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  "id": 1542833,
  "title": "Paramount Asks States to Shoulder Costs of Delaying Warner Bros. Deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/paramount-asks-states-to-shoulder-costs-of-delaying-warner-bros-deal-1542833",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T18:37:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
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  "summary": "Paramount’s $111 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery has been postponed until the conclusion of a trial, scheduled for March.",
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        "title": "Paramount Asks States to Shoulder Costs of Delaying Warner Bros. Deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/paramount-asks-states-to-shoulder-costs-of-delaying-warner-bros-deal",
        "published": "2026-08-17T18:37:05.000Z"
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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."
}