Public Policy & Legal
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Paramount Seeks November Warner Bros. Merger Trial While State AGs, WGA Ask for April
The David Ellison-led media giant wants to start as soon as possible, while the states and labor union say they need more time for discovery
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Encourages State AGs to Settle Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit | Report
The Wall Street Journal reports Newsom is concerned employment in the state could suffer if the $110 billion deal is blocked
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Paramount-WBD: Block the Merger Coalition Members Urge UK Culture Secretary to Intervene
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority will decide whether to clear the $110 billion deal or launch a more in-depth investigation by Aug. 7
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Netflix Sued for $105 Million Over Stolen Nicolas Cage Movie
An unreleased World War II thriller called “Fortitude” was allegedly taken from the streamer’s offices
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ABC Calls on FCC to Dismiss Early Renewal License Review: ‘Untimely and Unwarranted’
The network’s opposition filing references 150,000 public comments largely in support of its broadcast stations
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Trump Wants $83 Million E. Jean Carroll Defamation Damages Tossed Due to Presidential Immunity
His Supreme Court appeal centers on whether a president’s White House statements to reporters are protected official acts
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Film Financier Jason Cloth Arrested on Wire Fraud Charges
The executive producer of “Joker” and “Babylon” is accused of using funds meant for film projects to pay off real estate investors
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22 Advocacy Groups Back Disney in FCC Fight: ‘The Government Is Violating the First Amendment’
“We urge you to continue to defend and exercise your First Amendment rights, so that we can all continue to exercise ours,” the coalition tells CEO Josh D’Amaro
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Jared Leto Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 4 Women in BBC Doc, Including Statutory Rape
“I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false,” the actor tells TheWrap
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Can a Copyright Risk Detector for AI-Created Media Protect Artists and Studios? | Exclusive
Startup CopySight is pushing a credit score-like system that it wants to make an industry standard
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HFPA Sues Penske Over ‘Fraudulent’ Golden Globes Takeover, Shaking Up Awards Landscape
The lawsuit alleges that Penske Media manipulated the sale and deceived Globes voters, bringing a major award into open conflict with its own voters
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Ari Emanuel Urges State AGs to Drop Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit
The WME Group executive chairman says ignoring competition in the streaming market and players like Amazon, A24, Lionsgate, Netflix and YouTube “doesn’t remotely reflect reality”
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HFPA Sues Jay Penske and Penske Media, Alleges Entertainment Market Monopoly and Scheme to Seize Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is seeking more than $150 million in damages
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Former FCC Chairs Urge Brendan Carr to End ABC Broadcast License Review: ‘An Assault on Free Speech Disguised as Regulatory Process’
They added that the proceeding is a “grave violation of both the Communications Act and the Constitution”
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Judge Declines to Dismiss Trump’s $15 Billion Suit Against New York Times, Orders Amended Complaint
The president celebrates the ruling on Truth Social, saying the paper “failed again in their desperate attempt to have our powerful Defamation Lawsuit against them dropped”
