Gavin Newsom Reportedly Concerned About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

In a Friday report, sources told The Wall Street Journal that California's governor has said if the merger is blocked due to the lawsuit, state employment will suffer, and that "Newsom’s office has encouraged Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, which has independent authority to file such suits, to find a resolution o

Disney's Marvel superhero actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming, and Benedict Wong are urging U.K. regulators to reject the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros.

Paramount and the state attorneys general did not reach an agreement on a proposed Warner Bros. Discovery merger trial date, with the company pitching a November start, and the government plaintiffs asking the judge for April. Their proposals came in a joint filing on Friday. “The parties have discussed the trial sched

Newsom is not involved in the lawsuit and does not have authority over the state attorney general, so it is unclear what, if any, impact his word will have.

Paramount Skydance asked a judge on Friday to schedule its upcoming antitrust trial in November, while a coalition of states and the Writers Guild of America asked for a date in April 2027. The scheduling matters a lot to Paramount, which will begin paying Warner Bros. shareholders $7 million a day on Sept. 30 until…

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