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# California drops fight to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/california-drops-fight-to-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger/
- Published: 2026-09-23T23:58:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T23:58:02.000Z
- Description: The Hollywood Reporter reports that California folded on its bid to stop Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, settling instead for a five-year consent decree rather than pursuing divestitures at trial.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Agencies, Deals, Carly Thomas, California folded on Paramount-Warner merger opposition

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