{
  "id": 1540162,
  "title": "Paramount Demands That States Post $1.88 Billion Bond Amid Warner Bros. Antitrust Suit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/paramount-demands-that-states-post-1-88-billion-bond-amid-warner-bros",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T18:36:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-states-post-billion-dollar-bond-wbd-antitrust-1236675237/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The David Ellison-led company says that the state AG plaintiffs are required to post the bond \"so that if they lose, the injured party has a source of recovery for the damage caused.\"",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Put Up Or Shut Up! Paramount Demands A Very, Very Big Bond From AGs & WGA Over Costs Of “Roadblock” Antitrust Suit On WBD Merger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/put-up-or-shut-up-paramount-demands-a-very-very-big-bond-from-ags-wga",
        "published": "2026-08-17T18:31:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}