{
  "id": 11559088,
  "title": "Mark Ruffalo says Paramount’s $111 billion Warner Bros. deal ‘Will stifle creativity, weaken free speech, and cost people their jobs’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/mark-ruffalo-says-paramounts-111-billion-warner-bros-deal-will-stifle",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T23:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/mark-ruffalo-paramount-warner-deal-keep-fighting-comments/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mark Ruffalo, a well-known Hollywood actor, has vehemently opposed a recent $111 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Despite a recent U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín's approval of the settlement with 12 state attorneys general on September 30, Ruffalo expressed his concerns on social media, stating that the deal would stifle creativity, weaken free speech, and cost people their jobs. He emphasized that the matter is not limited to this particular merger but rather about fighting against corrupt billionaires exploiting the interests of everyday people. Ruffalo remains committed to his fight, asserting that the movement will not fade away and that they are still in the fight against oligarch billionaires.",
  "summary": "A federal judge cleared the final legal hurdle for the megamerger on Wednesday. The deal is expected to close Oct. 6.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}