Paramount & AGs Settlement Meeting Monday More Show Than Substance As Cable Channel Sell-Offs & Curbing Ellison’s Power Put On The Table

Source: deadline.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:16:55 GMT

EXCLUSIVE: A meeting Monday between Paramount brass and state Attorneys General over sussing out settlement talks between the parties in David Ellison’s contested $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has turned into a “game of PR chicken,” an industry insider says. “Ellison and Makan Delrahim think they can force Rob Bonta into backing off […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: Mark Ruffalo fires back at Paramount Skydance after it accuses him of using ‘antisemitic tropes’ — www.theguardian.com
Left: California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Merger — www.nytimes.com
Center: Paramount, California AG to meet over possible settlement in $110B Warner Bros Discovery merger lawsuit — www.foxbusiness.com
Center: ‘An Oak Tree’ Casts Sacha Dhawan, Gemma Whelan for London Run (EXCLUSIVE) — www.variety.com
Center: ‘Emomee,’ Indian Kids Life-Skills Series, Lands on Netflix (EXCLUSIVE) — www.variety.com
Center: Mark Ruffalo denies antisemitism charge from Paramount Skydance over merger criticism — www.nbcnews.com
Right: Bonta Cancels Paramount Settlement Meeting; CA AG Accuses Ellison Of “Playing Games” In WBD Merger Talks — deadline.com
Right: Barrasso: Monday will be 'D-Day for the economy in Iran’ — thehill.com

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