L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman Says Legality of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger “Should Be Decided in Court”

As Mayor Karen Bass called for a quick resolution to the standoff, her rival in the 2026 elections, Nithya Raman, said the legal process should take its course.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged California attorney general Rob Bonta and Paramount to resolve their differences and “urgently” find a resolution to the 12-state antitrust lawsuit that is blocking Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Bass said at a press conference Thursday, “While there are varying persp

LA Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman faced off in the first mayoral debate of the general election, and both managed to earn terrible grades. For 90 minutes at the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association, the two attacked each other, interrupted each other, and told each other what a bad job they were doing.

If Paramount acquires Warner Bros. Discovery it will still mean a loss of thousands of jobs in Hollywood over the next three years.

The company says every month of court-ordered delay costs it roughly $7 million a day in ticking fees owed to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders

Paramount wants a $1.9 billion bond from state AGs fighting the Warner Bros. merger  CNN

Paramount’s $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery has been postponed until the conclusion of a trial, scheduled for March.

The odds are higher than they were before 12 states sued to block the merger, but lower than after Paramount delayed the acquisition in late July.

The Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery merger will face “sufficient competition” in the UK to prevent the combined Hollywood giant from gaining too much market power, the competition watchdog has said. In a full decision published on Monday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) laid out why it cleared the £111bn ti

In case you didn’t already know, Paramount CEO David Ellison really wants to make sure this afternoon that everybody is clear those pesky state Attorney Generals and their antitrust lawsuit are ruining a really good $111 billion thing — and now even Mexico agrees with him. “Paramount and WBD could and would close today