{"id":22261,"date":"2026-09-21T16:35:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22261"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:35:37","slug":"paramount-settles-with-us-states-to-clear-warner-bros-mega-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22261","title":{"rendered":"Paramount settles with US states to clear Warner Bros. mega-merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Paramount has reached a settlement with a group of US states that clears the way for its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, US media reported Monday, creating a Hollywood empire spanning television, news and cinema.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount, which is run by David Ellison, whose ultra-wealthy family has ties to US President Donald Trump, won a bidding war in February for control of a stable of assets, including Warner Bros. Pictures, CNN and the HBO Max streaming service.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration approved the deal, one of the largest media mergers in years, in June without demanding a change to its business, before 12 US states sued to block the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount beat out Netflix in a high-stakes bidding war to acquire Warner Bros., with financing that reportedly includes about $24 billion in equity from sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>David Ellison\u2019s father, billionaire Oracle-founder Larry Ellison, provided funding and a crucial guarantee for the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents in the movie industry said the combined company would slash jobs in a Hollywood already under pressure and reduce the number of films produced every year, while news media groups feared CNN\u2019s independence could be compromised.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just days after Trump banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW from the White House. The outlets are suing the administration to have the decision reversed.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount had threatened to move out of California if the state\u2019s attorney general, Rob Bonta, did not negotiate an end to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>In their complaint, the 12 states claim the combined company would control roughly 27 percent of wide-release theatrical film distribution and a similar percentage of basic cable channel licensing.<\/p>\n<p>California led the suit, joined by Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington, all Democratic-led.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union gave the merger the green light after winning certain concessions from Paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for the states worked through the night on the settlement, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Four states \u2014 Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut and Minnesota \u2014 had held out but concluded that fighting on without California was not worth the expense, the Bloomberg report added.<\/p>\n<p>Those states did win independent editorial boards for CBS News and CNN, and the terms are said to include a financial penalty if Paramount fails to release 30 films a year in theaters, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount and the offices of the California and New York attorneys general did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>A formal announcement of the deal is expected later on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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