Justice Department investigating TV networks over suspension of press pool after Trump media ban
The Justice Department is investigating whether the major TV networks, including CBS, violated antitrust laws after they briefly…
Paramount’s relocation to result in reduced economic output for CA
California would lose between $10.6 billion and $21.2 billion in annual economic output if Paramount Skydance decided to…
OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal
OpenAI has asked members of Congress in recent weeks for clear guidance about whether orchestrating an industry-wide slowdown…
Paramount Warns California AG, Others About What Happens If Antitrust Suit Fails
Just weeks before Paramount Skydance starts being on the hook for the vaunted $7-million-a-day ticking fee to Warner…
Rob Bonta Op-Ed: David Ellison Running WBD Disinformation & Side Deals
Editors’ Note: On July 13, California, New York & 10 other states sued to stop Paramount Skydance’s planned…
David Ellison Says Paramount Open To Settling Antitrust Suit
Paramount CEO David Ellison says he is “absolutely open” to settling an antitrust lawsuit against the company’s pending…
Judge Sets Paramount-WBD Antitrust Trial For March
UPDATED, with Paramount comment: A federal judge has set the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger trial for next March.…
Paramount Pitches November WBD Antitrust Trial; States & WGA Want April
Paramount wants a trial to start in November in the antitrust lawsuit brought by a dozen state attorneys…
Ari Emanuel Defends Paramount-WBD Deal In WSJ Piece, Blasts States’ Antitrust Lawsuit As “Trash”
Ari Emanuel is throwing his weight behind Paramount‘s pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, blasting the…
Paramount-WBD Merger Foes Cheer Legal Delay, Stocks Slide
After Friday’s delay in the Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit, shares of both media companies slid in after-hours trading, foes…
Paramount Seeks Three-Day Hearing As Judge Weighs Preliminary Injunction
Paramount is proposing that a federal judge hold a three-day evidentiary hearing later in August as she weighs…
Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves
The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether a single company can own broadcast stations that…