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California AG Cancels Paramount Merger Talks Over Warner Bros. Discovery Deal

The legal battle surrounding the proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has hit a significant roadblock. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has officially canceled planned settlement talks with Paramount, accusing the studio of acting in bad faith....

#DavidEllison #Paramount #RobBonta #WarnerBrosDiscovery

https://www.themovieblog.com/2026/08/california-ag-cancels-paramount-merger-talks/

California Attorney General Cancels Paramount Settlement Talks Over $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Deal, Says He’ll Meet When They ‘Stop Playing Games’
#Variety #Global #DavidEllison #RobBonta

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/california-ag-bonta-cancels-paramount-settlement-talks-1236841379/

Bonta Cancels Paramount Settlement Meeting; CA AG Accuses Ellison Of “Playing Games” In WBD Merger Talks
#Acquisitions #Legal #News #Politics #Antitrust #DavidEllison #GavinNewsom #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/08/bonta-cancels-paramount-settlement-meeting-1237048537/

Paramount & AGs Settlement Meeting Monday More Show Than Substance As Cable Channel Sell-Offs & Curbing Ellison’s Power Put On The Table
#Acquisitions #Executives #Antitrust #California #CNN #DavidEllison #GavinNewsom #MakanDelrahim #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #Warnerbrosdiscovery #WGA

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-lawsuit-settlement-meeting-details-1237048499/

Gavin Newsom Takes Paramount CEO’s Threat To Leave California “Seriously”; Governor Claims “Real Time” Settlement Talks Ongoing
#News #Politics #DavidEllison #GavinNewsom #Paramount #ParamountWBD #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/08/gavin-newsom-paramount-merger-settlement-talks-1237048002/

Paramount Slams Mark Ruffalo Merger Attack as ‘Antisemitic,’ Says Company Does Not ‘Tolerate Prejudice of Any Kind’
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #MarkRuffalo #Paramount

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramount-responds-mark-ruffalo-merger-attack-israel-1236840552/

Mark Ruffalo Slams Ellisons’ Ties To Oracle Amid Paramount-WBD Merger: “Really Profoundly Scary People”
#News #DavidEllison #LarryEllison #MarkRuffalo #Oracle #ParamountWBD

https://deadline.com/2026/08/mark-ruffalo-slams-ellisons-ties-oracle-paramount-wbd-1237047889/

Mark Ruffalo Goes Scorched Earth on Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Calling Out the Ellison Family’s Complicity in Palestinian ‘Genocide’
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #LarryEllison #MarkRuffalo #ParamountWarnerBros

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/mark-ruffalo-paramount-warner-bros-merger-david-ellison-1236840301/

It’s humanity or Oracle. I vote humanity.

#FireBariWeiss #BoycottCBS #BoycottParamount #BoycottOracle #CBS #LarryEllison #DavidEllison #BrendanCarr #FuckShariRedstone #USPol

https://www.wheresyoured.at/haters-guide-oracle/

The ParaBros Backlash: Threats To Leave L.A. & An AG Who Won’t Back Down Divide Hollywood
#News #DavidEllison #Paramount #ParramountWBD #RobBonta #WarnerBros #Wbd

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-warner-bros-divides-hollwyood-threats-to-leave-1237045520/

Decision On Paramount’s $1.88B WBD Merger Bond Pushed Very Close To Ticking Fee Start Date; L.A. County Report Again Predicts Big Job Losses If Deal Goes Through
#Acquisitions #Legal #News #Politics #DavidEllison #ElectionLine #LACounty #LetitiaJames #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-merger-suit-bond-ruling-latest-1237045521/

California AG Rob Bonta Says David Ellison Is “Desperate” and “Grasping at Straws”
#News #PoliticsNews #DavidEllison #Lawsuits #Mergers #ParamountWarnerBros #RobBonta

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/rob-bonta-david-ellison-lawsuit-merger-interview-1236676788/

Will David Ellison Say Goodbye to Hollywood? Some See Paramount’s Potential Exit From California as ‘Strategically Unwise’ — but Others Say It’s Just Smart Business
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #Paramount #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/goodbye-to-hollywood-paramount-california-exit-david-ellison-1236837300/

The Ellisons Again Threaten To Move CBS/Paramount Somewhere Shittier And Hotter If State Antitrust Lawsuit Isn’t Settled

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/18/the-ellisons-again-threaten-to-move-cbs-paramount-somewhere-shittier-and-hotter-if-state-antitrust-lawsuit-isnt-settled/

Put Up Or Shut Up! Paramount Demands A Very, Very Big Bond From AGs & WGA Over Costs Of “Roadblock” Antitrust Suit On WBD Merger
#Executives #Legal #News #Antitrust #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #GavinNewsom #LetitiaJames #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #TheGodfather #Warnerbrosdiscovery #WGA

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-merger-antitrust-suit-bond-1237043023/

Rosie O’Donnell Was ‘Surprised’ by Jimmy Kimmel’s Guest-Hosting Offer and Believes a David Ellison-Run CNN Would Be ‘Tragic’
#Variety #News #BariWeiss #CBSNews #CNN #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #JimmyKimmel #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros #RosieODonnell

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/rosie-o-donnell-jimmy-kimmel-host-surprise-david-ellison-bari-weiss-cbs-news-cnn-1236835778/

Noah Wyle Hopes David Ellison’s Threat to Move Paramount Out of California is ‘Saber Rattling’: ‘You’re Going to Take Hollywood Out of Hollywood’
#Variety #Columns #News #DavidEllison #JustForVariety #NoahWyle #ParamountWarnerBros

https://variety.com/2026/tv/columns/noah-wyle-david-ellison-move-paramount-out-of-california-1236835892/

Bari Weiss's 'relentless' CBS News reporter named in 'bombshell' lawsuit
https://www.rawstory.com/bari-weiss-s-relentess-cbs-news-reporter-named-in-bombshell-lawsuit-report/

#FireBariWeiss #BoycottCBS #BoycottParamount #BoycottOracle #CBS #LarryEllison #DavidEllison #BrendanCarr #FuckShariRedstone #USPol

David Ellison’s Friday ParaBros News Dump: CEO Complains About “Needless Costs” Of State AGs’ Antitrust Suit As Mexico Approves Merger
#Acquisitions #Legal #News #DavidEllison #MakanDelrahim #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-wbd-merger-david-ellison-costs-complaints-1237040803/

Paramount Promises Meaningless CNN ‘Oversight Board’ To Try And Gain Merger Approval

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/14/paramount-promises-meaningless-cnn-oversight-board-to-try-and-gain-merger-approval/

Teamsters Pound Paramount Over WBD Merger Promises & Threats: “Stop Playing Games”
#Executives #News #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #LindsayDougherty #Paramount #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWBD #RobBonta #TeamstersLocal399

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-merger-teamsters-protest-1237033400/

Parties Lay Out Key Discovery And Other Dates For Pending Paramount-WBD Antitrust Trial
#News #Politics #DavidEllison #ElectionLine #Paramount #ParamountWB #RobBonta #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-warner-bros-trial-schedule-1237033223/

DGA & IATSE Urge Fast Track On Paramount-WBD Merger Standoff For Fears That Prolonged Court Battle Will Hurt Jobs
#News #DavidEllison #DGA #IATSE #ParamountSkydance #RobBonta

https://deadline.com/2026/08/dga-iatse-letter-paramount-wbd-lawsuit-concerns-1237032544/

Top House Judiciary Democrat Jamie Raskin Seeks Transcribed Interview With David Ellison Over Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
#News #Politics #DavidEllison #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #JamieRaskin #MakanDelrahim #Paramount #ParamountWB #Warnerbrosdiscovery

https://deadline.com/2026/08/paramount-warner-bros-democrats-david-ellison-1237031910/

Paramount Has Spent 100 Years In Hollywood. David Ellison Loved That. Until He Didn’t
#Business #BusinessNews #DavidEllison

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-david-ellison-1236671648/

I'm obviously not the business genius that #DavidEllison is, but if you are trying to convince a state to let you buy a competitor, perhaps don't do anti-competitive stuff like threaten the state.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/11/paramount-ceo-may-remove-operations-from-california-over-stalled-merger

#Paramount #WarnerBrosDiscovery

WGA Says David Ellison’s Threat That Paramount Will Leave California Over AG’s Antitrust Lawsuit “Proves The Danger Of Its Outsized Power”
#News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #WGA #WGAEast #WGAWest #WritersGuildOfAmerica

https://deadline.com/2026/08/wga-ellison-threat-leave-california-paramount-merger-suit-1237031575/

California AG Rob Bonta Open To Structural Remedies In Paramount-WBD Suit But Calls 30 Movies A Year An “Old, Stale Promise”
#Legal #News #DavidEllison #MakanDelrahim #Paramount #ParamountWBD #RobBonta

https://deadline.com/2026/08/california-ag-rob-bonta-open-structural-remedies-paramount-wbd-1237031430/

California Attorney General Says David Ellison’s Plan to Pull Paramount Out of the State Is a ‘Blackmail’ Attempt That ‘Won’t Work’
#Variety #News #DavidEllison #ParamountSkydance #ParamountWarnerBros #RobBonta

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/california-attorney-general-bonta-david-ellison-paramount-blackmail-attempt-1236832141/