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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Slams Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: “Shameful Monument to Corruption”
The agreements add production, labor and newsroom safeguards as Paramount clears the last legal hurdles to its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover.
- On Monday, 12 states and the Writers Guild of America settled antitrust lawsuits against Paramount Skydance, removing final barriers for the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger that will reshape Hollywood.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced terms requiring Paramount to increase U.S. film production, honor union agreements, and form an editorial independence board to "establish guiding editorial and journalism principles" for CBS News and CNN.
- While New York joined the settlement, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong remained a holdout, expressing disappointment that full divestiture of media assets was not required to preserve independent journalism.
- Criticizing the settlement on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called it a "shameful monument to corruption," arguing the merger hands excessive power to billionaire CEO David Ellison while reducing scrutiny on federal leaders.
- Paramount's commitments include $1.5 billion in new domestic film production, a factor New York Attorney General Letitia James cited while defending the deal against critics who fear reduced media competition and accountability.
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CNN Staffers Panic over Paramount Merger: 'Bloodbath Coming,’ Newsroom Is ‘Like a Funeral’
Paramount’s looming acquisition of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly sending shivers down the collective spines of news gathers at the 46-year-old outlet.
·Los Angeles, United States
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Slams Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: “Shameful Monument to Corruption”
His comments came after 12 states, including New York, and the WGA agreed to settle their antitrust lawsuits against Paramount Skydance over its bid for Warner Bros.
·Los Angeles, United States
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TV News CheckCNN staffers panic over Paramount merger as layoffs loom in months ahead: ‘Bloodbath coming’
Staffers at CNN are in a panic over Paramount's impending takeover of its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery -- and the massive bloodbath that is expected to come after CEO David Ellison completes the $81 billion deal in the coming weeks.
·New York, United States
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Total News Sources11
Leaning Left2Leaning Right3Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Right
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Right
43% Right
L 29%
C 28%
R 43%
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