California leads 12 states in suing to block $110B Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
HuffPost — US News—California Attorney General led a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in filing suit to block the $110 billion merger between Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery, defying a federal Department of Justice clearance the Trump administration had granted. The states argue the combination would harm competition across streaming, broadcasting, and entertainment distribution markets. Paramount separately threatened to relocate its operations out of California amid the escalating dispute with state regulators. All 12 plaintiffs were led by Democratic attorneys general acting against a deal cleared by the Republican administration's DOJ.
- HuffPost — US News — California, 11 States Suing To Block Paramount's $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal
- NPR — Business — States sue to stop Paramount-Warner Bros blockbuster merger
- Guardian — Business — US state attorneys general file lawsuit in effort to block Paramount merger
- Deutsche Welle — US: 12 states challenge Paramount's buyout of Warner
- Ars Technica — States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin
- CNBC — Paramount, WBD hit with lawsuit from 12 states, including California, to block merger
- Sky News — Business — US states sue to block Paramount's $110bn merger with Warner
- CBS News — 12 states sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
- BBC — Business — California leads lawsuit to block Paramount Warner Bros mega merger
- The New Republic — All 12 suing states were Democratic-led, acting against a merger the Trump-era DOJ had already approved
- Salon — Critics argued the combined company would control content on 'every sofa in the US,' reducing consumer choice
- Gizmodo — A Dozen States Sue to Stop Paramount’s Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
- Semafor — Paramount weighed relocating its operations out of California over the state's opposition to the Warner Bros. deal
- The Hill — States sue to block Paramount-Warner Brothers Discovery merger
- TechCrunch — 12 states sue to block Paramount’s $110B Warner Bros. deal
- HuffPost — California, 11 States Suing To Block Paramount's $110 Billion Warner Bros. Deal
- Washington Post — Suit specifically targets David Ellison's Skydance takeover of Warner Bros. as the problematic transaction
- Breitbart — Video: California Leads 12 Democrat State AGs in Lawsuit to Stop Paramount’s Takeover of Warner Bros.
- Axios — A dozen states file lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
- Reuters — California-led states sue to block Paramount’s $110 billion Warner Bros Discovery deal.
- CBS News — 12 states sue to block merger between Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery