-led October 7 attack.

Mark Ruffalo invoked genocide and apartheid in attacking the Ellison family's Warner Bros. Discovery merger, prompting Paramount's antisemitism claim.

The California governor said he was concerned about the state's reputation and added that he takes CEO David Ellison's threat to move companies out of California “seriously.”

The proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery hit a roadblock after California's attorney general and 11 other states sued to stop it. That move was followed by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison threatening to take his operations out of California if the deal is not approved. William

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