12 States File Lawsuit Seeking To Block Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger
1 sourceUpdated Jul 17, 2026
A dozen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday in an effort to block Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged in the lawsuit that the proposed merger “would combine two of Hollywood’s five major film distributors and two of the five major basic cable channel owners, extinguishing […]
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