{
  "id": 15165506,
  "title": "Why the Paramount‑Warner merger threatens democracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/why-the-paramount-warner-merger-threatens-democracy",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-17T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fast Company",
    "slug": "fast-company",
    "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91623140/paramount-warner-merger-threatens-democracy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or dictatorship in history.” More than 20 years later, a major media merger is bringing his warning back into focus. Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in October 2026 created a new company, Skydance Corporation. It now owns CNN and CBS News,…",
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  "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."
}