Paramount Settlement Talks Prospects Dim For Now As Gang Of Four AGs Resist Quick Ellison Deal

Source: deadline.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Right · Published: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:43:07 GMT

EXCLUSIVE: As Hollywood celebrates Yom Kippur tonight, a framework for a settlement of the antitrust suit hampering Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has hit some political potholes, even as some hoped for a quick deal. Four of the 12 Attorneys General that took the David Ellison-run company to federal court are breaking […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (5 sources)

Center-Left: Opposition grows to Paramount-Warner Bros. merger settlement as deal enters critical week — www.latimes.com
Center-Left: Paramount settlement rumors spark pretty profoundly pissed-off Block The Merger response — www.avclub.com
Center-Right: Former FTC Chair Lina Khan Says Paramount Merger ‘Seems Facially Illegal,’ Slams ‘Troubling’ Settlement Talks — www.thewrap.com
Center-Right: Deal or No Deal? The Contours of a Paramount Settlement for WBD Begin to Take Shape — www.hollywoodreporter.com
Right: Howdy for Hollywood? Why Paramount’s threat to leave California matters — www.foxbusiness.com

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