Public Policy & Legal
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Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction in Paramount-Warner Bros. Consumer Lawsuit
Araceli Martínez-Olguín determined that plaintiffs failed to show irreparable harm or that their case would have a likelihood of success
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Timothy Busfield Bemoans Being ‘Canceled’ Amid Child Sex Abuse Allegations: ‘My Career Is Done’
“I’ll never work again just based on people’s fear that I would do this again and even if it wasn’t true,” the actor says
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Paramount Calls the States’ Antitrust Case Against Warner Bros. Merger ‘One of the Weakest’ in Modern History
The David Ellison-led company says states’ challenge ignores the competitive media landscape and should not block the $110 billion WBD deal
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‘Today’ Show Intruder Charged With Hate Crimes, Criminal Trespassing and Harassment After After Craig Melvin
Andrew Truelove is in custody after allegedly sneaking into the studio and yelling racial slurs at co-host
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Rob Bonta Rebuffs FCC’s Claim That States Could Drop Paramount Lawsuit With CNN Spinoff: ‘Literally Never Said This’
“Spinning off one channel from a media conglomerate is not a sufficient remedy to protect consumers,” the California attorney general adds
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NY Times Files Motion to Quash Trump Subpoenas Requiring 3 Journalists to Reveal Confidential Sources
Times lawyer David McCraw argues the subpoenas “violate the constitutional rights of The Times and its journalists”
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Paramount State AG Lawsuit Swaps Judges After ‘Appearance of Bias’ Request
The case is now under Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is overseeing a separate consumer lawsuit brought against the company
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FCC Chair Doubts State AG Lawsuit Against Paramount-Warner Bros. Will Succeed
Brendan Carr says reports of California AG Rob Bonta’s interest in a CNN sale are “a bit of a tell that this really isn’t a legitimate antitrust case”
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Australia vs. AI: Prime Minister Promises Local Creatives ‘Strongest Possible Protection’ Against Copyright Theft
“Let me make this crystal clear: not everything produced in Australia is up for grabs,” Anthony Albanese warns
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Brendan Carr Accepted Paramount Gifts While FCC Reviewed Company Deals
A ProPublica report scrutinizes the FCC chair’s acceptance of Paramount-funded gala tickets, amid the company’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
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Paramount Skydance Agrees to Tie States’ Merger Antitrust Case With Prior Paramount+ Subscriber Lawsuit
The media company was sued by subscribers on antitrust grounds back in April
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Rob Bonta Says He Worries for CNN’s Future at Paramount, Citing Bari Weiss’ CBS News Revamp
“The truth should be told, whatever the truth is. And the truth should be told, especially about the powerful,” the California attorney general adds
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WGA Sues to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: ‘This Would Eliminate Competition’
The union’s lawsuit comes a day after 12 state attorneys general filed for a restraining order to block the merger
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Hachette, Scott Turow Sue Google for Using Books to Train AI
Publishers claim the tech giant used millions of copyrighted works without permission to build its Gemini artificial intelligence models
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Paramount-Warner Bros. May Face Devastating Delay With State Antitrust Suit | Analysis
The state attorneys general’s effort lives and dies on whether it gets its request for a preliminary injunction to halt the merger granted
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